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We believe the Church is the holy group and assembly of people called out of darkness into the marvelous light of Jesus Christ through salvation (1 Pet. 2:9).
The Church can be best represented through the illustrations of being the Bride of Christ (Eph. 5:22-33), the Family of God (Eph. 2:19-21; Gal. 6:10), the Body of Jesus (1 Cor. 12:12-26), the Temple of Holy Spirit (Eph. 2:19-21), and the Embassy of Heaven (2 Cor. 5:20). Because the spiritual reality of the Church is made manifest in physical form, there is both a spiritual and physical nature of the Church of Jesus Christ. This spiritual essence is made clear through the organization of the assembled congregation and by the ordinances of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.
We believe God’s Church can be best organized through Elder-Led Congregationalism, which provides large financial and general directions to be brought before the whole Congregation of Eden, while allowing for spiritual items and the spiritual direction of the Church to be decided and determined by the leading group of elders who oversee the Church’s spiritual health (Heb. 13:17; 1 Pet. 5:2-4).
All Christians have a duty to lead others both spiritually and through servanthood. However, each Christian will often prioritize one or the other. Within these two camps, certain Christians may feel compelled to take a leadership role as a spiritual or servant leader. These two roles are defined in Scripture as Elders and Deacons. The Elders focus their attention on the spiritual matters of the local Church. They work to determine the spiritual direction of the local church through reading and meditating upon Scripture, discussing it with other elders or spiritual leaders, and praying to God for Holy Spirit’s guidance on how to understand and clearly apply it to the local Church (1 Tim. 3:1-7; Titus 1:5-9). Deacons focus their attention on identifying and tending to the physical, tangible, and practical matters of the Church while maintaining the unity of the Family, so that the Elders can continue their work of preaching, teaching, and praying (Acts 6:1-4; 1 Tim. 3:8-13).
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We believe there are two ordinances of the Church, and we do not hold these ordinances to be sacramental in nature, meaning participation in them does not bring further means of grace (Titus 3:4-7).
The two ordinances are Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.
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One of the greatest blessings given to man by God is the Holy Scriptures, which is God’s revelation of Himself to man. The Scriptures, while written by man, are inspired by Holy Spirit for the purpose of revealing to man all that God has deemed necessary and sufficient for the salvation of man to the glory of His name. It is to that end that we believe that Scripture is Divinely Inspired, Inerrant, and Infallible.
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God has revealed Himself to us through the Holy Scriptures. We believe there is one true and living God who is infinite, self-existent, omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient, immutable, impassible, eternal, and all-sufficient within Himself. He created from nothing all things, seen and unseen, and sustains them by His sovereign power for the purpose of His glory in accordance with His perfect will (Luke 24:27, 44-45; John 5:39; Col. 1:16; 2 Pet. 1:16-19).
God is perfect. He is most and infinitely: holy, powerful, righteous, loving, just, good, merciful, gracious, faithful, truthful, patient, and wise (Deut. 32:4; Ps. 18:30; Isa. 46:9-11; 1 John 4:16). God is spirit and exists eternally as one being and three distinct persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Each person of the Godhead is of the same divine essence and therefore there is no division of mind, will, or power among them. They are equally worthy of all worship, honor, praise, and obedience (Isa. 9:6). The Father is God. The Son is God. The Holy Spirit is God. The Father is of none, neither begotten nor proceeding. The Son is eternally begotten of the Father. The Holy Spirit eternally proceeds from the Father and Son (John 1:1-18; 3:16; 14:26; 15:26; Heb. 1:1-2).
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