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Newsong Los Angeles Covenant Church Statement of Faith
The Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, are the inspired Word of God without error in the original writings, the complete revelation of His will for the salvation of men and women, and the divine and final authority for all Christian life and faith.
There is one God, Creator of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Jesus Christ is God’s eternal Son. As true God and true man, He allowed Himself to be born of a virgin, taught men and women how to live through a sinless life, was crucified as a penal substitute for our sins, arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven, where, at the right hand of the Majesty on High, He is now our High Priest and Advocate.
The Holy Spirit persuades us to repent of our sins and confess Jesus as Lord. He lives in us, teaches us, gifts us, and enables us to live godly lives.
Men and women are created in the image of God, tempted by Satan and rebelled against God. As a result of their rebellion against God, men and women are dead in their sins. Through repentance and personal faith in Jesus Christ, we are forgiven our sins, reborn by the Holy Spirit, and we become children of God.
The Church is the living Body of Christ on earth; Christ is its head and source of life. The Body is composed of those who have received Him personally. The Church exists to celebrate the living God, cultivate personal growth in Christ, love one another in Christ, and communicate Christ to the world through words and deeds.
Jesus Christ will return to earth to raise the dead, judge the world, and establish His glorious Kingdom. This is the hope of the Church and its encouragement for ministry. At the end of time the redeemed will go on to eternal life whereas the unredeemed to eternal hell.
Baptism soon after accepting Christ as personal Savior is a testimony to sin and resurrection to a new life, and the Lord’s Supper is a time of thanksgiving and communion with Christ, setting forth in sacred and symbolic manner the death of the Lord Jesus Christ and the unity of His Church; all true believers and only believers should share in it. Infant baptism is appropriate of believing parents as a testimony of the expectation of the future grace of Christ in the life of the child.
Because God gives us eternal life through Jesus Christ, the true believer is secure in that salvation for eternity. If you have been genuinely saved, and trusted in Him, then you cannot lose your salvation. Salvation is maintained by the grace and power of God, not by the self-effort of the Christian. It is the grace and keeping power of God that gives us this security.
There is one God, Creator of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Jesus Christ is God’s eternal Son. As true God and true man, He allowed Himself to be born of a virgin, taught men and women how to live through a sinless life, was crucified as a penal substitute for our sins, arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven, where, at the right hand of the Majesty on High, He is now our High Priest and Advocate.
The Holy Spirit persuades us to repent of our sins and confess Jesus as Lord. He lives in us, teaches us, gifts us, and enables us to live godly lives.
Men and women are created in the image of God, tempted by Satan and rebelled against God. As a result of their rebellion against God, men and women are dead in their sins. Through repentance and personal faith in Jesus Christ, we are forgiven our sins, reborn by the Holy Spirit, and we become children of God.
The Church is the living Body of Christ on earth; Christ is its head and source of life. The Body is composed of those who have received Him personally. The Church exists to celebrate the living God, cultivate personal growth in Christ, love one another in Christ, and communicate Christ to the world through words and deeds.
Jesus Christ will return to earth to raise the dead, judge the world, and establish His glorious Kingdom. This is the hope of the Church and its encouragement for ministry. At the end of time the redeemed will go on to eternal life whereas the unredeemed to eternal hell.
Baptism soon after accepting Christ as personal Savior is a testimony to sin and resurrection to a new life, and the Lord’s Supper is a time of thanksgiving and communion with Christ, setting forth in sacred and symbolic manner the death of the Lord Jesus Christ and the unity of His Church; all true believers and only believers should share in it. Infant baptism is appropriate of believing parents as a testimony of the expectation of the future grace of Christ in the life of the child.
Because God gives us eternal life through Jesus Christ, the true believer is secure in that salvation for eternity. If you have been genuinely saved, and trusted in Him, then you cannot lose your salvation. Salvation is maintained by the grace and power of God, not by the self-effort of the Christian. It is the grace and keeping power of God that gives us this security.
Christ: Walk with Jesus
No matter where you are spiritually our hope is to help you grow one step closer to Christ. Pursuing a personal relationship with Jesus is the true essence of our faith and essential in life transformation. Throughout our daily pursuit, we experience Him through our celebration, laughter, worship, joy and pain. Because God is so massive, He is beyond our comprehension and we must embrace the mystery of who God is in our own lives.
Community: Finding your team
To be known, to love and be loved – MISSIONAL, not just a small group. Small group is just a form. You can have community even in larger groups. Humans by nature are social creatures. God not only designed us to live in a deep relationship with Him, but also with others. The journey in life is hard and the maturation of the journeyman is nearly impossible without fellow travelers around him or her. Life is a team effort. Who’s on your team?
Cause: Find your mission
To passionately and holistically use your time, treasure and talents to transform lives. What gives you purpose in life? We believe that everybody should have a purpose and a cause that is bigger then themselves. Without this key component, life becomes all about the individual and that gets old fast. To have a missional purpose is to live for something greater. We believe together is better than alone, especially when it comes to a place of belonging.
3rd Culture
Being third culture is having the mindset and the will to love, learn, and serve in any culture, even in the midst of pain and discomfort. As we mature in knowing Christ’s character, we discover that he has called us to love and serve cultures and people unlike our own – may it be racially, or socioeconomically.
