Our Vision
Experience the Spirit
We commit to be a church that is passionate about EXPERIENCING the Spirit of God. We do this by passionately pursuing the presence of God in a Spirit-filled, Spirit-driven, Spirit-Charged atmosphere.
Embrace the Lost
We are committed to reaching the lost. That is our purpose, it is what we are here to do. As great as weekly services are, our calling is not to conduct services for satisfying church people, it is to provide an atmosphere and opportunities for the lost to accept Jesus.
We are focused on reaching people in three key places designated by Jesus: in our city, our nation, and our world.
Live the Life
We believe everyone was created on purpose for a PURPOSE. We must live and conduct ourselves in a way that does not bring reproach, invite criticism, or cause others to stumble.
We commit to be a church that is passionate about EXPERIENCING the Spirit of God. We do this by passionately pursuing the presence of God in a Spirit-filled, Spirit-driven, Spirit-Charged atmosphere.
Embrace the Lost
We are committed to reaching the lost. That is our purpose, it is what we are here to do. As great as weekly services are, our calling is not to conduct services for satisfying church people, it is to provide an atmosphere and opportunities for the lost to accept Jesus.
We are focused on reaching people in three key places designated by Jesus: in our city, our nation, and our world.
Live the Life
We believe everyone was created on purpose for a PURPOSE. We must live and conduct ourselves in a way that does not bring reproach, invite criticism, or cause others to stumble.
Our Core Values
Our culture is demonstrated through our core values. We have three Core Values that drive our Vision.
Love
We believe if love was the most important thing to Jesus, it should be the most important thing to us. We believe Love should be experienced by every individual who walks through the doors of our church.
Honor
We believe honor is currency in the Kingdom of God. You will never receive from someone or something you do not honor. When we honor the people God places in our lives, we release the anointing they carry.
Positivity
At Living Waters, we speak blessings into our future. When you attend, you are going to get the good news that God is real and Jesus is a Savior and a Redeemer. We are going to speak life over every person from the youngest to the oldest.
Love
We believe if love was the most important thing to Jesus, it should be the most important thing to us. We believe Love should be experienced by every individual who walks through the doors of our church.
Honor
We believe honor is currency in the Kingdom of God. You will never receive from someone or something you do not honor. When we honor the people God places in our lives, we release the anointing they carry.
Positivity
At Living Waters, we speak blessings into our future. When you attend, you are going to get the good news that God is real and Jesus is a Savior and a Redeemer. We are going to speak life over every person from the youngest to the oldest.
Our Beliefs
The Scriptures Inspired
The Scriptures, both the Old and New Testaments, are verbally inspired of God and are the revelation of God to man, the infallible, authoritative rule of faith and conduct.
2 Timothy 3:15-17 | 1 Thessalonians 2:13 | 2 Peter 1:21
The One True God
The one true God has revealed Himself as the eternally self-existent "I AM," the Creator of heaven and earth and the Redeemer of mankind. He has further revealed Himself as embodying the principles of relationship and association as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Deuteronomy 6:4 | Isaiah 43:10-11 | Matthew 28:19 | Luke 3:22
The Adorable Godhead (The Trinity)
The terms "Trinity" and "persons" as related to the Godhead, while not found in the Scriptures, are words in harmony with Scripture, whereby we may convey to others our immediate understanding of the doctrine of Christ respecting the Being of God, as distinguished from "gods many and lords many." We therefore may speak with propriety of the Lord our God who is One Lord, as a trinity or as one Being of three persons, and still be absolutely scriptural.
Matthew 28:19 | 2 Corinthians 13:14 | John 14:16-17
The Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ
The Lord Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God. The Scriptures declare: His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His substitutionary work on the cross, His bodily resurrection from the dead, His exaltation to the right hand of God.
Matthew 1:23 | Luke 1:31 | Luke 1:35 | Hebrews 7:26 | 1 Peter 2:22 | Acts 2:22 | Acts 10:38 | 1 Corinthians 15:3
2 Corinthians 5:21 | Matthew 28:6 | Luke 24:39 | 1 Corinthians 15:4 | Acts 1:9 | Acts 1:11 | Acts 2:33
Philippians 2:9-11 | Hebrews 1:3
The Fall of Man
Man was created good and upright; for God said, "Let us make man in our own image, after our likeness." However, man by voluntary transgression fell and thereby incurred not only physical death but also spiritual death, which is separation from God.
