ABOUT US
The Ephesus Project is a non-denominational, organic and community ministry. We are the “Church Without Walls,” called to meet the challenges of Church, and community in the 21st century.
Our mission is to provide a Christian environment that provides spiritual and educational excellence that builds leaders, strengthens individuals, and communities to live empowered in relationship with God and one another.
Our vision is for healed communities that live empowered in relationship with God and one another to fulfill the Gospel of Christ in action.
STATEMENT
OF FAITH
We believe in the One eternal and personal God, who is revealed as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, distinguishable but indivisible. We believe salvation is by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. Notwithstanding, we believe Jesus is the Son of God who was crucified, and died for our sins, was buried, was raised from the dead and ascended to heaven and is the living Christ in whom we have salvation and new life. We believe that the gifts of the Holy Spirit and the Five Fold ministry are active in the life of the church today for the work of ministry and the building of the body of Christ. We believe humanity was created in the image and likeness of God. We therefore affirm the intrinsic dignity and worth of every human being.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
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We believe all Scripture, both Old and New Testaments, is God’s revelation to humanity that we might live in conformity to God’s will, thought, and purpose. (2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Peter 1:20-21)
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We believe in the one God who eternally exists as one essence, distinguishable but indivisible, revealed as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. (Genesis 6:4, Matthew 28:19, Luke 3:21-22, John 15:26)
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We believe that salvation is by grace through repentance and faith in the perfect and all-sufficient work of Jesus Christ upon the cross. (Ephesians 2:8-9, Hebrews 9:12-14, Romans 5:11)
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We believe that water baptism is the obedient response to the command of the Lord. It is the outward expression of the internal spiritual reality of the believer. (Matthew 28:19, Acts 2:38, Acts 19:1-6)
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We believe God originally created the human in His image. Sin entered by disobedience and rebellion and rendered humanity incapable of saving itself. (Romans 5:12, Genesis 1:27)
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We believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, very God and very man. (Luke 1:26-35, John 1:1,14,18, Isaiah 7:14, Isaiah 9:6)
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We believe Christ our Savior died for our sins, was buried and rose again the third day according to the Scriptures. (Luke 24:5-7, Acts 2:24, 1 Corinthians 15:1-8, Romans 4:25)
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We believe in the bodily ascension of Jesus to heaven, exalted as Lord and Christ. (John 14:2-3, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)
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We believe the church is the body of Christ and that Christ gave to the church apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers. (Ephesians 4:11-13)
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We believe the church is the body of Christ, formed to experience and participate in the personal life of the Son of God as a living organism having its life, essential nature and personality inherent in the Triune God of Grace, revealed as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Ephesians 1:22-23, Ephesians 2:19-22, Colossians 1:18, 1 Corinthians 12:13)
