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Get AcquaintedCrossway's North's Beliefs
We need to know what we believe and why we believe it (1 Peter 3:15). This protects us from being led astray (Colossians 2:6-8; 2 Timothy 4:3). Like the believers in Berea we need to search the Scriptures to see if these things are so (Acts 17:11).
Yet as important as right doctrine is, we must also have a right attitude (1 Corinthians 13:1-3; Ephesians 4:13-16; Colossians 4:5-6).
Like other churches in the Baptist Union of Victoria we believe:
The Bible is God's word to usand it is the ultimate authority by which we live (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:21).
God is one God in three persons - the Father, the Son & the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19)
The Lord Jesus Christ is fully God who, as a real man, lived on earth (John 4:25-26, 42; Hebrews 1:3).
Every person has Rebelled against God (we call this "sin") and so is seperated from God (Romans 3:23, 5:12).
All people may be reunited with God, having their sin and its effects cancelled because of Jesus' perfect life, death and rising from the dead as our substitute. Jesus is now with God and prays for us constantly (1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Ephesians 2:8-9).
To be reunited with God it is necessary for us to turn away from our sins, to accept what Jesus has done on our behalf, and believe in him (Acts 2:28).
When we do this, the Holy Spirit enters our lives to renew and preserve us, to help us grow more like Jesus (John 16:8-14; 1 Peter 1:2, Ephesians 4:30).
One day everyone will rise from the dead to be judged by Jesus Christ (John 5:28; Acts 17:31).
There are two special ceremonies Jesus has command us to follow:
Baptism by which believers express their faith in Jesus. They do this by being totally immersed in water as an act of identification with Jesus' death, burial and resurrection (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 8:35-38; Romans 6:3-4).
The Lord's Supper (also known as "Communion") to remind us of Jesus dying for us and that he is coming again (1 Corinthians 11:23-32).
Crossway North's Guiding Values
Values describe what is important to us. Our core values will charecterise how people are treated, how the church relates to its community, and how it conducts its mission.
