Our Name

BEREAN: Acts 17:11, (Ber-ee’an), Berea is a city in the New Testament Book of Acts. The “Bereans” are noted for two things. First, they eagerly receiving the word of God as it was taught to them. Secondly, they searched the scriptures to verify what they were being taught was true. We encourage all, young and old, to bring their Bibles to church to study and learn God’s word for themselves.

BIBLE: II Timothy 3:16, “Bible” is our middle name! God’s word lies at the very heart of all we do, and is our final authority in all matters of faith and practice. We believe the entire Bible to be the inspired word of God! While God himself never changes, His dealings with mankind down through the ages have. This is why the Bible instructs us to “rightly divide the word of truth,” in II Timothy 2:15 (KJV). While the entire Bible is for our profit and learning, it is not all specifically addressed to, or is about us today. We therefore recognize Paul as the apostle of the Gentiles and preach the entire Bible in the light of his gospel, Romans 11:13, 16:25, 26.

CHURCH: I Timothy 3:15, The local church is a family that gathers in a community to edify one another, and establish a testimony to the surrounding area of the truth of God’s word, and manifest the life of his Son, in the individual members, and in the group as a whole. As His ambassadors, our purpose is to do God’s will, for in I Timothy 2:4 he would have “all men to be saved and to come unto the knowledge of the truth”. This local church is not an organization, but a living organism! Our motto is; “Not I, but Christ”! We are to rejoice in the Lord alway! He lives and manifests his life in us, as we rejoice in his word to us, and allow his truth to work in us, for his glory! This is the true meaning of fellowship, and we would love for you to join us!

Our Motto

Galatians 2:20 “…not I, but Christ…”  

This wonderfully simple, yet profound phrase comes from the book of Galatians, chapter 2, verse 20. It summarizes the gospel of our eternal salvation, our standing, and our security before God, and is the essence of the Christian life day by day, in a nutshell! Our problem, as sons of Adam, is that we have all sinned and come short of the glory of God, and there is none righteous, no not one! That problem has eternal consequences before the justice of God! Can religion, or us doing our best, pay for our sins? It is not about us in any way. We could never be sure we have done enough, or done it just right. The answer for salvation eternally is, “Not I, But Christ”! When he died and rose again for our sins, He did it all and he did enough! “For by grace ye are saved, through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works lest any man should boast”, Ephesians 2:8 & 9.

 Grace is also how we rest and are secure in Him. We are not on probation, trying stay in his favor. It was not our goodness that saved us in the first place, and it is not our faithfulness that keeps us saved. For our eternal security it is, “Not I, but Christ”, Ephesians 1:13 & 14.

 For life’s daily decisions and priorities, it is, “Not I, but Christ”. We live, not unto ourselves, but unto Him who died for us, and rose again, because his love constrains us! I’m serving the one who loved me and gave himself for me! To get along with others it is, “Not I, But Christ”. “Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus…” To live daily, it is, “yet not I, but Christ which liveth in me…”, II Corinthians 5:14 & 15, Philippians 2:4-8.