Genesis 1:26-27 | Genesis 2:17 | Genesis 3:6 | Romans 5:12-19
The Salvation of Man
Man’s only hope of redemption is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ the Son of God. Salvation is received through repentance toward God and faith toward the Lord Jesus Christ. By the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, being justified by grace through faith, man becomes an heir of God, according to the hope of eternal life. The inward evidence of salvation is the direct witness of the Spirit. The outward evidence to all men is a life of righteousness and true holiness.
Luke 24:47 | John 3:3 | Romans 10:13-15 | Ephesians 2:8 | Titus 2:11 | Tutus 3:5-7 | Romans 8:16 | Ephesians 4:24
Titus 2:12
The Ordinances of the Church
Baptism in Water
The ordinance of baptism by immersion is commanded by the Scriptures. All who repent and believe on Christ as Savior and Lord are to be baptized. Thus they declare to the world that they have died with Christ and that they also have been raised with Him to walk in newness of life.
Matthew 28:19 | Mark 16:16 | Acts 10:47-48 | Romans 6:4
Holy Communion
The Lord's Supper, consisting of the elements - bread and the fruit of the vine - is the symbol expressing our sharing the divine nature of our Lord Jesus Christ, a memorial of his suffering and death, and a prophecy of His second coming, and is enjoined on all believers "till He come!”
2 Peter 1:4 | 1 Corinthians 11:26
The Baptism in the Holy Spirit
All believers are entitled to and should ardently expect and earnestly seek the promise of the Father, the baptism in the Holy Spirit and fire, according to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ. This was the normal experience of all in the early Christian Church. With it comes the enduement of power for life and service, the bestowment of the gifts and their uses in the work of the ministry. This experience is distinct from and subsequent to the experience of the new birth. With the baptism in the Holy Spirit come such experiences as an overflowing fullness of the Spirit, a deepened reverence for God, and intensified consecration to God and dedication to His work, and a more active love for Christ, for His Word, and for the lost.
Luke 24:49 | Acts 1:4 | Acts 1:8 | 1 Corinthians 12:1-31 | Acts 8:12-17 | Acts 10:44-46 | Acts 11:14-16 | Acts 15:7-9
John 7:37-39 | Acts 2:43 | Acts 2:42 | Mark 16:20
The Initial Physical Evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit
The baptism of believers in the Holy Spirit is witnessed by the initial physical sign of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit of God gives them utterance. The speaking in tongues in this instance is the same in essence as the gift of tongues, but is different in purpose and use.
Acts 2:4 | 1 Corinthians 12:4-10 | 1 Corinthians 12:28
Sanctification
Sanctification is an act of separation from that which is evil, and of dedication unto God. The Scriptures teach a life of "holiness without which no man shall see the Lord.” By the power of the Holy Spirit we are able to obey the command: "Be ye holy, for I am holy.” Sanctification is realized in the believer by recognizing his identification with Christ in His death and resurrection, and by the faith reckoning daily upon the fact of that union, and by offering every faculty continually to the dominion of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 12:1-2 | 1 Thessalonians 5:23 | Hebrews 13:12 | Hebrews 12:14 | 1 Peter 1:15-16 | Romans 6:1-11
Romans 6:13 | Romans 8:1-2 | Romans 8:13 | Galatians 2:20 | Philippians 2:12-13 | 1 Peter 1:5
The Church, its Mission, and the Ministry
The Church is the Body of Christ, the habitation of God through the Spirit, with divine appointments for the fulfillment of her great commission. Each believer, born of the Spirit, is an integral part of the General Assembly and Church of the Firstborn, which are written in heaven. The church exists to be an agency of God for evangelizing the world, to be a corporate body in which man may worship God, to be a channel of God’s purpose to build a body of saints being perfected in the image of His Son, to be a people who demonstrate God’s love and compassion for all the world. A divinely called and scripturally ordained ministry has been provided by our Lord for the fourfold purpose of leading the Church in: evangelization of the world, worship of God, building a body of saints being perfected in the image of His Son, and meeting human need with ministries of love and compassion.
Ephesians 1:22-23 | Ephesians 2:22 | Hebrews 12:23 | Acts 1:8 | Matthew 28:19-20 | Mark 16:15-20
1 Corinthians 12:13 | Ephesians 4:11-16 | 1 Corinthians 12:28 | 1 Corinthians 14:12 | Psalms 112:9 | Galatians 2:10
Galatians 6:10 | James 1:27 | John 4:23-24
Divine Healing
Divine healing is an integral part of the gospel. Deliverance from sickness is provided for in the atonement, and is the privilege of all believers.
