What We Believe

The following are the core beliefs of North End based on the foundational truths taught in the bible. All of our teaching and ministry is rooted in and flows out of these biblical doctrines.

The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God's revelation of Himself to man.  It is a perfect treasure of divine instruction.  It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.

There is one and only one living and true God.  The eternal triune God reveals Himself to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, with distinct personal attributes, but without division of nature, essence, or being.

God as Father reigns with providential care over His universe, His creatures, and the flow of the stream of human history according to the purposes of His grace.  God is Father in truth to those who are children of God through faith in Jesus Christ.

Christ is the eternal Son of God.  In His incarnation as Jesus Christ, He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary.  He honored the divine law by His personal obedience, and in His death on the cross, He made provision for the redemption of men from sin.

The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God.  He exalts Christ.  He convicts of sin, of righteousness and of judgment.  He enlightens and empowers the believer and the church in worship, evangelism, and service.

Man was created by the special act of God, in His own image, and is the crowning work of His creation.  By his free choice man sinned against God and brought sin into the human race.  The sacredness of human personality is evident in that God created man in His own image, and in that Christ died for man; therefore, every man possesses dignity and is worthy of respect and Christian love.

Salvation involves the redemption of the whole man and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, who by His own blood obtained eternal redemption for the believer.  In its broadest sense salvation includes regeneration (made new), justification (made right), sanctification (made to grow), and glorification (made complete).

God's Purpose of Grace

Redemption and Rescue from sin is the gracious purpose of God, according
to which He regenerates, justifies, sanctifies, and glorifies sinners.  
All true believers endure to the end.  Those whom God has accepted in Christ and
sanctified by His Spirit will never fall away from the state of
grace but shall persevere to the end.