We are a church committed to the Lord, His Word, His will, and His people to embody Kingdom living to the world around us.
Join us on Saturdays at 5:00 p.m. for a time of fellowship and worship through song, scripture, teaching, and prayer. We meet in the New Hope Church building located at 5307 West Fairview Road in Greenwood, Indiana.
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There is one, holy God who eternally exists in three persons — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. God created all things visible and invisible. God is perfect in holiness, wisdom, power, and love, knowing all things past, present, and future, and his sovereign plan of redemption was set in place before the foundation of the world. (Gen. 1:1-2; Deut. 6:4; Heb. 11:3; Eph. 1:9-10; Rev. 13:8)
Jesus Christ is Godʼs only begotten Son, born of a virgin, fully divine and fully human, and our Savior and Lord. Jesus, who was without sin, died in our place as a substitutionary sacrifice for our sins, bearing divine wrath, and reconciling to God all who trust in him. Jesus was bodily resurrected in victory over sin and death. He ascended to the right hand of the Father where he presently reigns as our king, high priest, and advocate until his glorious return. Jesus’ name is the only name by which we can be saved. (John 3:16; Col. 1:15; 2:9-15; 1 Cor. 15:3-8, 20-28; 2 Cor 5:18-21; Heb 4:14-15)
The Holy Spirit is fully divine and active in the church and the world. The Holy Spirit draws all people to Christ by illuminating the gospel and convicting people of their sin. The Holy Spirit dwells in the life of a believer to transform, guide, assure, and empower living a fruitful Christian life. (John 16:8-11; Acts 2:38; 2 Cor. 3:17-18; Gal. 3:2)
God is revealed in the Bible — the uniquely inspired (meaning breathed out by God) written Word of God, infallible in all that it affirms. The (66 book) Bible stands as the final authority in all matters of faith and practice and is totally sufficient for life and Godliness. (2 Tim. 3:16; 2 Pet. 1:3-4, 20-21)
God creates all humans, male and female, in his image, and therefore all people have intrinsic value and purpose. By the sin of the first man and woman (Adam and Eve), death entered the world. All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, alienated from God and without hope apart from receiving forgiveness through the blood of Jesus Christ. (Gen. 1:26-27; 3; Rom. 3:23; Eph. 2:1-3)
Salvation can be found in Christ alone and is offered to all by grace through faith. A living faith is fully realized through repentance, confession, baptism by immersion, and a life of obedience. This is the normative model of the New Testament. (Rom. 3:23; 5:12; Acts 2:38; Gal. 3:26-29; Eph. 2:4-10)
The church is the Body of Christ on earth, with Christ as the head. Godʼs church consists of a priesthood of all believers, serving as ministers of the gospel according to the gifts which God has given them. Together, the church is called to make disciples of all nations until Christ returns. (Matt. 28:18-20; Eph. 3:10; 4:11-13; Col. 1:18; 1 Pet. 2:9-10)
Christ will visibly return to restore creation and judge the world. There will be a bodily resurrection, for the believers to eternal life with God in heaven and for the unbelievers to eternal judgment in hell. In heaven, sin will be no more, and those in Christ will live in fellowship with God forever. (Acts 1:11; 2 Thess. 1: 5-12; 1 Thess. 4:13-18; Rev. 20:11-15)
*The order of events on this topic will not be a test of faith nor fellowship.
When it comes to baptism, the New Testament is harmonious on two facts: baptism was by immersion and baptism was a consistent aspect of each person’s story as they entered into a new covenant relationship with God, as seen first and foremost in the Great Commission command to “Go into all nations and make disciples, baptizing them . . . and teaching them . . .” (Matt. 28:19-20). Early Christians believed and were baptized (Acts 18:8). In baptism, we identify with and participate in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus (Rom. 6:1-11).
In the Greek New Testament, the specific word used directs us to the certainty that the mode of baptism for the early church, and the intended form of baptism as laid out in Scripture, is only immersion. Because we strive to be a New Testament church, the only kind of baptism we practice or acknowledge is by full immersion in water, by people who are able to understand the offense of their sin (which infants cannot do), and as far as membership at Chapel Creek is concerned, immersion is the only baptism recognized.
We also know that baptism was always part of the process of salvation throughout the book of Acts. So, does baptism save you? No, not outside of the death and resurrection of Jesus, your faith in those events, and the presence of the Spirit. However, it is by essence and by command, a vital part of being in a covenant relationship with Jesus. Let us be crystal clear — it is not the water that saves or is the agent of regeneration (1 Pet. 3:21-22). Jesus saves you by His grace. You are saved when you welcome the Spirit of God into your life and enter a covenant relationship with Jesus. That said, the witness of Acts 19:1-7 is clear: when you welcome the Holy Spirit to live in you, this is supposed to happen in harmony with baptism (note that in that text, Paul assumes that belief and baptism are closely linked). Of course, Acts records exceptions to this, and God is sovereign and can do what He wants; yet, the New Testament knows nothing of an unbaptized Christian. For that reason and many others, we see baptism as a normative part of the salvation of every Christian.
Each person should give as he has decided in his heart — not reluctantly or out of compulsion, since God loves a cheerful giver.
– 2 Corinthians 9:7
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