The orthodox faith found in the Scriptures is the faith we confess.  We are a Bible-believing, Christ-centered church.  To write all our beliefs would be to reproduce the Bible word for word.

   We believe the Bible is the Word of God, Supernaturally inspired, without error in the original manuscripts and preserved by God so that it is a divinely authoritative standard for every age and every life.

   We believe in God that he exists eternally in three persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - and that these three are one God.

   We believe in Jesus Christ as the Lord of all life according to the Scriptures.  This was the faith of the early church.  The Scriptures say that Jesus was the Eternal Word of God who assumed our humanity.  He "died for our sins," was "raised to put us right with God," ascended into glory, and will appear in judgment.

   We believe that the Holy Spirit is a person, is God and possesses all the divine attributes.  He indwells all believers, seals all believers at the moment of their salvation, and fills them in response to confession of sin.

   We believe that people are saved from the guilt of their sins, given God's Spirit and the hope of eternal life by the pure grace of God apart from any human righteousness or works.  We are saved and put right with God on a simple and single ground of the shed blood of Jesus Christ.  We are given new life by the power of his resurrection.

   We believe that our response of faith in Christ, repentance of sins, and immersion into Christ appropriates for us personally the grace of God given us in the cross and in the resurrection of Jesus.  We believe that the church of Christ is essentially, intentionally, and constitutionally one.  We believe that God's church exists on earth where people hear the message of Christ and obey it as in New Testament times.  We believe that it is the goal of every Christian to grow in spiritual maturity through obedience to the Word of God and in the indwelling Spirit.

   We believe that all who receive Christ become joint-heirs with Christ, and at death, their spirits depart to be with Christ in conscious blessedness.  At the resurrection their bodies will be raised to the likeness of the body of his glory and dwell forever in divine presence.

What Is The Church of Christ ?

What Is The Southern Maine Church of Christ ?

What Is Distinctive About The Church of Christ ?

Why Does The Church of Christ Sing A Capella Only ?

A Brief History of Instruments in
Christian Worship

Why We Choose to Be A Capella ?

Why Do Churches of Christ Baptize
by Immersion Only ?

Why Do We Teach That Every Believer
Should Be Baptized ?

Why Do We Celebrate Communion
Every Sunday and Only on Sunday ?

How May I Become A Member at
Southern Maine Church of Christ ?

How May I Become a Christian ?