What we believe
We are a family of missionary disciples in Bakersfield. We believe the Church is not another sub-culture, but the making of a new humanity. It’s not a building or a weekend activity, but a people. We strive to live out the the teachings of Jesus Christ, and the good news of the Kingdom of God. We do this together in home churches throughout our community, then gather each weekend for teaching, the Lord’s Supper, and baptism. We want to partner with God in His relentless pursuit to put the world to rights. Our prayer is as Jesus prayed, that God’s will would be done and His Kingdom would come in Bakersfield as it is in heaven.
We believe in the life, death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus, and are committed to living out his teachings in the world. We hold to the historic teachings of Christian Orthodoxy as articulated in the Apostles’ and the Nicene Creeds.
Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, creator of Heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, His only son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; He descended to the dead.
On the third day He rose again; He ascended into Heaven, He is seated at the right hand of the Father, and He will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.
Amen.
Nicene Creed
I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God; Light of Light; very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made.
Who, for us humans for our salvation, came down from Heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried; and the third day He rose again; according to the Scriptures; and ascended into Heaven; and sits on the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again, with glory, to judge the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.
I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of life; who proceeds from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; who spoke by the prophets.
I believe in one holy universal and apostolic church. I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come.
Amen.