Our Beliefs
The sixteen Fundamental Truths we hold together.
Remnant Community Fellowship holds to the sixteen Fundamental Truths. These are not a summary of everything Scripture teaches; they are the doctrines we consider essential — the ground we stand on together.
What follows is our own plain-language statement of each, with the Scripture each one rests on. Tap any heading to read it.
The Bible is the inspired Word of God, breathed out by His Spirit through human writers. It is trustworthy and true, and it is our final authority for what we believe and how we live.
2 Timothy 3:15–17; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Peter 1:21
There is one God, eternal and self-existent, who has revealed Himself as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — three persons, one being. He is the Creator of all things and the Redeemer of all who come to Him.
Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 43:10–11; Matthew 28:19; Luke 3:22
Jesus Christ is God the Son. He was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, worked miracles, died on the cross to bear our sins, rose bodily from the dead, ascended to the right hand of God, and will return.
Matthew 1:23; Hebrews 7:26; Acts 2:22; 1 Corinthians 15:3–4; Hebrews 1:3
God made humanity good and upright, in His own image. By deliberate disobedience we fell, and with that fall came moral corruption and physical and spiritual death for the whole human race.
Genesis 1:26–27; Genesis 3:6; Romans 5:12–19
Salvation is God's gift, received by repentance toward God and faith in Jesus Christ — never earned. Those who are saved are justified by grace, born again by the Spirit, and become children of God. A changed life follows, as the evidence rather than the cause.
Luke 24:47; John 3:3; Romans 10:13–15; Ephesians 2:8; Titus 2:11–12
We practice two ordinances. Baptism in water by immersion is for those who have believed, declaring publicly that they have died and risen with Christ. The Lord's Supper is shared in remembrance of His suffering and death, until He comes.
Matthew 28:19; Romans 6:4; 1 Corinthians 11:26; 2 Peter 1:4
Every believer is entitled to and should earnestly seek the baptism in the Holy Spirit, which the Lord promised. It is distinct from and follows the new birth, and it brings power for witness, ministry, and deeper devotion to Christ.
Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4–8; Acts 2:4; Acts 8:12–17; 1 Corinthians 12:1–31
The baptism in the Holy Spirit is initially evidenced by speaking in other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance. This is the same in essence as the gift of tongues, though different in purpose and use.
Acts 2:4; Acts 10:44–46; Acts 19:6; 1 Corinthians 12:4–10, 28
Sanctification is being set apart from sin and to God. It begins at salvation and continues through life as the believer, united with Christ in His death and resurrection, yields daily to the Holy Spirit.
Romans 6:1–11, 13; Romans 12:1–2; Hebrews 12:14; 1 Peter 1:5
The Church is the body of Christ, made up of everyone born of His Spirit. Its mission is to seek the lost, to worship God, to build believers up in the faith, and to show the compassion of Christ to a world in need.
Ephesians 1:22–23; Ephesians 2:22; Hebrews 12:23; Mark 16:15–16; Ephesians 4:11–16
God calls and sets apart men and women for ministry, given to the Church for the threefold purpose of leading in the worship of God, evangelizing the world, and building up the body of Christ.
Mark 16:15–20; Ephesians 4:11–13
Healing for the body is provided for in the atonement, and is the privilege of all believers. We pray for the sick, and we trust God with the outcome.
Isaiah 53:4–5; Matthew 8:16–17; James 5:14–16
The resurrection of those who have died in Christ, and their gathering together with believers who are still living, is the imminent and blessed hope of the Church.
1 Thessalonians 4:16–17; Romans 8:23; Titus 2:13; 1 Corinthians 15:51–52
Christ will return in power with His saints to reign on the earth for a thousand years. This is the fulfillment of God's promise to Israel and the world's hope for lasting peace and righteousness.
Zechariah 14:5; Matthew 24:27, 30; Revelation 1:7; Revelation 19:11–14; Revelation 20:1–6
There will be a final judgment. Those who have rejected Christ will be judged according to their works and will face everlasting separation from God. This is a sober truth, and it is why we speak of Christ at all.
Matthew 25:46; Mark 9:43–48; Revelation 19:20; Revelation 20:11–15; Revelation 21:8
We look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells — God with His people, every wrong set right, and no more death or mourning or crying or pain.
2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21:1–22:5
So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. Romans 11:5
If you have questions about any of this, ask. Nobody here minds a hard question, and our pastors would be glad to sit down with you. Get in touch.