Explore Church - St. Thomas, Ontario

Our Purpose

Vision:

To be a Church Community where both Churched and Unchurched people feel welcome and want to attend.

Mission:

To help people Explore & Discover God through his Son Jesus Christ and equip them to engage in the same mission.

Purpose: (Acts 2:42-47) Help People and Families to . . .

Explore Community – By regularly gathering together as the church
Explore God – By engaging with God through worship, generosity, teaching, & prayer
Explore Mission – By inviting others to explore God through Jesus Christ
Explore Growth – By reading, learning and applying bible principles to life
Explore Service – By using my skills, talents & gifts to help others wherever the need

Our Beliefs

What We Believe . . . about Jesus, the Bible, and the Church

Scripture

We believe the entire Bible is the inspired Word of God and that men were moved by the Spirit of God to write the very words of Scripture.

God

We believe in one God who exists in three distinct persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We believe that Jesus Christ is the second member of the Trinity (the Son of God) who became flesh to reveal God to humanity and to become the Saviour of the lost world.

Humanity

We believe that all people were created in the image of God to have fellowship with him but became alienated in that relationship through sinful disobedience. As a result, people are incapable of regaining a right relationship with God through their own efforts.

Salvation

We believe that the blood of Jesus Christ, shed on the cross, provides the sole basis for the forgiveness of sin. Therefore, God freely offers salvation to those who place their faith in the death and resurrection of Christ as sufficient payment for their sin.

Christian Life

We believe all Christians should live for Christ and not for themselves. By obedience to the Word of God and daily yielding to the Spirit of God, every believer should mature and be conformed to the image of Christ.

THE CHURCH

We believe that the church is the body of Christ, of which Jesus Christ is the head. The members of the church are those who have trusted by faith the finished work of Christ. The purpose of the church is to glorify God by loving him and by making him known to the lost world.