What We Believe
It’s All About Jesus
At Black River Church, we want all of Jesus for all of you. We say, “All of Jesus,” because we’re after His Lordship, a complete transformation in our lives through His Spirit. Scripture tells us that “the same power that raised Jesus from the grave is at work within us.” If we believe that, then our lives change. We don’t get as distracted by the latest fad or the newest way to do things because our focus is on Jesus and His supremacy—in everything. We say, “All of Jesus,” because we also believe that it’s possible to believe things about Jesus but not surrender our lives to Him. It is only in that full surrender that we resonate with His heartbeat, offering the hope only He can provide to the world’s marginalized and overlooked.
Fourfold Gospel
As we seek to know Jesus personally, being one with Him, He will reveal Himself as our Savior, Sanctifier, Healer, and Coming King. As part of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, we affirm this theology. It is the Christological summary on which the spiritual DNA of The Christian and Missionary Alliance is built.
- Christ Our Savior: The cross reminds us of His sacrificial death and Resurrection as the Atonement for the sins of humankind (Acts 4:12).
- Christ Our Sanctifier: The laver represents the daily cleansing from sin by the power of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 1:30).
- Christ Our Healer: The pitcher represents oil to anoint the sick for physical, emotional, and spiritual healing (James 5:15).
- Christ Our Coming King: The crown represents Christ’s royalty as the King of Kings. His coming will be a visible, personal appearance: “You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven” (Mark 14:62).
Statement of Faith and Perspectives
What Black River Church believes is foundational in our teachings about God, how He relates to us, and how we relate to Him. Based on His written Word, the Bible, we are compelled to serve God and the people of His world. We believe that this is the better story, and that God’s Word brings the only life worth living—one wholly committed to Jesus.
