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Timberville Church of Christ |
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Welcome!
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Timberville, Virginia | ||||||||||
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www.timbervillechurchofchrist.org
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www.timbervillechurch.com
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About
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We offer several FREE pamphlets and Bible studies! Contact us for more information. |
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What
you should expect when you visit us: A friendly
welcome!
Our
Name:
We are simply people. A congregation of the Church which Jesus Christ
established and for which he died (Matthew 16:18). However, the term "Church
of Christ" is not used as a denominational name. It is a description
of who we are: the Church that belongs to Christ. That
it is why we the Church is called by His name. This
is not meant to say that we are superior to all others. We know that all
individuals, including each of us, "have sinned and fall short of
the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). This encourages us to strive carefully
to follow God's commands as revealed in the New Testament. Christians are privileged to observe it in memory of His death, burial, resurrection, and coming return. As the Apostle Paul continued: "For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes" (1 Corinthians 11:26). The unleavened bread and fruit of the vine, symbolize to us the body and blood of Jesus Christ which were sacrificed for the sins of man (1 Corinthians 10:16). We share this supper on the first day of every week, as did the 1st Century churches of Christ (Acts 20:7). Although most denominations do not worship in this way, we are committed to being obedient to the New Testament. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Music: Although not our emphasis, we are most obviously different from denominations by the music we offer in worship. Our commitment is to follow only the authority given by Jesus Christ (Matthew 28:18-20). We worship God with the music. We use our voices and our hearts, just as scripture commands (Ephesians 5:19). Although, this is commonly called 'a cappella,' we can be sure that this is the music that God desires and that Jesus Christ authorizes us to use. In all things, we strive to worship according the commands of God as revealed in the New Testament. Nothing more, nothing less. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Membership: Membership into the Church for which Christ died is not like membership in some club or manmade organization. The New Testament tells us how a person becomes a Christian and it is when a person becomes a Christian, that the Lord places their membership in the Church. There are no separate sets of rules or ceremonies which one must obey in order to be accepted. Whenever anyone capable of understanding becomes a Christian through obedient baptism for the remission of sins, they become a member of the Church at the same time. Nothing further is needed. This is just as it was in the 1st Century. In fact, on the first day that the Church came into existence, all those who repented and were baptized were saved (Acts 2:38) and from that day forward all those who have been saved were added to the church (Acts 2:47). It was the Lord who added them to the Church. We have no authority to make further demands on anyone. Neither do we have the authority to demand any less (e.g. a simple "sinner's prayer"). The New Testament makes it clear that a person becomes a Christian when they are given eternal life at baptism (Romans 6:3-4). A person is only capable of being baptized correctly after hearing and believing God's Word (Romans 10:17, Acts 16:30-31), repenting of their sins (Acts 17:30), and confessing "because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved"( Romans 10:9-10). We don't have membership drives. Instead, we strive always to "make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" (Matthew 28:19). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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©
2012 Timberville Church of
Christ :: 16004 Lone Pine Drive, P.O. Box 402 Timberville, VA 22853
:: (540) 896-9614
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