THEOLOGY

“Theology” is words about God. It is the art and the science of using human words, with human minds, to explain an infinite and wholly unique God. Sometimes we do it well and other times we struggle.

Revelation Church is a Christian church that submits to the authority of the Bible, the documents called the Hebrew Scriptures (or Old Testament) and New Testament as our source for theology. We hold to the historic teachings of the Christian faith that have been expressed fairly well for hundreds of years through the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed.

We recognize that many important issues surrounding Christian belief and practice, especially hot-button issues of the 21st century, are not clarified by these early creeds. However, they do accurately state the positions that we hold the closest and they help to tie us to a long tradition of faithful Christians. If you’re interested in the finer points of our theology, we would love to have a friendly conversation over a cup of coffee rather than try to distill our convictions into easily misunderstood statements online. Send us an email or visit one of our gatherings if you’d like to chat!

  • I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

    I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead.

    I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

  • We believe in one God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible.

    And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten son of God: the one begotten from the Father before all the ages, light of light, true God of true God, begotten not made, being of one substance with the Father, through whom all things came into being, who for us and for our salvation came down from heaven and became flesh by the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary, and became man and was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate; he suffered and was buried, and on the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures and ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father; and he will come again with glory to judge the living and the dead, whose kingdom will have no end.

    And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and life-giver, the one who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, who spoke through the prophets.

    In one holy, catholic, and apostolic church: we confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sins; we expect the resurrection of the dead and the life of the age to come. Amen.