Christian Essentials and non - Grace Community Church EFCA

Christian Essentials

• The divine inspiration and infallibility of Holy Scripture, as originally given, and its supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct.

• The unity of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit in the Godhead.

• The universal sinfulness and guilt of human nature since the (all, rendering man subject to God's wrath and condemnation.

• The conception of Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit and his birth of the virgin Mary.

• Redemption from the guilt, penalty and power of sin only through the sacrificial death (as our Representative and Substitute) of Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Son of God.

• The bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

• The necessity of the work of the Holy Spirit to make the death of Christ effective to the individual sinner, granting him repentance toward God and faith in Jesus Christ.

• The indwelling and work of the Holy Spirit in the believer.

• The expectation of the personal return of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Christian Non-Essentials

At Grace Community Church we recognize that great Christian men and women throughout the Church Age have had differing positions on No-Essential issues of doctrine. Issues not included in the Christian Essentials are still important, but should not be a source of division in Christ's Church. These non-essential issues are rather an opportunity (or God's people to humbly search God's Word for understanding. The Elders of Grace Community Church seek to establish Grace Community as a "safe place" to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ and in his Word. Non-Essential Doctrines (i.e. Spiritual gifts, Millennial Views, Worship Styles, etc... ) provide Christ's Church with opportunities to humbly seek to better understand God's Word, while accepting one another (Romans 14:1-7) from a foundation grounded in the unity of the Christian Essentials - the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Our pastors and elders welcome questions and discussion on any point of doctrine at anytime, whether part of Christian Essentials or Non-Essentials.

' Grace Community Church is committed to its relationship with the Evangelical Free Church of America. Please visit their website at www.efca.org or call (800) 745-2202 for details or questions.