What We Believe

AreaOne is an evangelical, interdenominational ministry committed to glorifying Jesus Christ in all that we say and do and proclaiming without reservation His gospel. We believe:

The Bible • That the 66 books of the Bible are the inspired Word of God and that they hold authoritative power to define everything that we believe and practice. (2 Tim. 3.16, 17; 2 Peter 1.21)

God • That God is our creator and exists as an intimate complexity revealing Himself as One God in Three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We acknowledge our Heavenly Father, infinitely perfect and intimately acquainted with all of our ways. We claim Jesus Christ as Lord- very God who came in flesh- the object of our worship and the subject of our praise. We recognize the Holy Spirit as Counselor, incessantly at work convicting, convincing, indwelling, gifting and empowering. (1 Peter 1.2)

Humanity • That humanity is separated from God because of our fallen nature, evident in thought and action that is in opposition to who God is, and therefore is without hope of heaven apart from a new birth, made possible by the Savior’s virgin birth, sacrificial death and glorious resurrection, and communicated as the Holy Spirit moves upon all people to bring them into relationship with God. (John 3.16; Romans 3.23; 10.9)

Salvation • That the offer of salvation is God’s loving gift to all. Those who accept it by faith, apart from works, become new creatures in Christ. (Eph. 2.8-10)

Resurrection • That the Lord promised to return, and that all who have died will be brought back from beyond in a bodily resurrection – believers to everlasting communion with God and unbelievers to everlasting separation from God, which is hell. (1 Cor. 15.2; Matthew 25.46)

Church • That the Lord is continuing to enlarge His family, the universal Body of Christ, over which He rules as Head. We are grateful to be a part of this Body which exists to proclaim God’s truth, to stimulate growth toward maturity, and to bring glory to God. (Eph. 4.4-6)

Jesus Christ • That the ultimate answer to life comes down to our personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ, and that the ultimate purpose of our lives is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever. (John 10.10)