Island Church Tierra Verde Core Beliefs
Once you've had a chance to find out what we believe, please visit us to find out WHY we believe these things.

Bible

We believe the Bible to be the complete Word of God, and

that the 66 books of the Old and New Testament were inspired by the Spirit of God as originally written.

that the Bible is the final authority in all matters of faith and conduct - 2 Timothy 3:16.

God

We believe in one God, Creator of all, holy, sovereign, eternal, existing in three equal Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Jesus Christ

We believe in the absolute and essential deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, and

in His eternal existence, with the Father in pre-incarnate glory.

in His work of creation, in His Virgin Birth, sinless life, substitutionary death and bodily resurrection.

in His triumphant ascension, mediatorial ministry and personal return.

The Holy Spirit

We believe in the absolute and essential deity, and in the personality of the Holy Spirit,

Who convinces of sin, of righteousness and of judgment.

Who regenerates, indwells, seals, sanctifies, illuminates and comforts those who believe in Jesus Christ.

Who baptizes believers at conversion into the Body of Christ and bestows upon them His gifts sovereignly as He wills and fills those yielded to Him.

Mankind

We believe that Adam was divinely created in the image of God, and

that by the sin of disobedience he fell from that state.

that all his posterity inherited spiritual depravity and defilement.

that all men therefore are guilty before God and condemned to physical and spiritual death.

Salvation

We believe that salvation is by the sovereign grace of God, and

that by the Father, Christ voluntarily suffered a propitiatory death.

that justification is by faith alone in the all-sufficient sacrifice and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.

that those whom God has effectually called shall be divinely preserved and ultimately perfected in the image of the Lord.

Heart Attitudes
We are committed to putting into practice the following 7 heart attitudes as part of growing in Christ and enjoying relationships with each other, as a church family.

1. Put the success of others above your own. Philipians 2:1-11

2. Clear up relationships as soon as possible. Matthew 5:7-9, 5:23-26, 5:43-48

3. Live an honest life before others. Ephesians 4:25

4. Give and recieve spiritual correction. Hebrews 3:13, Proverbs 10;17

5.Participate in the ministry of the church. 1 Peter 4:7-13, Corinthians 12

6.Support the work of the church financially. 2 Corintians 9:6-8

7. Follow the pastoral leadership within scriptural limits. Hebrews 13:17-18