“Glorifying
God by developing mature disciples through worship, study
of the Word, prayer, fellowship and outreach to
others.”
Northwood’s staff
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--Office Administrator, Alicia
Duebel---------------Youth & Worship
Pastor, Rory Dardich-------------------------Pastor,
Neal Brown
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Our
purpose statement expounded:
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To Glorify God...
Our
overall purpose is to bring honor and glory to God in all
that we do. We seek to encourage this through the
following:
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By Developing Mature Disciples...
We
believe that through the great commission, we are all
commanded to be His followers and to help others to do the
same.
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Through Worship...
We have
a blended service of celebrating God with the primary focus
on building up believers and equipping them to serve the
Lord.
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Study of the Word...
In
worship service, Adult Bible Fellowship, Sunday School, and
Men's & Women'sMinistries.
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Prayer...
We seek
to keep dependent prayer, individually and corporately, as
a high priority in every aspect of our church.
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Fellowship...
Developing
relationships based on love is extremely important to our
health and growth in the body of Christ. Therefore we seek
to meet this need through Adult Bible Fellowship and other
planned activities.
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Outreach to Others...
We
strive to be sensitive to the needs of the unchurched and
to share the love ofChrist through our daily living and
acts of service. We are also committed to short term and
full time missions at home and throughout the
world.
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EFCA
Statement of Faith
1. GOD
We believe in one God, Creator of all things, holy,
infinitely perfect, and eternally existing in a loving
unity of three equally divine Persons: the Father, the Son
and the Holy Spirit. Having limitless knowledge and
sovereign power, God has graciously purposed from eternity
to redeem a people for Himself and to make all things new
for His own glory.
2. THE BIBLE
We believe that God has spoken in the Scriptures, both Old
and New Testaments, through the words of human authors. As
the verbally inspired Word of God, the Bible is without
error in the original writings, the complete revelation of
His will for salvation, and the ultimate authority by which
every realm of human knowledge and endeavor should be
judged. Therefore, it is to be believed in all that it
teaches, obeyed in all that it requires, and trusted in all
that it promises.
3. THE HUMAN CONDITION
We believe that God created Adam and Eve in His image, but
they sinned when tempted by Satan. In union with Adam,
human beings are sinners by nature and by choice, alienated
from God, and under His wrath. Only through God’s
saving work in Jesus Christ can we be rescued, reconciled
and renewed.
4. JESUS CHRIST
We believe that Jesus Christ is God incarnate, fully God
and fully man, one Person in two natures.
Jesus-Israel’s promised Messiah-was conceived through
the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He lived a
sinless life, was crucified under Pontius Pilate, arose
bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven and sits at the
right hand of God the Father as our High Priest and
Advocate.
5. THE WORK OF CHRIST
We believe that Jesus Christ, as our representative and
substitute, shed His blood on the cross as the perfect,
all-sufficient sacrifice for our sins. His atoning death
and victorious resurrection constitute the only ground for
salvation.
6. THE HOLY SPIRIT
We believe that the Holy Spirit, in all that He does,
glorifies the Lord Jesus Christ. He convicts the world of
its guilt. He regenerates sinners, and in Him they are
baptized into union with Christ and adopted as heirs in the
family of God. He also indwells, illuminates, guides,
equips and empowers believers for Christ-like living and
service.
7. THE CHURCH
We believe that the true church comprises all who have been
justified by God’s grace through faith alone in
Christ alone. They are united by the Holy Spirit in the
body of Christ, of which He is the Head. The true church is
manifest in local churches, whose membership should be
composed only of believers. The Lord Jesus mandated two
ordinances, baptism and the Lord’s Supper, which
visibly and tangibly express the gospel. Though they are
not the means of salvation, when celebrated by the church
in genuine faith, these ordinances confirm and nourish the
believer.
8. CHRISTIAN LIVING
We believe that God’s justifying grace must not be
separated from His sanctifying power and purpose. God
commands us to love Him supremely and others sacrificially,
and to live out our faith with care for one another,
compassion toward the poor and justice for the oppressed.
With God’s Word, the Spirit’s power, and
fervent prayer in Christ’s name, we are to combat the
spiritual forces of evil. In obedience to Christ’s
commission, we are to make disciples among all people,
always bearing witness to the gospel in word and deed.
9. CHRIST'S RETURN
We believe in the personal, bodily and premillennial return
of our Lord Jesus Christ. The coming of Christ, at a time
known only to God, demands constant expectancy and, as our
blessed hope, motivates the believer to godly living,
sacrificial service and energetic mission.
10. RESPONSE AND ETERNAL DESTINY
We believe that God commands everyone everywhere to believe
the gospel by turning to Him in repentance and receiving
the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe that God will raise the
dead bodily and judge the world, assigning the unbeliever
to condemnation and eternal conscious punishment and the
believer to eternal blessedness and joy with the Lord in
the new heaven and the new earth, to the praise of His
glorious grace. Amen.