What We Believe

The following are the core beliefs of Cliffside Community Chapel based on the foundational truths taught in the bible. All of our teaching and ministry is rooted in and flows out of these biblical doctrines.

We believe the Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, to be the inspired Word of God, without error in the original writings, the complete revelation of His will for the salvation of men, and the Divine and final authority for all Christian faith and life.

We believe in one God, Creator of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

We believe that Jesus Christ is true God and true man, having been conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He died on the cross as a sacrifice for our sins according to the Scriptures. Further, He arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven, where at the right of the Majesty on High, He now is our High Priest and Advocate.

We believe that the ministry of the Holy Spirit is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ and during this age to convict men, regenerate the believing sinner, and indwell, guide, instruct and empower the believer for godly living and service.

God has revealed himself to us through his son, Jesus Christ, who is Almighty God, the visible image of the invisible God, the holy scriptures, and through all of creation itself.

We believe that man was created in the image of God but fell into sin and is therefore lost, and only by believing in Jesus Christ can salvation and spiritual life be obtained. Salvation includes justification, sanctification, and glorification. There is no salvation apart from personal faith in Jesus Christ.

We believe that the shed blood of Jesus Christ and His resurrection provide the only ground for salvation and justification to anyone who believes and such as receive Jesus are sealed by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.

We believe that the true Church is composed of all such persons who, through saving faith in Jesus Christ, have been justified by His grace and are united together in the body of Christ of which He is the head.

We believe that only those who are thus members of the true Church shall be eligible for membership in the local church.

We believe that Jesus Christ is the Lord and Head of the Church and that every local church has the right, under Christ, to decide and govern its own affairs.

We believe that the Lord’s Supper and Water Baptism are ordinances to be observed by the Church during this present age. They are, however, not to be regarded as a means of salvation. Baptism is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer’s faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Savior. The Lord’s Supper is a symbolic act of obedience whereby members of the church memorialize the death of the Redeemer and anticipate His second coming.

We believe in the bodily resurrection of the dead, of the believer to everlasting blessedness and joy with the Lord, and of the unbeliever to judgment and everlasting conscious punishment.

We believe in the personal and pre-millennial and imminent coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and that this ‘Blessed Hope; has a vital bearing on the personal life and service of the believer.