What We Believe

IN ESSENTIAL BELIEFS WE HAVE UNITY.
IN NON-ESSSENTIAL BELIEFS WE HAVE LIBERTY.
IN ALL BELIEFS, WE SHOW CHARITY.

Core Beliefs

Port City Church is a theologically conservative nondenominational church. We believe that minor doctrinal differences have divided Christians for too long. We don't have to agree on every point to love each other and serve God together.
The Port City Creed

We believe in the gospel
that Jesus Christ, the Son of God,
reached into our brokenness,
lived the perfect life we could never live,
suffered the death our sin deserves,
and rose victorious
to restore us into life with God.
 
We believe we are saved by grace
through faith not by our works,
but by His finished work on the cross.
 
We believe the Spirit of God lives in us
empowering us to walk in truth,
to serve with joy,
to follow Jesus daily,
and to be released for His mission
in the world.
 
We believe Jesus will return
to make all things new
and until that day,
we live with hope,
on mission,
and for His glory.


  • the Scriptures are true, authoritative and sufficient (Psalm 19:7-11; 2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:20-21).

  • there is only one true God, Creator of heaven and earth, who eternally exists in three distinct persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit (Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 45:5-6; Isaiah 46:9-10; John 17:3; 1 Corinthians 8:4-6; 1 Timothy 2:5;Genesis 1:26; Psalm 45:6-7; Psalm 110:1; Matthew 3:13-17; Matthew 28:17-20; 1 Corinthians 12:4-6).

  • all things exist for the glory of God (Psalm 148; Proverbs 16:4; Isaiah 61:3; Romans 11:33-36; 1 Corinthians 10:31; 2 Corinthians 5:15; Ephesians 1:3-14).

  • all humanity, Christ excluded, is sinful by both birth and action (Genesis 6:5; Psalm 51:5; Jeremiah 17:9; Romans 3:23; 5:8, 12-21; 7:18; Ephesians 2:1-3).

  • the deserved penalty for sin is physical and spiritual death (Genesis 2:15-17; Genesis 3:19; Romans 5:12; 6:23; James 1:14-15). 

  • Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God, was born of a virgin and is both fully God and fully human (Matthew 1:20;Luke 2:52; John 1:1-4, 14; Colossians 1:15-20; Hebrews 1:1-3).

  • Jesus Christ died as the sacrificial substitute to pay the penalty for sin (John 1:29; 10:1-18; Romans 5:8; 1 Corinthians 15:1-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 1:4; 1 Peter 3:18).

  • Jesus Christ physically rose from the dead, ascended into heaven and will one day physically return (Matthew 28:1-20; Mark 16:1-8; Luke 24:1-53; John 1:20-21:25; 1 Corinthians 15:12-34; John 14:3; Acts 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:16;Hebrews 9:28; 1 John 3:2; Revelation 1:7).

  • there will be a future physical resurrection of the dead. Only those who turn from sin and to Jesus in faith and repentance will be raised to eternal reward. Those who do not turn from sin and to Jesus will be raised to eternal punishment (Matthew 25:31-46; John 5:28-29; Acts 24:15).

  • only through faith in the person and work of Jesus Christ and repentance from sin can one be reconciled to God and experience true life and joy (John 3:18, 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 3:21-26; 1 Timothy 2:5-6).


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