DOCTRINE
Doctrine is the set of core believes that we view as authoritative. All of our doctrine spring from the scriptural teachings of Jesus Christ, and the divinely inspired words of his messengers.
Below is a brief list of the major doctrinal beliefs to which we cling for instruction, accountability, and as guidelines for living Christ-like lives. For more information on any of these issues, please contact one of our ministers at 770.964.7943 or via our contact form. We would love to share with you Christ’s love and acceptance.
President James A. Garfield, who lived and died a member of the Christian church, was once asked to give a definite idea of our position in matters of faith. His statement reads:
- We call ourselves Christians or Disciples.
- We believe in God the Father
- We believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, and our Savior. We regard the divinity of Christ as the fundamental truth of the Christian system.
- We believe in the Holy Spirit, both as to His agency in conversion and as a dweller in the heart of the Christian.
- We accept the Old and New Testaments as the inspired Word of God.
- We believe in the future punishment of the wicked and the future reward of the righteous.
- We believe the Deity is a prayer-hearing and prayer-answering God.
- We observe the institution of the Lord’s Supper on every Lord’s Day. To this Table we neither invite nor debar. We say it is the Lord’s Table, for all the Lord’s children.
- We plead for the union of God’s people.
- The Bible is our only discipline.
- We maintain that all ordinances should be observed as they were in the days of the apostles.
