|
About Us
We started in 1999
with a mission to glorify God by winning the lost, connecting
them to meaningful fellowship, building them up in their faith
and then sending them back into their world to reach out to
others.
We are a Bible
based church that teaches that Jesus Christ is “the Way, the
Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Jesus.”
We believe the mission of the church is to go and make
disciples.
We are a blend of
contemporary and traditional methods of ministry. Our
65 minute services are contemporary and informal with projected
words, limited special music and 30-35 minutes of Bible
teaching. Nursery care is provided and Sunday School is
offered for all ages.
Wednesday evenings
include youth ministries and a boys club program for ages 4
through 5th grade.
We have a passion
and a plan for reaching out to our neighbors. We want Jesus to
become relevant and real to our neighbors as we live out our
faith and tell His story.
We believe in
small group ministry and see it as a vital part of growing as a
Christian. This ministry is central to building relationships and living the
Christian life together.
We welcome you to
Community EFC. We hope you find a church home with us.
A place where you can worship Jesus, grow in your faith, serve
as God has gifted you and connect with fellow followers of Christ.
What is our
purpose?
The purpose of
Community Evangelical Free Church of Harrisburg is to develop fully devoted
followers of Jesus Christ by: Winning people to faith in Jesus Christ,
Connecting believers in Christian Community, Building members in
their faith in Jesus Christ, and Sending maturing followers out into the
world to labor for Jesus.
What are our
values?
The Word of God is our
foundation. The Word of
God, the Holy Bible, is inspired
and true, so we study, teach, and practice its
eternal truths - it is both our main point
of contact with the living God and
our standard for doctrine.
Prayer
is our lifeline to the Father.
God hears and answers our prayers as His children. Our prayer is evidence of
our faith.
Christian Community
is God’s blueprint for living.
Because God intends for us to develop deep, caring friendships, we agree to
support and look out for each other
allowing God’s love to work through us to
meet people’s needs by serving them.
We’re called to be a beacon of
outreach.
Salvation is found in no one but Jesus so
we are committed to introducing the
lost to Christ, both locally and around the world.
Pursuing personal holiness
is essential for God’s people.
We continue to grow in
Christ-like character, that is in our beliefs, our
attitudes, and our actions as God demonstrates
His grace in us and through us.
Making disciple-makers
is a changeless priority.
We reproduce disciples both personally
and in small groups in order to carry out
the New Testament principle of spiritual multiplication
with a goal of planting
churches
Every believer is a minister of
God’s grace.
A growing believer identifies, develops and uses his or her God-given gifts and
passions to encourage and serve other Christians and to bring the lost to
Christ.
Worship:
It’s how we give honor to God.
We will aim to touch the heart of God through meaningful,
uplifting music, and
other means of celebrations such as prayer and the way we live our lives.
Acceptance:
all people are valuable to God.
Salvation is made available to all who believe and is paid
for by the death of
Jesus.
Excellence
honors God.
We’re committed to pursuing the ministry of our church with diligence and
excellence.
|
We believe the
Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, to be the inspired Word of God, without
error in the original writings, the complete
revelation of His will for the
salvation of men, and the Divine and final authority for all Christian faith and practice (2 Timothy 3:16-17).
We believe in
one God, Creator of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in
three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Genesis 1:1; Colossians 2:9).
We believe that
Jesus Christ is true God and true man, having been conceived of the Holy Spirit
and born of the Virgin Mary. He died on the cross as a sacrifice for our sins
according to the scriptures. Further, He arose bodily from the dead and
ascended into heaven, where, at the right hand of the
Majesty on High, He now is
our High Priest and Advocate
(1 Corinthians 15:3-4; I John 2:1; Luke 1:35).
We believe
that
the ministry of the Holy Spirit is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ,
and during
this age to convict men, regenerate the believing sinner, indwell,
guide,
instruct, and empower the believer for godly living and service
(John 15:26;
John 16:7-14).
We believe that
man was created in the image of God but fell into sin and is, therefore, lost;
and only through regeneration by the Holy Spirit can
salvation and spiritual
life be obtained
(Genesis 1:27; Romans 5:12; John 3:3).
We believe that
the shed blood of Jesus Christ and His resurrection provide
the only ground for
justification and salvation for all who believe, and
only those who receive
Jesus Christ are born of the Holy Spirit, and thus
become children of God
(Hebrews 9:22; Romans 5:1; John 3:16).
We believe that
the Lord’s supper and water baptism are ordinances to be
observed by the Church
during this present age. They are, however, not to be
regarded as means of
salvation
(1 Corinthians 11:23-26; Matthew 28:19-20).
We believe that
the true Church is composed of all such persons who, through saving faith in
Jesus Christ, have been regenerated by the
Holy Spirit and are baptized into the
body of Christ of which He
is the head
(1 Corinthians 12:13; Ephesians 4:1-6;
Titus 3:5).
We believe
that
only those who are members of the true and invisible
Church will be eligible for
membership in the local church (Acts 2:47).
We believe that
Jesus Christ is the Lord and Head of the Church, and that every local church has
the right under Christ to decide and govern its own affairs (Ephesians 1:22;
Colossians 1:18).
We believe in
the personal and imminent coming of our Lord Jesus Christ before the millennium
and that this “Blessed Hope” has a vital bearing
on the personal life and
service of the believer
(Acts 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:14-16; 1 John 3:1-3).
We believe in
the bodily resurrection of the dead, of the believer to everlasting blessedness
and joy with the Lord, of the unbeliever to judgment and
everlasting conscious
punishment
(2 Corinthians 5:10; Revelations 20:15; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9).
|
