This We Believe - The Way Church

This We Believe: God Is

September 8, 2019 • Seth Shelton • Romans 1:18–24

We believe God is, always has been, and always will be. Humanity may suppress, ignore, and reject this essential truth with their lies and yet, God is.

God is Trinity

September 15, 2019 • Seth Shelton • Matthew 28:16–20

We believe the one true God Who is worthy of worship, Who loves and saves, Who equips and sends is eternally Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

God is Great, Glorious, Good, and Gracious

September 22, 2019 • Seth Shelton • Ephesians 1:3–14

We believe God is exactly who the Bible reveals Him to be; at all times He is great, glorious, good and gracious.

24 Distinctives Cautiously Charismatic

May 18, 2020 • Seth Shelton • 1 Corinthians 12:14

We believe God gifts each member of His Church with His power for His glory, their good, and the advancement of His Gospel. We affirm, the Scripture provides no explicit statement that any spiritual gifts will cease before the Lord’s return, so we trust His wisdom to distribute gifts when, where, and how He sees fit

God Creates

September 29, 2019 • Seth Shelton • Genesis 1:1–3

We believe God created everything from nothing and everything exists for His glory.

God Creates: Mankind

October 6, 2019 • Seth Shelton • Genesis 1

We believe God created mankind in His own image, and even in our sinful state it is God’s image that distinguishes us from the rest of His creation.

God Speaks Truth

October 13, 2019 • Seth Shelton • John 8:31–47

We believe God speaks truth because God is true, God knows truth, and God acts in accordance with truth.

Baptized and Filled

May 24, 2020 • Seth Shelton • 1 Corinthians 12:13, Ephesians 5:15–21

Every Christian is baptized in the Holy Spirit from the moment of their conversion, and every Christian needs the filling of the Holy Spirit to live under His influence and by His power moment by moment.

God Speaks: Scripture

October 20, 2019 • Seth Shelton • 2 Timothy 3:16–17

We believe the Bible is God’s inspired and inerrant powerful and authoritative Word through which He accomplishes His work in His people.

God Saves

October 27, 2019 • Seth Shelton • Romans 5

We believe God saves sinners from His wrath by their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

God Gifts: The Church

November 10, 2019 • Seth Shelton • 1 Peter 4:7–11

We believe God gifts each member of His Church with His power for His glory, their good, and the advancement of His Gospel.

God Unites: The Church

November 3, 2019 • Dave Gordon • Colossians 1:13–23

We believe, God unites all those who have come to a saving faith in Jesus Christ into the Body of Christ, The church, of which Jesus Christ is the Head.

Complementarian in the Church

June 14, 2020 • Seth Shelton • 1 Timothy 2:8–15

We believe men and women are created equal in every way, with distinctive characteristics designed to complement one another. This equal yet complementary design of men and women defines distinct roles within the Lord's church

God Sends the Church

November 17, 2019 • Seth Shelton • 2 Corinthians 5:11–21

We believe God sends His church as His ambassadors to tell the world that He is reconciling sinners to Himself through Jesus Christ.

Complementarian in Creation

May 31, 2020 • Seth Shelton • Genesis 1—3

We believe that God created man and woman equal in every way with distinct characteristics that complement one another to the glory of God, for the good of His people, and the advancement of His Gospel.