Associations

This church shall be an independent, autonomous church, subject first and foremost to the Chief Shepherd, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ who is the Head of the Church. And secondarily to the under shepherd(s) who have been appointed by Christ for their respective offices as elders. This church has the right to cooperate and form alliances with other church bodies who teach according to sound doctrine and are found within the classical Protestant tradition and other later Christian confessions such as, but not limited to, The Belgic Confession (1561), The Heidelberg Catechism (1563), The Thirty-Nine Articles of the Christian Religion (1571), The Canon’s of Dort (1619), and The Westminster Confession of Faith (1646).

Other exceptions are to be based upon the discretion of the elders of Christ’s Community Church. These exceptions are to be weighed and tested prayerfully according to the Holy Scriptures and may be deemed acceptable so long as they carry the heart of Christ concerning the knowledge of the Triune God and salvation by grace through faith alone. There shall be no co-operation with or endorsement of any group that permits the presence of apostates or apostasy, with the exception of going out to them for evangelical purposes, to bring forth the good news concerning salvation in Christ Jesus alone, in order that their souls might be saved.