Our Beliefs
What do we believe and teach? There are four things on which we agree with clarity.
God and His Word are trustworthy.
Everyone needs to find “true north.” At CTK, we believe in the trustworthiness of God and His word. Our trust in God’s Word is based on the presupposition that there is a God, and that this God has taken steps to reveal himself to us. We believe the Bible is God’s revelation to man. As such, the scripture is our final authority for what we believe and practice.
The Bible itself is the best evidence for what it claims to be. The Bible is “alive”. Because the words are the breath of God (2 Timothy 3:16), the Bible is useful for teaching (“this is the right path”), rebuking (“you are on the wrong path”), correcting (“this is the way back to the path”), and training (“this is how you stay on the path”).
At CTK we interpret the Bible “normally” – at face value, according to its literary style. All of our teaching is Bible-based.
Christ is the Savior and King.
The name of our church makes a statement about where our loyalties lie, and whom we believe to be the source of our salvation. When we say that Christ is the King, we’re saying that He alone is worthy to be on the throne of our hearts (Philippians 2:10,11). Christ is not just a way, but the only way by which a person may receive eternal life in heaven with God. Our belief that Christ is savior and king follows from our belief in the trustworthiness of God and His word. The Bible teaches that Jesus is the only way to eternal life (Acts 4:12, John 14:1-6).
There is hope for the future, and forgiveness for the past.
Our God is a God of grace. His heart is toward the lost (Luke 15). Jesus came and died for us, not because we were deserving of His love and forgiveness, but because we were absolutely not. God loves us in spite of who we are, not because of who we are. At CTK we don’t view failures as final. We have a culture of recovery. We believe that the ruined can be redeemed, recovered, recruited, renewed and reproducing.
The church holds the hope of the world in its hands.
The church is a place of salvation. The church does not save you. Only the gospel saves you. But the church plays a vital role. We carry this “good news” as a sacred trust. It is our duty to disseminate this truth far and wide. To this end we are intentional and aggressive in our strategies. Time is precious. There is an urgency about our work. God doesn’t want anyone to perish. He wants as many people as possible to accept His offer of salvation (2 Peter 3:9).
God and His Word are trustworthy.
Everyone needs to find “true north.” At CTK, we believe in the trustworthiness of God and His word. Our trust in God’s Word is based on the presupposition that there is a God, and that this God has taken steps to reveal himself to us. We believe the Bible is God’s revelation to man. As such, the scripture is our final authority for what we believe and practice.
The Bible itself is the best evidence for what it claims to be. The Bible is “alive”. Because the words are the breath of God (2 Timothy 3:16), the Bible is useful for teaching (“this is the right path”), rebuking (“you are on the wrong path”), correcting (“this is the way back to the path”), and training (“this is how you stay on the path”).
At CTK we interpret the Bible “normally” – at face value, according to its literary style. All of our teaching is Bible-based.
Christ is the Savior and King.
The name of our church makes a statement about where our loyalties lie, and whom we believe to be the source of our salvation. When we say that Christ is the King, we’re saying that He alone is worthy to be on the throne of our hearts (Philippians 2:10,11). Christ is not just a way, but the only way by which a person may receive eternal life in heaven with God. Our belief that Christ is savior and king follows from our belief in the trustworthiness of God and His word. The Bible teaches that Jesus is the only way to eternal life (Acts 4:12, John 14:1-6).
There is hope for the future, and forgiveness for the past.
Our God is a God of grace. His heart is toward the lost (Luke 15). Jesus came and died for us, not because we were deserving of His love and forgiveness, but because we were absolutely not. God loves us in spite of who we are, not because of who we are. At CTK we don’t view failures as final. We have a culture of recovery. We believe that the ruined can be redeemed, recovered, recruited, renewed and reproducing.
The church holds the hope of the world in its hands.
The church is a place of salvation. The church does not save you. Only the gospel saves you. But the church plays a vital role. We carry this “good news” as a sacred trust. It is our duty to disseminate this truth far and wide. To this end we are intentional and aggressive in our strategies. Time is precious. There is an urgency about our work. God doesn’t want anyone to perish. He wants as many people as possible to accept His offer of salvation (2 Peter 3:9).
