Crossroads Church CMA Statement of Faith

There is one God (Deut. 6:4), Creator of all things (Rev. 4:11), who is infinitely perfect (Matt. 5:48), existing eternally in three persons: Father, Son & Holy Spirit (Matt. 28:19).

Jesus Christ is the true God and true man (Phil. 2:6-11). He was sent by the Father (John 20:21), conceived by the Holy Spirit & born of the virgin, Mary (Luke 1:34-38). He died on the cross, the Just for the unjust (1 Peter 3:18), as a substitutionary sacrifice (Hebrews 2:9) and all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood (Romans 5:9). He rose from the dead according to the Scriptures (1 Cor. 15:3-4). He is now at the right hand of the Majesty on high as our great High Priest (Hebrews 8:1). He will come again to establish His Kingdom of righteousness and peace (Isa. 9:6-7).

The Holy Spirit is a divine person (John 14:16-18), sent to indwell, guide, teach, gift, empower & bear His fruit in every believer (John 16:13; 1 Cor. 12:4, 11; Acts 1:8; Gal. 5:22- 23). He convicts the world of sin, of righteousness and of judgment (John 16:7-11).

The Old & New Testaments, inerrant as originally given, were verbally inspired by God & are a complete revelation of His will for our salvation. They constitute the divine & only rule of Christian faith & practice (2 Pet. 1:20-21; 2 Tim. 3:15-17).

Man & woman, created in the image & likeness of God (Gen. 1:27), fell through disobedience, incurring both physical & spiritual death (Rom. 6:23). Therefore, everyone is born with a sinful nature (Rom. 5:12), is separated from the life of God (Eph. 4:18) & can be saved only through the atoning work of the Lord Jesus Christ (Rom. 3:25).

Salvation has been provided through Jesus Christ for all people (1 John 2:2). Those who repent & believe in Him are justified by grace through faith (Rom. 3:21-24), born again of the Holy Spirit (Titus 3:4-7), delivered from the dominion of darkness, transferred into the Kingdom of God’s Son (Col. 1:13), granted the gift of eternal life & adopted as the children of God (Rom. 8:14-16; John 1:12).

It is the will of God that each believer should be filled with the Holy Spirit & be sanctified wholly, being separated from sin & the world and fully dedicated to the will of God, thereby receiving power for holy living & effective service. This is both a crisis & a progressive experience wrought in the life of the believer subsequent to conversion. (2 Thess. 5:23, Acts 1:8, Romans 6:1–14)

Provision is made in the redemptive work of the Lord Jesus Christ for the healing of the whole person (Isa. 53:4-5; Matt. 8:16-17). Prayer for the sick & anointing with oil are taught in the Scriptures (James 5:13-16) as privileges for the Church in this present age (Acts 4:30).

The Church consists of all those who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, are redeemed through His blood & are born again by the Holy Spirit. Christ is the Head of His Body (Eph. 1:22-23, Col. 1:18), the Church, which has been commissioned by Him to go into all the world making disciples of all peoples (Matt. 24:14, 28:19-20).

The local church is a body of believers in Christ (Eph. 5:30) who are called to love (1 Thess. 3:12) & joined together for the worship of God, edification through the Word of God, prayer, fellowship, proclamation of the gospel through word & deed (Luke 4:18-19) & observance of the ordinances of Baptism & the Lord’s Supper (Acts 2:41-47).

There will be a bodily resurrection of all people (Acts 24:15). Our Lord Jesus Christ will judge with perfect justice (Acts 17:31, John 5:28-30) as the unrepentant & unbelieving are raised to the conscious anguish of eternal separation from God (Rev. 20:15, 21:8, 2 Thess. 1:9) & repentant believers are raised (John 6:40) to the unending joy of eternal life with God (Ps.16:11, Rev. 21:1-4).

The Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ is imminent & will be personal, visible & premillennial. This is the believer’s blessed hope & is a vital truth which is an incentive to holy living & faithful service. (Hebrews 10:37, Luke 21:27, Titus 2:11–14)