River Valley Community Ministries

Statement of Faith

I. WE BELIEVE in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as inspired of God, inerrant in the original writings, and of supreme and final authority in faith and life 

II. WE BELIEVE that there is one and but one living and true God, subsisting in three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, equal in power and glory; that this triune God created all, upholds all, and governs all.

III. WE BELIEVE that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the Savior of the World and that through His life, death, and resurrection, an atonement was made for sin, and redemption was provided for all mankind.

IV. WE BELIEVE that repentance for sin and the acceptance of Jesus Christ as a personal Savior is the one and only way whereby sinful man can inherit eternal life.

V.  WE BELIEVE in the bodily resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, His bodily ascension into Heaven, and His present ministry as High Priest and Advocate for us.

VI.    WE BELIEVE the Holy Spirit exists eternally with the Father and the Son; His ministry is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ.  During this present age He convicts men (John 16:8), regenerates the believing sinner (Titus 3:5), places believers into the body of Christ by His baptism (1 Corinthians 12:13), and indwells (1 Corinthians 6:19), and seals (Ephesians 4:30), and fills (Ephesians 5:18), every believer.  He guides (Romans 8:14), instructs (John 16:12-15), and empowers the believer for godly living and service.

VII. WE BELIEVE that the first man, Adam, created in the image of God, sinned.  Man thereby incurred not only physical death but also spiritual death, which is separation from God. Consequently, all human beings are born with the sinful nature.

VIII.   WE BELIEVE that believers in Christ are sanctified and set apart unto God for His service:

A.      At the moment a person trusts Christ for salvation.

B.      Daily by the reading of the Word and by the teaching of the Holy Spirit. 

C.      Ultimately when the believer comes into the actual presence of the Lord.

IX.     WE BELIEVE in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ, which is His Body, the Church.

X. WE BELIEVE in what is termed Apostles’ Creed” as embodying the fundamental facts of the Christian faith.