Life Bridge Christian Church is:
- A Christian Faith Community
Our message is that "Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God." We require no other creed. He alone is Lord and Savior.
- A part of the church of Jesus Christ
The church belongs to Him. We have no authority to change the teachings, rewrite the rules, alter membership requirements, or usurp His place. The church is not a democracy.
- A church seeking unity
Like other churches that have their roots in the Restoration Movement, members of this faith community seek to be one in Christ with all others He calls His own.
- A faith community seeking to restore
As much as possible, we imitate the New Testament precedents. That is why our baptism is by immersion, our Communion is every Lord's Day, our leaders are called elders, our preaching is about Christ, and our prayers are in Christ's name. Even our church name is rooted in the earliest days, when disciples were called Christians and their congregations were often addressed as "churches of Christ" or "Christian Churches."
- An apostolic community
The church, Ephesians 2:20 states, is "built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone." Whatever we know about Christ and the church we learned from Jesus' closest companions, the apostles.
- A thinking community
In the same Ephesian letter, Paul prays that God will give a "Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. . . ." Christian faith demands the best our minds can give, so we are a studying church, seeking to apply biblical truth intelligently.
- A feeling community
Ours is not a strictly intellectual approach to God, however. We rejoice and praise and pray and love and serve from the heart. We are unashamed of the gospel and not embarrassed to let our excitement be seen.
- A sharing community
We share our faith and love with as many as we can reach and our possessions as persons who know that everything we have belongs to God to be used for His purposes.
- A free community
We have no bishops or superintendents or national headquarters to determine local church policies. We set apart men who have been called by God as to be our leaders , call and support our own pastors, and decide where our mission money will go. We are not isolationists, though. Our congregation freely associates with other congregations to accomplish the work of the kingdom.
- A growing community
We want to grow, because we are under Christ's commission to make disciples of all nations, Life Bridge Christian Church is committed to go to preaching and baptizing and teaching, beginning in our community and around the world until the whole world has had an opportunity to hear the "Good News" of Jesus Christ.
Adapted from The Family of God by Leroy Lawson
(Cincinnati: Standard Publishing, 1980).