Isaiah 53:4-5 | Matthew 8:16-17 | James 5:14-16
The Blessed Hope
The resurrection of those who have fallen asleep in Christ and their translation together with those who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord is the imminent and blessed hope of the church.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 | Romans 8:23 | Titus 2:13 | 1 Corinthians 15:51-52
The Millennial Reign of Christ
The second coming of Christ includes the rapture of the saints, which is our blessed hope, followed by the visible return of Christ with His saints to reign on earth for one thousand years. This millennial reign will bring the salvation of national Israel, and the establishment of universal peace.
Zechariah 14:5 | Matthew 24:27 | Matthew 24:30 | Revelation 1:7 | Revelation 19:11-14 | Revelation 20:1-6
Ezekiel 37:21-22 | Zephaniah 3:19-20 | Romans 11:26-27 | Isaiah 11:6-9 | Psalms 72:3-8 | Micah 4:3-4
The Final Judgment
There will be a final judgment in which the wicked dead will be raised and judged according to their works. Whosoever is not found written in the Book of Life, together with the devil and his angels, the beast and the false prophet, will be consigned to the everlasting punishment in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
Matthew 25:46 | Mark 9:43-48 | Revelation 19:20 | Revelation 20:11-15 | Revelation 21:8
The New Heavens and the New Earth
"We, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness.”
2 Peter 3:13 | Revelation 21 | Revelation 22
The Scriptures, both the Old and New Testaments, are verbally inspired of God and are the revelation of God to man, the infallible, authoritative rule of faith and conduct.
2 Timothy 3:15-17 | 1 Thessalonians 2:13 | 2 Peter 1:21
The One True God
The one true God has revealed Himself as the eternally self-existent "I AM," the Creator of heaven and earth and the Redeemer of mankind. He has further revealed Himself as embodying the principles of relationship and association as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Deuteronomy 6:4 | Isaiah 43:10-11 | Matthew 28:19 | Luke 3:22
The Adorable Godhead (The Trinity)
The terms "Trinity" and "persons" as related to the Godhead, while not found in the Scriptures, are words in harmony with Scripture, whereby we may convey to others our immediate understanding of the doctrine of Christ respecting the Being of God, as distinguished from "gods many and lords many." We therefore may speak with propriety of the Lord our God who is One Lord, as a trinity or as one Being of three persons, and still be absolutely scriptural.
Matthew 28:19 | 2 Corinthians 13:14 | John 14:16-17
The Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ
The Lord Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God. The Scriptures declare: His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His substitutionary work on the cross, His bodily resurrection from the dead, His exaltation to the right hand of God.
Matthew 1:23 | Luke 1:31 | Luke 1:35 | Hebrews 7:26 | 1 Peter 2:22 | Acts 2:22 | Acts 10:38 | 1 Corinthians 15:3
2 Corinthians 5:21 | Matthew 28:6 | Luke 24:39 | 1 Corinthians 15:4 | Acts 1:9 | Acts 1:11 | Acts 2:33
Philippians 2:9-11 | Hebrews 1:3
The Fall of Man
Man was created good and upright; for God said, "Let us make man in our own image, after our likeness." However, man by voluntary transgression fell and thereby incurred not only physical death but also spiritual death, which is separation from God.
Genesis 1:26-27 | Genesis 2:17 | Genesis 3:6 | Romans 5:12-19
The Salvation of Man
Man’s only hope of redemption is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ the Son of God. Salvation is received through repentance toward God and faith toward the Lord Jesus Christ. By the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, being justified by grace through faith, man becomes an heir of God, according to the hope of eternal life. The inward evidence of salvation is the direct witness of the Spirit. The outward evidence to all men is a life of righteousness and true holiness.
Luke 24:47 | John 3:3 | Romans 10:13-15 | Ephesians 2:8 | Titus 2:11 | Tutus 3:5-7 | Romans 8:16 | Ephesians 4:24
Titus 2:12
The Ordinances of the Church
Baptism in Water
The ordinance of baptism by immersion is commanded by the Scriptures. All who repent and believe on Christ as Savior and Lord are to be baptized. Thus they declare to the world that they have died with Christ and that they also have been raised with Him to walk in newness of life.
Matthew 28:19 | Mark 16:16 | Acts 10:47-48 | Romans 6:4
Holy Communion
The Lord's Supper, consisting of the elements - bread and the fruit of the vine - is the symbol expressing our sharing the divine nature of our Lord Jesus Christ, a memorial of his suffering and death, and a prophecy of His second coming, and is enjoined on all believers "till He come!”
