Coffee with a Christian was founded on the belief that we as a Church need to do more to reach out to our communities and share the Gospel. We believe that every Christian should be prepared to witness to the people around them and be willing and trained to share the Gospel with people who want to know more.
Our primary mission is to partners with churches to train and equip their members to more effectively share the Jesus Christ everyone in their community. Prayerfully, we seek to leverage social media, local church congregations and one-on-one discipleship programs to fulfill our calling.
Though our methods are unique in this regards, our beliefs and faith are as the Bible has always called them to be. Members of Coffee With A Christian are expected to believe and espouse the following...
There is only one God--Isaiah 43:10; 44:6, 8; John 17:3; 1 Cor. 8:5-6; Gal. 4:8-9
God is a Trinity--2 Cor. 13:14; 1 Pet. 1:2
There are no Gods before or after God--Isaiah 43:10
God knows all things--1 John 3:20
God is all-powerful--Psalm 115:3
God is everywhere--Jer. 23:23, 24
God is sovereign--Zech. 9:14; 1 Tim. 6:15-16
God created all that exists--Gen. 1:1; Isaiah 44:24
God has always been God--Psalm 90:2
Jesus is God--John 1:1, 14; 10:30-33; 20:28; Col. 2:9; Phil. 2:5-8; Heb. 1:8
Jesus Christ is the head and authority of the Church Col 1:18
Jesus became a man--Phil. 2:5-8
Jesus has two natures: divine and human--Col. 2:9; 1 Tim. 2:5
Jesus was sinless--1 Pet. 2:22
Jesus is the only way to God the Father--John 14:6; Matt. 11:27; Luke 10:22
Jesus rose from the dead in His physical body--John 2:19-21
Those who reject Jesus will go to Hell--Rev. 20:11-15
Jesus will return visibly to earth--Acts 1:11
The Holy Spirit is God--Acts 5:3-4
The Holy Spirit is not a force. He is alive--Acts 13:2
He is coequal and co-substantial with the Father and the Son -- Matthew 28:19; Acts 5:3-4; I Corinthians 12:4-6
We teach that the Holy Spirit is the divine Teacher who guided the apostles into all truth as they submitted to God’s revelation in Scripture - John 16:13
Every believer possesses the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit from the moment of salvation -- Romans 8:9; I Corinthians 3:16
The Holy Spirit alone administers spiritual gifts to the Church -- I Corinthians 12:11
The Bible is God breathed and perfect --2 Tim. 3:16
The Bible is the Word of God and Infallible --2 Tim. 3:16
The sixty-six books of the Bible are the written revelation of God and that this written revelation is both objective and propositional -- Exodus 17:14; Isaiah 30:8; I Thessalonians 2:13
The Bible constitutes the only infallible rule of faith and practice for the Christian -- Matthew 5:18; John 10:35, 17:17; II Timothy 2:15-17; Hebrews 4:12
God created Man - Genesis 1:27: 2:7; 22
God created man in his image -- Gen. 1:26
Adam and Eve were real people-- Gen. 3:20; 5:1; 1 Tim. 2:13
Death entered the world because of Adam's sin -- Rom. 5:12-15
All people have sinned -- Rom. 3:23, 5:12
Sin separates us from God -- Isaiah 59:2
Hell is a place of fiery punishment -- Matt. 25:41; Rev. 19:20
Hell is eternal -- Matt. 25:46
The unsaved go to hell forever -- Rev. 21:8
Salvation is a free gift of God -- Rom. 4:5; 6:23;
Salvation cannot be earned -- Eph. 2:8-9
Jesus died for all our sins -- 1 John 2:2; 2 Cor. 5:14; 1 Pet. 2:24
Jesus' sacrifice was a substitution for us -- 1 Pet. 2:24
There will be a final judgment -- 2 Pet. 3:7
Satan will be cast into the lake of fire -- Rev. 20:10
There will be a new heavens and a new earth -- 2 Pet. 3:13; Rev. 21:1
Christians will be raised from the dead when Jesus returns -- 1 Thess. 4:14-17
Every believer is sanctified or “set apart” unto God by the death of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Through obedience to the Word of God and the empowering of the Holy Spirit the believer is able to live a life of increasing holiness in conformity to the will of God -- John 17:17, 19; Acts 20:32; Romans 6:1-22; II Corinthians 3:18; Ephesians 5:26; I Thessalonians 4:3-4; 5:23
Every saved person is involved in a conflict; the new creation in Christ is set against the flesh -- Romans 7:22-23; Ephesians 6:10-12
Eradication of sin is not possible, but the Holy Spirit does provide victory over sin -- Galatians 5:16-25; Ephesians 4:22-24; Colossians 3:9-10; I Peter 1:14-16; I John 3:5-9
The privilege of believers to rejoice in the assurance of their salvation through the testimony of God’s Word which, however, clearly forbids the use of Christian liberty as an occasion for sinful living and carnality -- Romans 6:15-22; 13:13-14; Galatians 5:13; Titus 2:11-15
The saved should live in such a manner as not to bring reproach upon their Savior and Lord and that separation from all religious apostasy and worldly and sinful practices is commanded by God -- Romans 12:1-2; I Corinthians 5:9-13; I John 2:15-17; II John 9-11.