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ABOUT
Beliefs
We believe in one God - the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
We believe the Old and New Testament Scriptures, are inspired by God, and contain all truth necessary to faith and Christian living.
We believe humans are born with a fallen nature, and are, therefore, inclined to do evil.
We believe those who fail to accept Jesus Christ as their Savior are lost.
We believe the atonement through Jesus Christ is for the whole human race; and that whoever repents and believes on the Lord Jesus Christ is justified and regenerated and saved from the dominion of sin.
We believe believers are to be sanctified wholly, subsequent to salvation, through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
We believe the Holy Spirit bears witness to the new birth, and also to the entire sanctification of believers.
We believe our Lord will return, the dead will be raised, and the final judgment will take place.
Core Values
We seek to be a church and a people who are:
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Welcoming
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Encouraging
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Non-judgemental
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Hospitable
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Loving
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Forgiving
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Authentic
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Faithful
We are Christian
As members of the Church Universal, we join with all true believers in proclaiming the Lordship of Jesus Christ and in affirming the historic Trinitarian creeds and beliefs of the Christian faith. We value our Wesleyan-Holiness heritage and believe it to be a way of understanding the faith that is true to Scripture, reason, tradition, and experience.
We are a Holiness People
God, who is holy, calls us to a life of holiness. We believe that the Holy Spirit seeks to do in us a second work of grace, called by various terms including "entire sanctification" and "baptism with the Holy Spirit" --- cleansing us from all sin, renewing us to love God with our heart, soul, mind, and strength, and our neighbors as ourselves and producing in us the character of Christ. Holiness in the life of believers is most clearly understood as Christlikeness.
We are Missional
We are a sent people, responding to the call of Christ and empowered by the Holy Spirit to go into all the world, witnessing to the Lordship of Christ and participating with God in the building of the Church and the extension of His kingdom. Our mission begins in worship, ministers to the world in evangelism and compassion, encourages believers toward Christian maturity through discipleship, and prepares women and men for Christian service through Christian higher education.
Affiliation
Birmingham First Church is one of the many churches in the Church of the Nazarene (COTN). The Church of the Nazarene is a Protestant Christian church in the Wesleyan-Holiness tradition. Organized in 1908, the Church is now home to more than 2.5 million members, worshiping in over 30,000 local congregations, in 164 world areas.
To learn more about the Church of the Nazarene, read a full list of our Articles of Faith or view the most recently released Manual.