Core Beliefs
The following are the core beliefs of Village Meadows based on the foundational truths taught in the Bible.
All of our teaching and ministry is rooted in and flows out of these Biblical doctrines.
All of our teaching and ministry is rooted in and flows out of these Biblical doctrines.
God
We believe in one God, eternally existent as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit (1 Thess. 1:9; Gen 1:1, 26; Mt. 28:19; John 14:9; Rev. 19:6).
Jesus
We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ (Heb. 1:8; 10-11), in His virgin birth (Mt. 1:18-23), in His sinless life (Heb. 2:18; 4:15), in His miracles (Jn. 20:30-31; 21:24-25), in His vicarious and atoning death (Rom. 5:8; 1 Cor. 15:3; Gal. 4:4-5; Col. 1:19-20), in His bodily resurrection (1 Cor. 15:3-8; 1 Thess. 1:10), in His ascension to the right hand of the Father (Acts 1:9; 1 Tim. 3:16), and in His personal return in power and glory (Jn. 14:3; Acts1:11; 1 Thess. 5:23; 1 Tim. 6:14; Tit. 2:13).
Holy Spirit
We believe in the personality of the Holy Spirit and that His ministry is to reveal Christ to men, to convict of sin (Jn. 16:7-15), to regenerate repentant sinners (Rom. 6:3-23; 7:6; 8:2-6) and, by His presence and power, to sanctify the lives of the redeemed (Rom. 15:16).
Man
We believe that man was created in the image of God (Gen. 1:26-28), but by willful transgression became sinful and is justly under the condemnation and wrath of Almighty God (Rom. 3:9-10, 23; 5:12-14; Col. 1:19-22).
Salvation
We believe that the only salvation from this guilt and condemnation is through repentance and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 4:12; Jn. 14:6) and that this salvation is the free gift of God’s love and grace (Rom. 6:23; Eph. 2:8-9; Tit. 3:5-6).
The Bible
We believe that the Bible is God’s inspired, infallible, inerrant, authoritative Word and is the supreme standard and final authority for all conduct, faith, and doctrine (2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Pet. 1:19-21; 1 Pet. 1:25).
The Church
We believe that a New Testament Church is a body of believers, baptized (Acts 2:38-47), associated for worship (Heb. 10:24-25), service (Gal. 5:13; Rom. 12:10-11), and the spread of the Gospel of the grace of God to all the world (Mt. 28:19-20; Acts 1:8).
The Resurrection
We believe that there will be a resurrection of the just and the unjust (Rev. 20); the just, having been redeemed by the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, to be with Him throughout eternity in glory (Rev. 20:4-6; 22:1-5); the unjust, having died impenitent and unreconciled to God, to eternal condemnation in Hell (Rev. 20:11-15).