EQUIPPED BY FAITH

STATEMENT OF FAITH

We are a non-denominational faith-based community created to equip and inspire women through the truth of God’s Word, the power of personal testimony, and the support of a committed community. 

We welcome all denominations of Christianity and women of faith who believe in One Triune God as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; equal in power and glory, Creator of the universe, with salvation found only through the sacrifice of Christ Jesus. 

We believe in God the Father as the creator of heaven and earth. We believe in Jesus Christ the Son, conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, sinless in His life on earth, and the sacrifice for our sins by His shed blood and death on the cross. We believe He rose from the dead after three days, ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father interceding for His people. We believe in his triumphant return to the earth according to His promise (Isaiah 9:6; Matthew 1:18-25; John 1:14; Hebrews 10:9; John 1:29; I John 2:1-2; John 14:3; I Thessalonians 4:15-17; Acts 1:11). We believe in the Holy Spirit, living in every Christian from the moment of salvation and belief in Christ; providing Christians with power, gifts for living, understanding spiritual truth, and guidance for life; our daily helper, teacher, and guide (John 15:26, 16:8-11; Romans 6:3-6; I Corinthians 12:13; II Thessalonians 2:13; I Peter 1:1-3)

We believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, are fully inspired by God, written by human authors under the supernatural guidance of the Holy Spirit. We believe God's Word was written to all mankind and has become the supreme source of truth for Christian beliefs and living. 

We believe the human race was created in the image of God for personal relationship with God. We believe when sin entered the human existence (Genesis 1:27, 2:15-17), mankind was marred by a condition of disobedience toward God, separating us from God. 

We believe through the ultimate sacrifice of God’s Son, Jesus, all who believe in Him are now fully accepted, forgiven, and free from bondage to sin and separation from God because of Christ’s ultimate sacrifice for all mankind, made complete on the cross (Romans 3:10-12, 23; Matthew 25:46; 2 Corinthians 3:17; John 8:36, Galatians 5:13-14; Galatians 3:22; Ephesians 3:12; Galatians 5:1; Acts 13:38-39; John 3:16). We believe that all who receive, by faith, Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord are born again of the Holy Spirit, becoming children of God and heirs of His Kingdom. Salvation through faith means a person is declared completely righteous in the sight of God by grace alone, through faith in Jesus (John 1:12, Romans 3:21-26, Ephesians 1:13, 2:8-10). 

We believe in the Church as the body and bride of Christ. We believe in the church as a living, spiritual body in which Christ is the Head and all believers in Jesus are members. We believe the purpose of the church is to lead believers toward maturity through the Word of God, fellowship and community, prayer, worship, communion, baptism, and the proclamation of the Gospel (Good News of the Kingdom of God) to the world. We believe in the unity of the Church (as described in Ephesians 4:3-6), apart from a denomination, and make every effort to remain united in Spirit through love and peace as we exalt the spiritual gifts of others (Romans 12:6-8, 1 Corinthians 12:8-10).

In short, all are welcome—and all are loved.