2 Peter 1:4 | 1 Corinthians 11:26
The Baptism in the Holy Spirit
All believers are entitled to and should ardently expect and earnestly seek the promise of the Father, the baptism in the Holy Spirit and fire, according to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ. This was the normal experience of all in the early Christian Church. With it comes the enduement of power for life and service, the bestowment of the gifts and their uses in the work of the ministry. This experience is distinct from and subsequent to the experience of the new birth. With the baptism in the Holy Spirit come such experiences as an overflowing fullness of the Spirit, a deepened reverence for God, and intensified consecration to God and dedication to His work, and a more active love for Christ, for His Word, and for the lost.
Luke 24:49 | Acts 1:4 | Acts 1:8 | 1 Corinthians 12:1-31 | Acts 8:12-17 | Acts 10:44-46 | Acts 11:14-16 | Acts 15:7-9
John 7:37-39 | Acts 2:43 | Acts 2:42 | Mark 16:20
The Initial Physical Evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit
The baptism of believers in the Holy Spirit is witnessed by the initial physical sign of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit of God gives them utterance. The speaking in tongues in this instance is the same in essence as the gift of tongues, but is different in purpose and use.
Acts 2:4 | 1 Corinthians 12:4-10 | 1 Corinthians 12:28
Sanctification
Sanctification is an act of separation from that which is evil, and of dedication unto God. The Scriptures teach a life of "holiness without which no man shall see the Lord.” By the power of the Holy Spirit we are able to obey the command: "Be ye holy, for I am holy.” Sanctification is realized in the believer by recognizing his identification with Christ in His death and resurrection, and by the faith reckoning daily upon the fact of that union, and by offering every faculty continually to the dominion of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 12:1-2 | 1 Thessalonians 5:23 | Hebrews 13:12 | Hebrews 12:14 | 1 Peter 1:15-16 | Romans 6:1-11
Romans 6:13 | Romans 8:1-2 | Romans 8:13 | Galatians 2:20 | Philippians 2:12-13 | 1 Peter 1:5
The Church, its Mission, and the Ministry
The Church is the Body of Christ, the habitation of God through the Spirit, with divine appointments for the fulfillment of her great commission. Each believer, born of the Spirit, is an integral part of the General Assembly and Church of the Firstborn, which are written in heaven. The church exists to be an agency of God for evangelizing the world, to be a corporate body in which man may worship God, to be a channel of God’s purpose to build a body of saints being perfected in the image of His Son, to be a people who demonstrate God’s love and compassion for all the world. A divinely called and scripturally ordained ministry has been provided by our Lord for the fourfold purpose of leading the Church in: evangelization of the world, worship of God, building a body of saints being perfected in the image of His Son, and meeting human need with ministries of love and compassion.
Ephesians 1:22-23 | Ephesians 2:22 | Hebrews 12:23 | Acts 1:8 | Matthew 28:19-20 | Mark 16:15-20
1 Corinthians 12:13 | Ephesians 4:11-16 | 1 Corinthians 12:28 | 1 Corinthians 14:12 | Psalms 112:9 | Galatians 2:10
Galatians 6:10 | James 1:27 | John 4:23-24
Divine Healing
Divine healing is an integral part of the gospel. Deliverance from sickness is provided for in the atonement, and is the privilege of all believers.
Isaiah 53:4-5 | Matthew 8:16-17 | James 5:14-16
The Blessed Hope
The resurrection of those who have fallen asleep in Christ and their translation together with those who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord is the imminent and blessed hope of the church.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 | Romans 8:23 | Titus 2:13 | 1 Corinthians 15:51-52
The Millennial Reign of Christ
The second coming of Christ includes the rapture of the saints, which is our blessed hope, followed by the visible return of Christ with His saints to reign on earth for one thousand years. This millennial reign will bring the salvation of national Israel, and the establishment of universal peace.
Zechariah 14:5 | Matthew 24:27 | Matthew 24:30 | Revelation 1:7 | Revelation 19:11-14 | Revelation 20:1-6
Ezekiel 37:21-22 | Zephaniah 3:19-20 | Romans 11:26-27 | Isaiah 11:6-9 | Psalms 72:3-8 | Micah 4:3-4
The Final Judgment
There will be a final judgment in which the wicked dead will be raised and judged according to their works. Whosoever is not found written in the Book of Life, together with the devil and his angels, the beast and the false prophet, will be consigned to the everlasting punishment in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
Matthew 25:46 | Mark 9:43-48 | Revelation 19:20 | Revelation 20:11-15 | Revelation 21:8
The New Heavens and the New Earth
"We, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness.”
2 Peter 3:13 | Revelation 21 | Revelation 22