Beliefs
Doctrinal Commitment
The Bible
Is the Word of God, infallible, inerrant, and inspired by God. We believe that from Genesis to Revelation, God used men inspired by the Holy Spirit to write the Bible.
Exodus 24:4; Deuteronomy 4:1-2; 17:19; Joshua 8:34; Psalms 19:7-10; 119:11,89,105,140; Isaiah 34:16; 40:8; Jeremiah 15:16; 36:1-32; Matthew 5:17-18; 22:29; Luke 21:33; 24:44-46; John 5:39; 16:13-15; 17:17; Acts 2:16; 17:11; Romans 15:4; 16:25-26; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; Hebrews 1:1-2; 4:12; 1 Peter 1:25; 2 Peter 1:19-21
God the Father
God is the creator and sustainer of the universe. He existed before time, will always exists, and is the creator of time.
Genesis 1:1; 2:7; Exodus 3:14; 6:2-3; 15:11; 20:1; Leviticus 22:2; Deuteronomy 6:4; 32:6; 1 Chronicles 29:10; Psalm 19:1-3; Isaiah 43:3,15; 64:8; Jeremiah 10:10; 17:13; Matthew 6:9; 7:11; 23:9; 28:19; Mark 1:9-11; John 4:24; 5:26; 14:6-13; 17:1-8; Acts 1:7; Romans 8:14-15; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Galatians 4:6; Ephesians 4:6; Colossians 1:15; 1 Timothy 1:17; Hebrews 11:6; 12:9; 1 Peter 1:17; 1 John 5:7
God the Son
He was born of a virgin and he is the Son of God. Jesus Christ is God in flesh. He lived a sinless life, suffered, bled, and died on the cross. He rose from the grave three days later and is now alive and seated at the right hand of the Father.
Genesis 18:1; Psalms 2:7; 110:1; Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 53:1-12; Matthew 1:18-23; 3:17; Mark 1:1; 3:11; Luke 1:35; 4:41; 22:70; 24:46; John 1:1-18,29; 10:30,38; 11:25-27; 12:44-50; 14:7-11; 20:1-20,28; Acts 1:9; 2:22-24; 7:55-56; 9:4-5,20; Romans 1:3-4; 3:23-26; 5:6-21; 8:1-3,34; 10:4; 1 Corinthians 1:30; 2:2; 8:6; 15:1-8,24-28; 2 Corinthians 5:19-21; 8:9; Galatians 4:4-5; Ephesians 1:20; 3:11; 4:7-10; Philippians 2:5-11; Colossians 1:13-22; 2:9; 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18; 1 Timothy 2:5-6; 3:16; Titus 2:13-14; Hebrews 1:1-3; 4:14-15; 7:14-28; 9:12-15,24-28; 12:2; 13:8; 1 Peter 2:21-25; 3:22; 1 John 1:7-9; 3:2; 4:14-15; 5:9; 2 John 7-9; Revelation 1:13-16; 13:8; 19:16
God the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is continually at work in the life of every believer and a person is indwelled by the Holy Spirit at the time of their salvation. We are commanded to walk in the Holy Spirit.
Multiply Community Church seeks to be a united community in Christ who desires for all to KNOW Christ (Faith), GROW in Christ (Family), and GO tell the world about Christ (Focus).
Trinity
There is one God in three persons. We believe that the Son and Spirit are subordinate to the father. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit created all things.
Salvation
Salvation involves the redemption of the whole man and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. By His own blood, he obtained eternal redemption for the believer. In its broadest sense, salvation includes regeneration, justification, sanctification, and glorification. There is no salvation apart from personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord.
A. Regeneration, or the new birth, is a work of God's grace whereby believers become new creatures in Christ Jesus. It is a change of heart wrought by the Holy Spirit through conviction of sin, to which the sinner responds in repentance of sin and trust in Jesus Christ. To repent is to turn away from sin and turn towards the savior, Jesus Christ.
B. Justification is God's gracious and full acquittal upon principles of His righteousness of all sinners who repent and believe in Christ. Justification makes one pure in God’s eyes because of Jesus’ blood.
C. Sanctification is the process by which the Spirit works in a believers life to conform that person into the image of Jesus Christ.
D. Glorification is the culmination of salvation and is the final blessed and abiding state of the redeemed.
Genesis 3:15; Exodus 3:14-17; 6:2-8; Matthew 1:21; 4:17; 16:21-26; 27:22-28:6; Luke 1:68-69; 2:28-32; John 1:11-14,17:17; Acts 2:21; 4:12; 15:11; 16:30-31; 17:30-31; 20:32; Romans 1:16-18; 2:4; 3:23-25. 5:8-10; 1 Corinthians 1:18,30; 6:19-20; 15:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17-20; Galatians 2:20; 3:13; 5:22-25; 6:15; Ephesians 1:7; 2:8-22; 4:11-16; Philippians 2:12-13; Colossians 1:9-22; 3:1ff.; 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24; 2 Timothy 1:12; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 2:1-3; 5:8-9; 9:24-28; 11:1-12:8,14; James 2:14-26; 1 Peter 1:2-23; 1 John 1:6-2:11; Revelation 3:20; 21:1-22:5
Mission of God
The mission of God is the rescuing of people from Satan, by God, through the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. It is the church’s task to go and tell about this mission; that he has ransomed people from every tongue, tribe, people, and nation. This mission leads to church multiplication. As the message about Christ’s love is proclaimed, it leads others to come to know him. As a result, the church grows and is expanded to the ends of the earth. Church planting is one way this mission of God is accomplished.
Genesis 12:3; 18:18; 21:17-18; Revelation 5:8-9:7; 9-10; Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:15-17; 15:19-20
Baptism and the Lord's Supper
Believers baptism is the immersion of a Christ follower into water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is an outward act that shows an inward reality. Baptism shows that we have died to our own way of living and trusted Jesus Christ to live in us, by the power of the Holy Spirit. Being a church ordinance, baptism is a prerequisite to the privileges of church membership and to the Lord's Supper.
The Lord's Supper is a symbolic act of obedience whereby members of the church, through partaking of the bread and the fruit of the vine, memorialize the death of the Redeemer and anticipate His second coming.
Matthew 3:13-17; 26:26-30; 28:19-20; Mark 1:9-11; 14:22-26; Luke 3:21-22; 22:19-20; John 3:23; Acts 2:41-42; 8:35-39; 16:30-33; 20:7; Romans 6:3-5; 1
Corinthians 10:16,21; 11:23-29; Colossians 2:12
