What We Believe and Teach

West Side Christian Church does not ascribe to a formal creed, although we agree with the historic creeds to the extent that they accurately convey biblical truth. However, we believe the Bible itself is the only fully adequate statement of faith. Therefore, we affirm the following not as a comprehensive list of essential doctrines, but as the foundational truths on which our teaching and ministry are established:

• The Bible is the completely reliable and authoritative word of God (2 Timothy 3:16)
• The universe and the human race have been intentionally created by God (Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:26-27)
• Human beings possess a sinful nature (Romans 7:18) and have separated themselves from God through disobedience, which is sin (Romans 3:23; Romans 6:23)
• God sent Jesus into the world to offer us forgiveness and eternal life (John 3:16)
• Jesus Christ is the fully divine Son of God, born of a virgin (Colossians 2:9; Luke 1:34-35)
• Jesus lived a sinless life (Hebrews 4:15), then died on the Cross to atone for human sin (1 Corinthians 15:1-8)
• Jesus literally arose from the dead (Revelation 1:18)
• Jesus will return to reward the righteous and punish the wicked (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)
• All people will spend eternity in either heaven or hell (Matthew 25:31-33)
• The Holy Spirit is God's presence in the world today (Ephesians 1:13)