What We Believe

Welcome to the Elizabethtown Church of Christ

As individuals, we simply identify ourselves as Christians...Christians only. We do not wear a denominational name and we do not follow denominational creeds. As a congregation, we identify ourselves as a church of Christ. This is to emphasize our relationship with Christ. We have been baptized into Christ (Gal. 3:26-27) and we truly try to follow the teachings of Christ in all activities of work, worship, and organization. We are not identified with any denomination and are not organizationally tied to any other church. We are an independent, autonomous congregation of God's people. The Scriptures reveal that each congregation should be self-governing under the supervision and oversight of elders (1 Pet. 5:1-3).

What We Believe

We accept the Bible as the inspired Word of God and follow it as our only guide in religious matters. We attempt to speak where the Bible speaks and to be silent where it is silent. We fully accept the authority of Christ in all things, doing His things in His ways. We do not presume to add to His instructions nor to distract from them. When we go back to the New Testament, back before all the religious confusion and division of today, back before human creeds and denominations alienated and divided men who believe in Christ, we learn that God's children were simply called "Christians" (Acts 11:26; 26:28; 1 Pet. 4:16).

We believe that the New Testament is sufficient to instruct us in all our spiritual needs (2 Tim. 3:16-17). When we simply preach and teach and obey what it teaches, we will become just what the early Christians were. We do not claim to be perfect. We have shortcomings. The Bible tells us that all sin and come short of the glory of God (Rom 3:23). For this reason, we need Christ. His perfect sacrifice paid the price for our sins (2 Cor. 5:21). In Christ, we have fellowship with God and with one another (1 John 1:6-7).

As a congregation we have joined hearts and hands in mutual work of service. We want to share the good news of Jesus Christ with others. For this reason, we make provisions to preach the Gospel. We engage in public worship following the example given by the apostles (Acts 2:42). We encourage one another to love and to do good deeds (Heb. 10:23-25). We love each other. We rejoice with them that rejoice and weep with those who weep, as Paul instructs us to do in Romans 12:15.