We are simply Christians
As the church of Christ meeting at Conestoga Valley, we are a body of people who just want to be Christians. Our desire is not to be another church denomination. We want to be obedient to God's word and be Christians like the original Christians we read about in the New Testament. There are several things about which we feel very strongly. Some of these principles will also tell you a little more about us as a Church.

BIBLE BASED we believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God which tells us how to live and also how to conduct ourselves as His Church (2 Timothy 3:16-17). We believe in turning to the Bible for our only guide for church life, doctrine, and personal salvation.

INDEPENDENT ­ Under Christ and His Word, we are completely independent and autonomous in terms of our doctrine, practice, and church government. We do have a group of men who are our spiritual guides and leaders. These men are called elders, bishops (overseers), or pastors (shepherds). These men are all members of our congregation and have been chosen by us based upon the qualifications listed in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1. They guide us as a church body and they are responsible to God for our spiritual lives.

LORDSHIP FOCUSED we believe the purpose of every human being in our world is to honor Jesus as their Lord and Savior and to worship our Holy Father in Spirit and truth. We strive to honor him by assembling together to offer encouragement to our fellow Christians, to share our financial blessings with those in need and to accomplish the work of God in our world. Even more than wanting to honor him with just our words, we want to be fashioned and molded to be like him. Our hope and prayer is that each day finds us a little more like him, and that in all we say and do we honor him who has so richly blessed us.

PEOPLE CENTERED for a church to belong to Jesus, it must care about people. His ministry was fashioned by God's redemptive love to save the people of this world (John 3:16) Jesus died on the cross to bring salvation to all kinds of people (1 John 2:2). The Holy Spirit was promised as a gift to all who responded obediently to the call of God (Acts 2:38-39). Christians are to do good deeds for all people, Christians and non- christians (Galatians 6:10). We try to practice these principles through the various ministries of the church and through our personal lives.

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