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We Believe...

That Jesus Christ is the one and only Son of God who died for our sins and arose from the dead.  (1Corinthians 15:1-8)

That the Bible is the inspired Word of God - a lamp unto our feet and a light upon our path.  (II Timothy 3:16)

That every person has worth as a Creation of God, but that all have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God.  (Romans 3:23)

That forgivness of sins and the promise of eternal life are available to those who trust Christ as Savior and Lord.  (John 3:16)

That those accepting Christ should repent of sin, confess their faith and be baptized into him.  (Roman 10:9) (Acts 2:38)

That the church is the body of Christ on earth, empowered by teh Holy Spirit and exists to save the lost and edify the saved.  (Ephesians 4:1-16)

That Jesus Christ will one day return to earth and reign forever as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.  (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)

We Practice...

Traditions of the Campbell-Stone movement in the early 1800's on the American frontier.  They include:

1.  The Bible alone as our rule and guide - "where the scriptures speak,         we speak; and where the scriptures are silent, we are silent."

2.  The supremacy of Jesus Christ as a New Testament Church we have "no creed but Christ."

3.  Believer's baptism by immersion.

4.  Weekly observance of the Lord's Supper.

5.  The importance of the laity in the minsitry of the church a "priesthood of all believers."


First Christian Church
1600 Wabash Avenue  Mattoon, Illinois  61938
Phone: (217) 234-2928  Fax: (217) 234-2949
Email:  [email protected]
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Dawn's Web Creations
R.R. 1 Box 173  Neoga, Illinois  62447
Phone:  (217) 895-3225  Fax:  (208) 275-0104
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