CPM Belief Statement

Our focus verse:

"Jesus Christ is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For
by Him all things were created that are in Heaven and that are on earth, visible and
invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers.
All things were created through Him and for Him.

And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist
And He is head of the body, the church, who is the
beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the
preeminence." (Colossians 1:15-18)

-We believe that salvation is in Christ alone and that one must repent of sin and by faith receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
-We believe that Jesus paid the full penalty of sin for all people on the cross and salvation is available to all who will freely receive that Gift. Salvation is possible only through the shed blood of Jesus Christ the perfect sacrificial Lamb of God.
-We believe in the death, burial, and bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ.
-We believe in the Trinity, the Godhead: God is revealed in three persons, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, who are eternally One.
-We believe Christians are the temple of God and that the Holy Spirit lives and operate in every believer.
-We believe the Holy Bible is God's revealed Word to mankind and that it is inspired by the Holy Spirit, infallible, and inerrant.
-We believe that the universe and all creation was created by God through Jesus Christ.
-We believe that God hears and answers prayers and that He cares deeply for the individual.
-We believe in the Virgin birth of our Redeemer: Fully man, fully God.
-We believe in a literal Heaven and Hell.
-We believe that the mission of the Church (the Bride of Christ) is to proclaim
Christ to a lost and dying world, to live holy lives, and to worship God in Spirit and in Truth.
-We believe in a literal rapture of the Church, the Tribulation, the Second Coming
of Jesus Christ, and His Millennial reign.

We believe that young people need to know that Christianity is not a "ball and chain"...not rules and regulations that bind the human soul. They need to see that Jesus holds out enormous grace...He is the true freedom they so desperately long for. In Christ alone they will find purpose and hope.

"The thief comes to kill, steal, and destroy but, I have come to give you life abundantly." John 1O:1O