Church on the Ridge :: What We Believe

Currently Meeting at
Cottreall Warner American Legion
818 Ridge Road
Webster, N.Y.

Sundays @ 10:00 am

What We Believe

The Scriptures

The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God's revelation of Himself to man. It is a perfect treasure of divine instruction. It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.

God

There is one and only one living and true God. …The eternal God reveals Himself to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, with distinct personal attributes, but without division of nature, essence, or being.

Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God, fully human and fully divine, eternally existing as God, yet born in time of a virgin. He lived a sinless and perfect life.

People

People were created by the special act of God, in His own image, and are the crowning work of His creation. …Through free choice, humanity sinned against God and brought sin into the human race. … The sacredness of human personality is evident in that God created persons in His own image, and in that Christ died for humanity; therefore every man, woman, boy, and girl possess dignity and are worthy of respect and Christian love.

Salvation

Salvation involves the redemption of the whole person, and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, who by His own blood, bodily resurrection, and ascension obtained eternal redemption for the believer.

The Church

The church of the Lord Jesus Christ is a local body of baptized believers who are associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel and are seeking to extend the gospel to the ends of the earth. This church is an autonomous body unified under the Lordship of Christ. The Bible speaks also of the church as the body of Christ, which includes all of the redeemed of all the ages.

Baptism and Communion

Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water. Baptism is act of obedience symbolizing the believer's faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Savior, the believer's death to sin, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. Communion is a symbolic act of obedience whereby members…memorialize the death of the Jesus Christ and anticipate His second coming.

Family

God has ordained the family as the foundational institution of human society. The husband and wife are of equal worth before God, since both are created in God's image. The marriage relationship models the way God relates to His people. …Children, from the moment of conception, are a blessing and heritage from the Lord.

Christ’s Return

God, in His own time and in His own way, will bring the world to its appropriate end. Jesus Christ will return personally and visibly.

Judgment and eternity

The dead will be raised and Christ will judge all men in righteousness. The redeemed will be resurrected to the enjoyment of God forever in His presence, and the unredeemed will be resurrected to judgment and everlasting punishment in hell.