What makes Centerpoint Church stand out? It’s important to us that this doesn’t come across as thinking or saying that we’re better than any other Bible-believing Christian church, but we’re also not ashamed of the specific values and distinctives of our church. Here are a few:
A high commitment to scriptural truth and sound doctrine
We hold that the Bible is God’s Word and our ultimate authority. Because of this, we are very careful to be faithful to Scripture in our theology. We constantly examine our theological stances in light of what we see in God’s Word. When questions come up, you will never hear the leaders of the church ask, “What is the Baptist way?” Rather, the question is always, “What is biblical?” Because of this, we prefer an expositional approach to preaching, and we consistently seek to keep God firmly planted in the center of our theology.
The value of worship
We believe that God’s concern for His glory is at the heart of all that He does; therefore, we strive to keep it at the heart of all that we do. This is especially the case in public worship at our church. We sing A LOT…and we’re choosy in our song selection. If a song’s content doesn’t demonstrate sound theology and biblical truth, it won’t be a part of our service. Our worship style is modern and expressive, and we frequently sing recent worship songs, but we also gladly draw upon the rich tradition of truth-packed hymns from the history of the church.
The importance of Church family
We strongly believe that brothers and sisters in Christ have a God-given responsibility to take care of each other. Church members should be invested in each other’s lives to the degree that encouragement and accountability are the natural and obvious result. We encourage close relationships in our church family, and use weekly small group gatherings as a means of facilitating that.
Discipleship
We feel that much of the American church is filled with baby Christians who have never spiritually matured much past salvation. Coupled with our sense of responsibility for others, this leads us to place a high value on older, more experienced Christians investing themselves heavily into younger believers and helping them reach higher levels of mature Christian manhood and womanhood.
Evangelism and Missions
We believe that our church has a biblical obligation to share the hope that we have in Jesus Christ. Christians have been entrusted by God with the Gospel message, and we should have a desire to see every nation reached for God’s glory. Missions is a big deal with us. In recent years, Centerpoint has had a missions presence in Brazil, China, India, Nicaragua, and Uganda. Our hope is to extend our missions outreach further still.
A Balanced Church
We feel that churches tend to be either very committed to solid doctrine or very committed to experiences of the Holy Spirit at work, but rarely both. At Centerpoint we are striving for doctrinal excellence, but we are also Continuationist in our theology of the Holy Spirit, and we hope to allow the Holy Spirit room to move and work.
