We believe that to know God’s purpose for your life, you need to know God and have a personal relationship with Him. God desires to have a relationship with you. However, sin separates us from God. In order to restore our relationship with God, He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to die for you and pay the penalty for your sin. Because the penalty for sin has been paid, you can have a relationship directly with God. It requires an individual response from you to receive it. To accept Jesus into your heart, you have to acknowledge that…
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We are sinful.
- For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” – Romans 3:23
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Be willing to repent and turn away from sin.
- “For the wages of sin is death” – Romans 6:23
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Believe that Jesus Christ died for you on the cross.
- “But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8
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You must receive Him.
- “Yet to all who receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God.” John 1:12
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Receiving Christ into your heart is as simple as asking Him to come into your life.
- You could pray a simple prayer like this:
“God, I know that I am a sinner and need your forgiveness. I believe that Jesus Christ died for my sins, I want to turn from my sins. I invite Jesus Christ to come into my heart and life as my personal Savior and Lord of my life. In Jesus name, Amen .”
- You could pray a simple prayer like this:
When you receive Christ into your heart you become a child of God. You can talk to Him in prayer at any time about anything. The Christian life is a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ.
Our Core Values
Experiencing God’s Love and Grace
We value the free gift of salvation in Christ Jesus and the transforming power of the Holy Spirit.
Believing the Bible
We value the Bible as God’s authoritative Word, study it together, and build our lives on its truth.
Worshipping God
We value heartfelt worship that is God-honoring, Spirit-directed, and life-changing.
Following Jesus
We value whole-hearted obedience to Christ Jesus through the empowering presence of the Holy Spirit.
Belonging to the Community of Faith
We value integrity in relationships and mutual accountability in an atmosphere of grace, love, and acceptance.
Witnessing to the World
We value an active and loving witness for Christ to all people.
Serving Compassionately
We value serving others at their point of need, following the example of our Lord Jesus.
Pursuing Peace
We value all human life and promote forgiveness, understanding, reconciliation, and non-violent resolution of conflict.
Living Simply
We value uncluttered lives, which free us to love boldly, give generously, and serve joyfully.
Relying on God
We confess our dependence on God for everything, and seek to deepen our intimacy with Him by living prayerfully.
The Antrim Brethren in Christ Mission Statement:
“To Evangelize, Encourage, Equip, and Engage
all people to be true worshippers for God’s Glory.”
Our mission statement was developed from Romans 12:1 and Isaiah 6:1-8.
“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.”
– Romans 12:1
“In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.” At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke. “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.” Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.” Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”
– Isaiah 6:1-8