WHO ARE WE?
Turning Point is a community of believers with something for everyone. From students to professionals, preschoolers to senior adults, we have ministries for every member of your family. We also have Bible studies, mission trips and special events throughout the year, so there are plenty of opportunities to get involved.
THE GOOD NEWS!
Christ is the eternal Son of God. In His incarnation as Jesus Christ He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. Jesus perfectly revealed and did the will of God, taking upon Himself human nature with its demands and necessities and identifying Himself completely with mankind yet without sin. He honored the divine law by His personal obedience, and in His substitutionary death on the cross He made provision for the redemption of men from sin. He was raised from the dead with a glorified body and appeared to His disciples as the person who was with them before His crucifixion. He ascended into heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God where He is the One Mediator, fully God, fully man, in whose Person is effected the reconciliation between God and man. He will return in power and glory to judge the world and to consummate His redemptive mission. He now dwells in all believers as the living and ever present Lord.
WE BELIEVE:
The Bible is the inspired, inerrant, and infallible Word of God. It is our sole rule of faith and practice.
God is Spirit, infinite, personal, eternal, and unchangeable in His being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, grace, goodness, and truth.
Jesus Christ was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, and died on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins.
Jesus was physically resurrected to purchase a place in heaven for us which He offers as a free gift, providing the only way of salvation.
The Holy Spirit indwells the heart of every Christian and empowers us through His filling, His anointing, and His gifts.
The Trinity consists of three persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - in one God.
God created man in His own image and in a state of innocence, but that through temptation man willfully transgressed. As a result, all human beings are born with a sinful nature and the wages for their sin is death.
The church's primary mission is to preach the gospel to all the world, reaching non-believers and discipling them to become fully devoted followers of Christ.
A true believer is secure in Christ forever and is called to live a holy life.
The ordinances of the church are believer's baptism by immersion and the Lord's Supper.
Our Lord Jesus Christ will physically return to this earth and rule for one thousand years prior to the establishment of His new kingdom.
After the final judgment, those who are believers shall live forever in the presence of God and those who have rejected Christ will be separated from God in a place of eternal torment.
More extensive explanation of these beliefs with Scripture references may be found in the Baptist Faith and Message, adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention.