The Bible is God's Word to all people. It was written by human authors under the supernatural guidance of the Holy Spirit. Because God inspired it, the Bible is truth without any mixture of error and is completely relevant to our daily lives.

(Deuteronomy 4:1-2; Psalms 119:11, 105; Isaiah 40:8; Matthew 22:29; John 5:39; 16:13-15; 17:17; Romans 15:4; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; Hebrews 1:1-2; 4:12; 1 Peter 1:25; 2 Peter 3:16)

There exists one and only one God. God is all-powerful, all-knowing, ever-present, and perfectly good. God exists eternally as one substance in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

(Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 61:1; Matthew 28:19; Mark 1:9-11; Luke 1:35; John 5:21-23; 14:10, 16-17; Romans 8:9-11; 1 Corinthians 8:6; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Hebrews 1:8-10; James 2:19)

God the Father is sovereign over all creation, directing all things toward the fulfillment of His ultimate purposes. He is Father in a relationship with all people who receive by faith His provision of forgiveness through Jesus Christ.

(Exodus 3:14; Leviticus 11:44-45, 19:2; Numbers 23:19; Psalm 11:4-6; Malachi 3:6; John 3:16; 5:26; 14:1; Acts 17:28; Romans 3:3-4)

God the Son has existed eternally. In the person of Jesus Christ, God the Son assumed to His being all that it means to be human. Jesus is both fully man and fully God. Though tempted as we are, Jesus lived a sinless life; He was crucified for our sins; He rose from the dead on the third day; and after appearing to many people, He ascended to Heaven. He will return as the judge of all people and establish His rule over all creation.

(Isaiah 7:14, 53; Matthew 1:18-23; 3:17; 8:29; 14:33; 16:16; 28:5-6; Luke 22:70; 24:46-47; John 1:1, 14; 10:30; 11:25-27; 17:1-5; Acts 1:9; 2:22-24; 7:55-56; Romans 1:3-4; 3:23-26; 8:1-3; 10:4; 1 Corinthians 8:6; 2 Corinthians 5:19-21; Galatians 4:4-5; Philippians 2:5-11; Colossians 1:15; 2:9; 1 Timothy 2:5-6; 3:16)

God the Holy Spirit convicts people of their sin, God's righteousness, and the coming judgment. He indwells all believers, guiding them into all truth, guaranteeing their redemption, and making possible their conformity to Christ’s likeness. He equips each believer for service in the Body of Christ.

(Genesis 1:2; Psalms 51:11; 139:7-12; Isaiah 61:1-3; Joel 2:28-32; Mark 1:10; Luke 1:35; 4:1; 11:13; 12:12; John 15:26; 16:7-14; Acts 1:8; 2:1-4; 13:2; Romans 8:9-11, 14-16, 26- 27; 1 Corinthians 3:16; Ephesians 1:13-14; 2 Peter 1:21; Revelation 22:17)

People were created to exist forever. For those who reject God’s offer of salvation through Christ, God has assigned a place of eternal torment, which the Bible calls “Hell.” For those in relationship with God through Christ, God promises an eternal home with Him in Heaven.

(John 3:16, 36; Romans 6:23; 1 John 2:25; 5:11-13; Revelation 20:15)

All people are created in the image of God. Regardless of ethnicity or gender, all people possess full dignity and are worthy of respect and Christian love. Gender is a part of God’s creation, which He pronounced as very good. We thus affirm the distinction of male and female without decrease of value. People are the object of God’s unmerited favor. He created them to have fellowship with Him, but they became separated from Him through sinful disobedience. People cannot attain a right relationship with God through their own efforts, but by God’s love and grace, reconciliation is made possible.

(Genesis 1:26-31; 2:7, 18-22; 3; Psalms 8:3-6; 32:1-5; 51:5; Isaiah 6:5; Jeremiah 17:5; Acts 17:26-31; Romans 1:19-32; 3:10-18, 23; 5:6; 6:6; 7:14-25; 1 Corinthians 1:21-31; 15:19, 21-22; Ephesians 2; Colossians 1:21-22; 3:9-11)

All people are in need of salvation. The sacrificial death of Jesus Christ on the cross provides the only way of salvation. While sufficient for all, Christ’s atoning work on the cross is appropriated only to those who repent of their sin and receive Him in faith as Lord and Savior. Salvation is a gift from God and it cannot be earned through our own efforts, but it necessarily manifests itself in a life of progressive moral and spiritual maturity made possible through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. There is no salvation apart from personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord.

