We trust the Bible as God’s Word. We confess one God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—and Jesus Christ (the Son) crucified and risen for our salvation. By grace through faith, we follow Christ and serve His church until He returns. We joyfully confess these core truths of historic, evangelical Christianity. They shape our camp’s teaching, worship, and community life.
We believe in the Bible, both the Old and New testaments, as the only written self-revelation of God. We believe that the sixty-six books of Scripture are inspired by God and therefore inerrant in the original manuscripts. We hold the Bible as having supreme and final authority in faith and life.
2 Timothy 3:16–17; 2 Peter 1:20–21We believe in one God, eternally existing in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—coequal in glory, power, and majesty, each being completely God, yet undivided in His nature and essence.
Deuteronomy 6:4; 1 Corinthians 8:4, 6; Jeremiah 10:10; Matthew 28:19We believe Jesus is fully God and fully man; conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, lived a sinless life, performed miracles, died in our place as a perfect sacrifice, rose bodily, ascended to the Father in heaven where He serves as our High Priest and Advocate, and will personally return in glory.
John 1:1, 14; Luke 1:26–35; 1 Peter 2:22; 1 John 3:5; John 20:30–31; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Corinthians 15:3–8; Acts 1:9–11; 1 John 2:1–2; John 14:3We believe the Holy Spirit glorifies Christ, convicts the world of sin, righteousness and judgement, brings new birth, indwells believers, and empowers them with gifts and fruit for holy living and service.
John 16:7–15; Galatians 5:22–25; 1 Corinthians 12We believe that man was created in the image of God; that he sinned and thereby incurred, not only physical death, but also spiritual death, which is separation from God; and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature in need of salvation by God’s grace.
Genesis 1:26–27; Romans 3:23; Romans 5:12We believe salvation is by grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone—not earned by works but received by trusting in His death and resurrection. Those who believe in Jesus are justified (given a right standing before God) based on His shed blood, forgiven, made new and kept by God as His children.
Ephesians 2:8–9; Titus 3:4–7; Galatians 2:16; 2 Corinthians 5:21; John 10:27–30; John 6:37We believe the universal Church is the body of Christ made up of all who trust Him. Expressed in local congregations that gather for worship, Bible teaching, prayer, ordinances, fellowship and mission.
We believe that the mission which the Lord has given to His church is to evangelize and disciple the world by proclaiming the gospel (Jesus’ substitutionary death for our sins and His resurrection from the dead to eternal life) and training for godly living and service by the study, teaching, preaching, and application of His Word, the Bible.
Acts 2:42–47; Ephesians 4:4–16; Acts 1:8; Matthew 28:19–20We believe that the ministry of evangelism (sharing and proclaiming the message of salvation only possible by grace through faith in Jesus Christ) and discipleship (helping followers of Christ grow up into maturity in Christ) is a responsibility of all followers of Jesus Christ.
Matthew 28:18–20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9–15; 1 Peter 3:15We believe Christians are to live a life yielding to Christ; allowing the Holy Spirit to transform their lives into His likeness in thoughts, words, and deeds.
1 Corinthians 6:19–20; Romans 12:2; 1 Corinthians 10:13; Romans 13:14; Galatians 5:16–25We joyfully practice baptism and the Lord’s Supper as Christ’s ordinances—visible signs that proclaim the gospel and strengthen the believer’s faith.
Matthew 28:19; 1 Corinthians 11:23–26We await the blessed hope—the imminent return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the bodily resurrection of the dead, final judgement, and the restoration of all things in a new heaven and new earth where God dwells with His people.
Titus 2:13; Revelation 21–22Note: This summary guides our teaching at Cowboy’s Rest. Partner churches may hold additional distinctives.
We trust the Bible as God’s Word.
We confess one God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—and Jesus crucified and risen for our salvation.
By grace through faith we follow Christ and serve His church until He returns.
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