Everyone Plays: cWOW Church without Walls
Serving the least of these and loving our neighbor. We are relevant to culture and adaptable to our world. We are a community without walls. We engage our local communities. Our culture is not about strong-arming you into a connection with God but about honest conversations concerning our relationship with God, our community with one another, and our responsibility to humbly serve the misfits of our world.
Be Water My Friend: Multicultural
Bruce Lee, a legend in martial arts, once said “You put water in a cup, it becomes a cup. You put water into the bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot, it becomes a teapot. The water can flow. The water can crash… be water my friend.” Our water- our message- remains what it always has been: the love of Jesus. As Christians we must change the shape of the message to fit the cultural context of the people we are loving and serving so that they can receive Jesus’ love. Newsong is a community of believers who can adapt to every form of culture and see a church without walls, non-hierarchical, but supportive and catalytic in nature. Newsong is a global community with many different sizes and shapes, rural and urban, collaborating in leadership development, missional initiatives, and the sharing of resources. While the truth of God may not change, each generation must construct its own language and style to connect with God and with the real world.
No matter where you are spiritually our hope is to help you grow one step closer to Christ. Pursuing a personal relationship with Jesus is the true essence of our faith and essential in life transformation. Throughout our daily pursuit, we experience Him through our celebration, laughter, worship, joy and pain. Because God is so massive, He is beyond our comprehension and we must embrace the mystery of who God is in our own lives.
Community: Finding your team
To be known, to love and be loved – MISSIONAL, not just a small group. Small group is just a form. You can have community even in larger groups. Humans by nature are social creatures. God not only designed us to live in a deep relationship with Him, but also with others. The journey in life is hard and the maturation of the journeyman is nearly impossible without fellow travelers around him or her. Life is a team effort. Who’s on your team?
Cause: Find your mission
To passionately and holistically use your time, treasure and talents to transform lives. What gives you purpose in life? We believe that everybody should have a purpose and a cause that is bigger then themselves. Without this key component, life becomes all about the individual and that gets old fast. To have a missional purpose is to live for something greater. We believe together is better than alone, especially when it comes to a place of belonging.
3rd Culture
Being third culture is having the mindset and the will to love, learn, and serve in any culture, even in the midst of pain and discomfort. As we mature in knowing Christ’s character, we discover that he has called us to love and serve cultures and people unlike our own – may it be racially, or socioeconomically.
Everyone Plays: cWOW Church without Walls
Serving the least of these and loving our neighbor. We are relevant to culture and adaptable to our world. We are a community without walls. We engage our local communities. Our culture is not about strong-arming you into a connection with God but about honest conversations concerning our relationship with God, our community with one another, and our responsibility to humbly serve the misfits of our world.
Be Water My Friend: Multicultural
Bruce Lee, a legend in martial arts, once said “You put water in a cup, it becomes a cup. You put water into the bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot, it becomes a teapot. The water can flow. The water can crash… be water my friend.” Our water- our message- remains what it always has been: the love of Jesus. As Christians we must change the shape of the message to fit the cultural context of the people we are loving and serving so that they can receive Jesus’ love. Newsong is a community of believers who can adapt to every form of culture and see a church without walls, non-hierarchical, but supportive and catalytic in nature. Newsong is a global community with many different sizes and shapes, rural and urban, collaborating in leadership development, missional initiatives, and the sharing of resources. While the truth of God may not change, each generation must construct its own language and style to connect with God and with the real world.
Our DNA – Questions lead us more than answers
Who is your neighbor?
Your neighbor is someone unlike you. Think about someone whom you would never talk to, or even dislike because they are so different from you. It could be your those loud college students who live next door to you or that annoying coworker who always makes the most annoying small talk as he passes your workstation. Your neighbor could even be the marginalized in society. This is the type of person you’re supposed to love. Look at the story of the Good Samaritan. A Jew has been mugged, and after a couple of his Jewish brethren didn’t help him, a Samaritan, who normally doesn’t associate with Jews, stops and helps the wounded man and makes sure he’s fully recovered. We must be that Samaritan. What do you have in your hand? You may ask yourself, “I have really nothing to give to the world. I need to be a better leader to lead a ministry in church.” Excuses run through our heads concerning why we need more resources in order to do Jesus’ will. But God really asks us,
“What is in your hand?
”Meaning, what talents do you already possess? How can you offer those talents to others? They may be small in your eyes, but if God can feed four thousand with some bread and fish in a little boy’s hands, God can do wonders with the very little that you believe you have in yours.
Who is your neighbor?
Your neighbor is someone unlike you. Think about someone whom you would never talk to, or even dislike because they are so different from you. It could be your those loud college students who live next door to you or that annoying coworker who always makes the most annoying small talk as he passes your workstation. Your neighbor could even be the marginalized in society. This is the type of person you’re supposed to love. Look at the story of the Good Samaritan. A Jew has been mugged, and after a couple of his Jewish brethren didn’t help him, a Samaritan, who normally doesn’t associate with Jews, stops and helps the wounded man and makes sure he’s fully recovered. We must be that Samaritan. What do you have in your hand? You may ask yourself, “I have really nothing to give to the world. I need to be a better leader to lead a ministry in church.” Excuses run through our heads concerning why we need more resources in order to do Jesus’ will. But God really asks us,
“What is in your hand?
”Meaning, what talents do you already possess? How can you offer those talents to others? They may be small in your eyes, but if God can feed four thousand with some bread and fish in a little boy’s hands, God can do wonders with the very little that you believe you have in yours.