What We Believe
Our Foundation of Faith
There is a lot to know—and we hope, a lot to love—about Big Canoe Chapel. This section outlines the core vision and beliefs that guide our multi-denominational community.
Our vision is to grow people’s relationship with God, who draws us to Himself in Jesus, and with one another through meaningful worship, Christian education, outreach, and fellowship.
We embrace core Christian beliefs and traditions, affirming the authority of Scripture and the importance of prayer, all within a welcoming multi-denominational setting.
The Chapel seeks to provide a compassionate central focus for the Big Canoe community. We gladly share the resources entrusted to us by God to reach out to people in need, both at home and around the world.
The people of Big Canoe Chapel embrace one another as a family in Christ, setting aside denominational differences to focus on what unites us. We respectfully choose to worship, care, and serve alongside each other.
Through our personal relationship with Christ, study of His Word, and the leading of the Holy Spirit, we seek to represent the Body of Christ together, intentionally extending His love and reconciliation to all.
We believe God exists eternally in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. God the Father is father of the whole family in heaven and earth with unlimited love, justice, and power.
God the Son, Jesus Christ, has always existed with God the Father. He entered human history by a unique birth and thus became totally human and yet completely God. He lived a sinless life, and was crucified and died. The third day after His death, He returned to life with a recognizable physical body. After further teaching of His disciples and being seen by hundreds, he ascended into heaven with a promise to return.
God the Holy Spirit moves along and within all people to convict of sin, convince of God’s truth, love and justice. The Holy Spirit witnesses to the glory and saving power of Jesus Christ and personally indwells believers to enlighten, comfort, and empower.
The Bible is God’s inspired written word given as the only infallible and authoritative standard for faith and life.
Every person was lovingly and purposefully created in the image of God bearing unique qualities and potentials. However, all have sinned and come short of the glory of God through self-will resulting in spiritual death and separation from God. Rebirth and reconciliation to God are possible through Jesus Christ, who died in our place on the cross. Every person who turns from his natural state of rebellion and self-will and receives Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior is born again by the Holy Spirit to new, abundant life now and forever. All such believers are brothers and sisters in Christ and compose the Church. We are promised God’s help in growth and Christian fulfillment. We are commanded to love each other and minister to each other. As we are filled with the Holy Spirit, we discover our own gifts, special places of ministry, so that we all are a vital part of the Body of Christ, the Church.