About Us
OUR MISSION
We exist to Draw people to Christ, Develop people to be Christ like and to Deploy people to serve Christ.
OUR VISION
We are a multigenerational, multi-ethnic, Spirit -filled Community who exist to bring hope to a broken world.
We Believe
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In the verbal inspiration of the Bible.
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In one God eternally existing in three persons; namely, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
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That Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of the Father, conceived of the Holy Ghost, and born of the Virgin Mary. That Jesus was crucified, buried, and raised from the dead. That He ascended to heaven and is today at the right hand of the Father as the Intercessor.
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That all have sinned and come short of the glory of God and that repentance is commanded of God for all and necessary for forgiveness of sins.
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That justification, regeneration, and the new birth are wrought by faith in the blood of Jesus Christ.
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In sanctification subsequent to the new birth, through faith in the blood of Christ; through the Word, and by the Holy Ghost.
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Holiness to be God's standard of living for His people.
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In the baptism with the Holy Ghost subsequent to clean heart.
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In speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance and that it is the initial evidence of the baptism of the Holy Ghost.
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In water baptism by immersion, and all who repent should be baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
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Divine healing is provided for all in the atonement.
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In the Lord's Supper and washing of the saints' feet.
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In the premillennial second coming of Jesus. First, to resurrect the righteous dead and to catch away the living saints to Him in the air. Second, to reign on the earth a thousand years.
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In the bodily resurrection; eternal life for the righteous, and eternal punishment for the wicked.
Church Of God Declaration Of Faith
New Beginnings is an affiliate of The Church of God (Cleveland, TN). The Church of the God believes the whole Bible to be completely and equally inspired and that it is the written Word of God. The Church of God has adopted the Declaration of Faith (see above) as its standard and official expression of its doctrine.
Our History
We began in humble beginnings in 1971. In 2004, under the leadership of Pastor Rod Ritchie, the property at the corner of Sycamore Drive and Alamo was purchased for the church. It was originally constructed as a single story home. A subsequent owner added a second story, and the building was used as a doctor’s office for several years. Now it would be used for the church offices, special committees and events.
Theological Statement
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The ancient church father St. Augustine offers a helpful statement on any church’s shared beliefs, “In essentials, unity. In non-essentials, liberty. In everything, love.”
The idea bound up in these few words is that there exist essential teachings within Scripture that the church must be united on if the people are to experience the life of God in the family of God.
Additionally, the church has divided over the years’ time and time again over smaller disputes, for which there should be liberty within the church family to come as far as each member is able, honoring the continual process of belief that we each experience over a lifetime of walking with Jesus. The essentials are the anchors that hold us. The non-essentials are vital, extremely important, but the most loving, dignifying way to hold these teachings in the Christian Church is by liberty.
Finally, in everything, we are a family bound together by love. Right belief, expressed pridefully, is not love. Wrong belief, permitted freely, is also not love. Right belief, championed by love, is what Jesus embodied. We, the Body of Christ, should be a living expression of the same.
Theological Statement