(Isaiah 1:18; 53:5-6; 55:7; Matthew 1:21; 27:22-28:6; Luke 1:68-69; 2:28-32; John 1:12; 3:16, 36; 5:24; Acts 2:21; 4:12; 16:30-31; Romans 1:16-18; 3:23-25; 5:8-10; 6; 1 Corinthians 1:18; 2 Corinthians 5:17-20; Galatians 2:20; 3:13; Ephesians 2:8-10; Philippians 2:12-13; Hebrews 9:24- 28; Revelation 3:20)

In the New Testament, the primary usage of the term “church” is in reference to a local body of baptized believers who covenant together in faith and fellowship under the lordship of Jesus Christ. The church is God’s chosen instrument to carry the message of Jesus Christ to a world enveloped in spiritual darkness. The church is also God’s provision for believers as a place where discipleship occurs, burdens are shared, and spiritual gifts are employed for the benefit of all and in accordance with Biblical parameters governing corporate order and worship. The New Testament also speaks of the Church as the Body of Christ, which includes all of the redeemed of all the ages, believers from every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nations.

(Matthew 28:19-20; 1 Corinthians 12:7; Galatians 1:2; Colossians 1:18; 1 Thessalonians 2:14; 5:11; Revelation 1:4) The New Testament also speaks of a church universal, which includes all of the redeemed of all the ages, believers from every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation. (John 10:16; Romans 11:16, 24; 1 Corinthians 10:32; 11:32; 12:28; Galatians 1:13; Ephesians 1:22)

Christ gave to His church two ordinances, Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.

Baptism is reserved for those who have personally accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. The biblical model for baptism is by immersion as a demonstration of our identification with Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection. Properly practiced, baptism constitutes evidence of salvation and the first step in a life of obedience to the commands of our Lord.

(Matthew 28:19; Acts 2:38, 41; 8:12-13, 36-38; 9:18; 10:47-48; 16:15, 33; 18:8; 19:5; 22:16)

The Lord’s Supper is a memorial instituted by Christ Jesus Himself on the night before His crucifixion. The elements represent our Lord’s body broken and blood shed on the cross. As such, the Lord’s Supper reminds us of the terrible price He paid for our redemption and it points us to the reality of His second coming.

(Matthew 26:26-29; Mark 14:22-25; Luke 22:14-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-34)

Marriage is a covenantal institution ordained by God, and by His design, it has one and only one norm applicable to all cultures at all times specifically, one man and one woman joined together for life. Scripture thus declares, “For this reason, a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.” (Genesis 2:24)

Jesus affirmed this universal norm in His teaching on the issue of divorce, stating: “Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.” (Matthew 19:4-6, Mark 10:6-8)

In his letter to the church in Ephesus, the apostle Paul also confirmed the singular norm for marriage by reference to the Genesis account, “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” (Ephesians 5:31)

In obedience to God and His word, and with charity towards all, Cross Culture Church affirms without apology the divine norm for marriage as the joining together of one man and one woman in a covenant commitment for life. Operating from that norm, the pastoral staff of Cross Culture Church shall only officiate weddings between a man and a woman, and then only if it is determined that both the man and the woman are in good standing with the church, which is understood as living according to God’s moral precepts as revealed in Scripture and interpreted by the elders of Cross Culture at Leesville Road.

We believe that the passion of Christ is for all people of the world to be saved. All human beings were created in the image of God to have fellowship with Him but became alienated from that relationship through sinful disobedience. As a result, humanity is totally incapable of coming back into a right relationship with God by one's own effort. Only the grace of God can bring man into His holy fellowship and enable man to fulfill the creative purpose of God. The sacredness of humanity is evident in that God created man in His own image, and in that Christ died for man; therefore, every person of every race possesses full dignity and is worthy of respect and Christian love.

We believe that the prayer of Jesus Christ (John 17) declares unity among believers to be the greatest expression of God's love for the world and the greatest witness to it of the fact that He, Himself, is Messiah.