Open Door Community Church

We Believe that there is One God who has always existed and is manifested in three persons: The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit.

We Believe that this God is the eternal source of all that exists, and that having created it, He stands superior to, and separate from His Creation in intelligence, power, and holiness, but chooses to live in loving relationship with it.

We Believe that mankind is created in the moral, intellectual, and spiritual image of God, and as such, is uniquely more valuable, and above all the rest of creation, with a moral responsibility to interact with, believe and obey, and be restored to the spiritual and moral image of his Creator.

We Believe that God gave us the Holy Bible, by divinely inspiring men who knew Him to write the words it contains, and that the original writings are the infallible, and inerrant Word of God.

We Believe that this Bible is the "operations manual" for the human race, and that by reading it with the enlightening influence of the Holy Spirit, we can know all that is important for us to find eternal life, and that we are morally responsible to obey all we know to be right.

We Believe that our original parents offended God by disrespect and disobedience, and in doing so, passed on to all their descendants a natural tendency (nature) that rebels against God, and that because of this, we are all natural born sinners.

We Believe that this nature led us all to commit acts of transgression against God's Law, and that because of those transgressions, we became legally guilty and under condemnation of eternal death.

We Believe that because of God's love for mankind, He chose to come to His Creation in the person of the Son, Jesus Christ, and that by a Divine miracle, Jesus was born of the virgin Mary, without the sinful nature.

We Believe that He lived a sinless life, revealed the truth about God to the world through His life and teachings, and then died on the cross, suffering the penalty for sin, as the substitute for the whole human race.

We Believe that He was buried, but rose again on the third day, and ascended back to Heaven, but that, because He is God, He is everywhere present, and available to all who will pray to Him.

We Believe that if we are willing to turn from our sins, confess them to Jesus, and trust Him to forgive us, we will be pardoned from all our guilt, and will be empowered to live a life above the control of sin, by the Holy Spirit He sends into our lives. We call this the "New Birth."

We Believe that the indwelling Holy Spirit will also cleanse us from the natural tendency to do wrong, (if we are willing to make a total surrender of ourselves to Him, trust Him, and cooperate with Him), and that He will develop within us the power and passion to live the holy life of Jesus. We call this "Holiness."

We Believe that the New Birth brings us into the Family of God as His children, and that we share this family as brothers and sisters with all who have trusted in Jesus Christ, regardless of race, color, denominational name or level of spiritual maturity.

We Believe that it is our duty and privilege to meet together with the our spiritual brothers and sisters to share in Worship, Fellowship, and united Service to God.

We Believe that as the living, physical, visible "Body of Christ," the church is commissioned to go into all the world and make disciples of all nations.

We Believe that through the Church, as the Body of Christ, God's promise to Abraham will finally be fulfilled— "In thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed."

We Believe that as part of the world-wide body of Christ, The Open Door Community Church is privileged and obligated to be a part of blessing the families of the earth.

We believe that our father in heaven will provide for our needs but only if we humble our selfs and pray for forgiveness and ask him to come live in our hearts or souls and in our everyday lives. This church is the perfect place for new Beginnings.