Our Beliefs
Some essentials
The Holy Bible
WCF’s beliefs are based upon the Bible. WCF believes that the Bible is God’s holy, inerrant, and authoritative Word, fully inspired and without error in the original manuscripts. The Bible is the only infallible rule of faith in the Church.
Scripture: John 5:39; 10:39, 2 Tim. 3:15-17, 2 Peter 1:20-21
The Holy Trinity
One true and living God, eternally existing in three persons: The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit.
Scripture: John 1:1,3, Matthew 28:19, 1 Corinthians 8:6, Acts 5: 3-4, Hebrews 9:14
Two Natures of Christ
That in the one historic person of Jesus Christ there are two natures, human and divine. Jesus Christ is both fully God and fully man.
Scripture: John 1:1-14, Philippians 2:5-8, Galatians 4:4, John 20:28-29, Titus 2:13
Death of Christ
The historic, real, bodily death of Christ for the forgiveness of our sins.
Scripture: Romans 5:8, 1 Corinthians 15:1-3, 1 Peter 3:18
Resurrection of Christ
The historic, real, bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead on the third day.
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:1-20, 1 Thessalonians 1:10, 1 Peter 1:21
Salvation by Grace
Fallen humanity can only be saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ.
Scripture: Ephesians 2:8-9, 2 Timothy 1:9
Necessity of Repentance
Repentance is necessary for the forgiveness of sins.
Scripture: Luke 24:46-47, Acts 2:38, Acts 26:19-20
The Coming of Christ
That Jesus Christ will come again visibly, physically and gloriously as promised .
Scripture: John 14:3, Acts 1:9-11, 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17
The Bodily Resurrection of the Dead
All the dead, the righteous and unrighteous, all who ever lived and died, will be raised bodily from the dead to stand in final judgment.
Scripture: Daniel 12:2, John 5:29-29, Acts 24:15
The Final Judgment
God, on a day He has appointed, will judge the whole world by His Son Jesus Christ, who will come again to judge the living and the dead.
Scripture: Acts 17:19-20, Romans 2:16, 2 Corinthians 5:10
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
