What We
Believe.

The Holy Bible, sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments, is the inspired, inerrant, and infallible Word of God. Scripture alone is the supreme and final authority in all matters of faith and practice.

We preach through books of the Bible verse by verse because we believe the text has the agenda. Our job is not to use Scripture to say what we want it is to let Scripture say what God wants. It is alive, active, and more than enough.

We believe in one God, eternally existing in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, co-equal, co-eternal, co-substantial. Creator and Sustainer of all things, worthy of all worship.

God the Father is sovereign, holy, loving, and just. He is not distant He is near. Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man, born of a virgin, sinless in life, crucified for our sin, bodily risen, ascended, and returning in glory. The Holy Spirit is fully God, active and present today.

The eternal Son of God, born of a virgin, lived sinlessly, died as a substitutionary atonement for sin, rose bodily from the dead, ascended to the right hand of the Father, and will return personally and visibly in power and glory.

There is salvation in no one else. Jesus is not one way among many He is the way, the truth, and the life. His resurrection is the foundation of our faith and the guarantee of our victory.

We are continuationist. We believe all the gifts of the Holy Spirit described in Scripture are active and available to the Church today. The same Spirit who moved in Acts is moving now.

The Holy Spirit convicts of sin, regenerates the lost, indwells every believer, and empowers the Church for mission. We make room for prophecy, healing, tongues, and every gift described in 1 Corinthians 12–14. The Spirit and the Word always work together. We test everything by Scripture but we will not tell the Spirit He is done doing what He said He would do.

Humanity was created in the image of God with dignity, worth, and purpose. Through Adam's disobedience, all people are born with a sinful nature, in need of redemption only possible through faith in Jesus Christ.

Sin is not just bad behavior. It is a condition of the heart that separates us from God and leads to death. Every person is a sinner in need of grace. No one is beyond the reach of that grace.

Salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. It is the gift of God, received through genuine repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. It cannot be earned, inherited, or achieved.

All who believe are justified, born again, and granted eternal life. Salvation is not just a transaction it is a transformation. The one who is saved is being made new and walking in the victory Christ has already won.

We practice baptism by immersion as a public declaration of faith an outward sign of an inward transformation. Baptism does not save, but it is an act of obedience and a bold public statement that you belong to Jesus.

We baptize believers, not infants. If you have trusted Jesus and have never been baptized, we would love to talk with you about it. It is one of the most powerful moments in the life of a follower of Christ.

We observe the Lord's Supper regularly as a remembrance of Christ's body broken and blood shed for us. It is a proclamation of His death until He comes again a moment to re-center, re-orient, and re-commit to following Him.

It is open to all who have trusted in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. We do not take it lightly. We take it with gratitude.

The universal Church is the body of Christ, made up of all who have been redeemed by Him. The local church is God's primary vehicle for making disciples, proclaiming the gospel, and advancing His kingdom.

The Gathering CTX is an elder-led, independent, non-denominational church. We hold a high view of local church membership, community, accountability, and mission. We love the whole Church and partner broadly with the Body of Christ.

We believe marriage is a covenant between one man and one woman, as established by God in creation and affirmed by Jesus in the Gospels. It is not a social contract or cultural arrangement it is a sacred covenant designed to reflect the relationship between Christ and His Church.

We hold this conviction with love, not condemnation. Every person, regardless of background or struggle, is made in the image of God, loved by God, and welcome at The Gathering. Grace is not the absence of truth. Truth is not the absence of grace.

We believe human life is sacred from conception to natural death. Every person, at every stage and in every condition, bears the image of God and is therefore worthy of dignity, protection, and love.

This conviction shapes how we think about the unborn, the elderly, the vulnerable, and every person on the margins. A church that walks in victory walks in the defense of life because the Author of life calls us to.