What We Believe

What Kind of Church is Maranatha?

We are a Christian Church - As a Christian Church, Maranatha stresses the central importance of Jesus Christ and holds to the foundational doctrines of historical Christianity, ("The Apostles Creed")
We are a Protestant Church - As a Protestant Church, Maranatha believes that salvation is by grace through faith, that all believers are priests before God and in the authority of the Holy Scripture.
We are an Evangelical Church - As an Evangelical Church, Maranatha affirms the inerrancy of Scripture, the virgin birth, substituitonary atonement, the physical resurrection of Jesus and the imminent return of Jesus Christ to Earth.
We are a Pentecostal Church - As a Pentecostal Church, Maranatha believes in personal piety, the baptism of the Holy Spirit and the operation of Spiritual gifts.

Our Mission: Changing lives by Connecting People with Jesus Christ.

Maranatha Church is a loving community of Spirit-filled believers committed to five vital areas..

Worship - expressing our love to God.
Warmth - embracing one another in authentic community.
Word - communicating Biblical truth with relevance.
Works - glorifying God and serving others by engaging our gifts and talents in meaningful ministry.
Witness - extending the message of God's love to the unchurched.

We Believe:

We believe: In the verbal inspiration of the Bible. · In one God eternally existing in three persons; namely, the Father, the Son, and Holy Spirit.
That Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of the Father, conceived of the Holy Spirit, and born of the Virgin Mary. That Jesus was crucified, buried, and raised from the dead. That He ascended to heaven and is today at the right hand of the Father as the Intercessor.
That all have sinned and come short of the glory of God and that repentance is commanded of God for all and necessary for forgiveness of sins.
That justification, regeneration, and the new birth are wrought by faith in the blood of Jesus Christ.
In sanctification through faith in the blood of Christ; through the Word, and by the Holy Spirit and in a lifestyle of personal holiness.
In the baptism with the Holy Spirit subsequent to a clean heart and the operation and manifestation of the gifts of the Spirit.
Divine healing is provided for all in the atonement. · In the Lord's Supper (Communion) and water baptism by immersion, and that all who repent should be baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
In the premillennial second coming of Jesus. First, to resurrect the righteous dead and to catch away the living saints to Him in the air. Second, to reign on the earth a thousand years. · In the bodily resurrection; eternal life for the righteous, and eternal punishment for the wicked.