WHAT WE BELIEVE

At Soul Harvest Church our vision to love, build, and lead motivates all we do.

BELIEFS

Adhering to Biblical doctrine and developing our relationship with Christ and with others is important to us.

We believe the Holy Scripture of the Old and New Testament to be the inspired Word of God. The Scriptures are inerrant, infallible, and God-breathed, and therefore are the final authority for faith and life. The sixty-six books of the Old and New Testament are the complete and divine revelation of God of man.
We believe in one Triune God, eternally existing in three persons–Father, Son, and Holy Spirit–each co-eternal in being, co-identical in nature, having the same attributes and perfections.
We believe Jesus Christ, conceived of the Virgin Mary, is the only begotten Son of the Father. Jesus was crucified, buried and rose from the dead. He ascended to heaven and is today at the right hand of the Father as our Intercessor.
    1. We believe that the Holy Spirit is God who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgement; and, that He is the Supernatural Agent in regeneration, and is capable of baptizing believers into the body of Christ, indwelling and sealing them unto the day of redemption.
 
    1. We believe that He is the Divine Teacher who assists believers to understand and appropriate the Scriptures and that is the privilege and duty of all the saved to be filled with the Spirit.
 
    1. We believe that God is a giver of spiritual gifts to every believer. God uniquely uses evangelists, pastors, prophets, apostles, and teachers for the equipping of the saints for the work of the ministry.
 
  1. We believe that the nine gifts of the Holy Spirit are for today and for as long as we remain on the earth. These gifts are to be in operation by all believers under submission to the authorities in the church.
Salvation is the free gift of God to man, and is operative by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. People can be united with God through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Anyone who accepts and believes in Jesus’ death for his or her personal sins, receives forgiveness for every sin.
Once we receive Christ, we are empowered to live in a new way. We are free through Jesus’ work on the Cross and can live out a life of integrity.
  1. Baptism in water by immersion, is a direct commandment of Jesus Christ, and is for born-again believers only. The ordinance is a symbol of the Christian’s identification with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection.

  2. The following recommendation regarding the water baptismal formula is adopted: “On the confession of your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and by His authority, I baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.”
Learn more about being water baptized at SHC here.
The baptism in the Holy Ghost is a gift from God as promised by the Lord Jesus Christ to all believers in this dispensation and is received subsequent to the new birth.
  1. We believe the universal church of Jesus Christ, which is one body and the espoused bride of Christ, is solely made up of born-again persons.

  2. We believe that the establishment and continuance of local churches is clearly taught and defined in the New Testament Scriptures.

  3. We believe in the autonomy of the local church free of any external authority of control.
Divine healing is for the physical ills of the human body and is wrought by the power of God both through the prayer of faith and by the laying on of hands. It is provided for in the atonement of Christ, and is the privilege of every believer today.

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is coming back again as He promised.

The full list of doctrinal beliefs is taught during our Onboarding Class. Sign up here for more information!