Our Beliefs
We are a Bible-based Christian church plant near Seattle. Below are brief summaries, not exhaustive treatises, on our leadership's sincerely held beliefs. Not every member of The Redemption Church family agrees 100% on these and you don't have to either to join us. Feel free to reach out to a group leader or Pastor Jesse Campbell with questions. You can reach our team at the bottom of each web page.
The Bible
The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God’s revelation of Himself to man. It is a perfect treasure of divine instruction. It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter. Therefore, all Scripture is totally true and trustworthy. It reveals the principles by which God judges us, and therefore is, and will remain to the end of the world, the true center of Christian union, and the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and religious opinions should be tried. All Scripture is a testimony to Christ, who is Himself the focus of divine revelation.
God reveals Himself to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, with distinct personal attributes, but without division of nature, essence, or being. God as Father reigns with providential care over His universe, His creatures, and the flow of the stream of human history according to the purposes of His grace. He is all powerful, all knowing, all loving, and all wise. God is Father in truth to those who become children of God through faith in Jesus Christ. He is fatherly in His attitude toward all men.
The Father
The Son
God reveals Himself to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, with distinct personal attributes, but without division of nature, essence, or being. 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.
God reveals Himself to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, with distinct personal attributes, but without division of nature, essence, or being. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God, fully divine. He inspired holy men of old to write the Scriptures. Through illumination He enables men to understand truth. He exalts Christ. He convicts men of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment. He calls men to the Saviour, and effects regeneration. At the moment of regeneration He baptizes every believer into the Body of Christ. He cultivates Christian character, comforts believers, and bestows the spiritual gifts by which they serve God through His church. He seals the believer unto the day of final redemption. His presence in the Christian is the guarantee that God will bring the believer into the fullness of the stature of Christ. He enlightens and empowers the believer and the church in worship, evangelism, and service.
Holy Spirit
The Gospel
The gospel is simple and it is beautiful. God loved the world and so He sent His one and only Son so that whoever believes in Him will not die, but have everlasting life (John 3:16). We have all sinned and fallen short (Romans 3:23). The consequences of our sin is death, but the gift God offers is eternal life through Jesus (Romans 6:23). Jesus himself said that He is the only way to be saved (John 14:6). So, as the Holy Spirit draws on your heart, confess that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead. You will be saved (Romans 10:9). Now, walk in repentance, help others in The Redemption Church when they fall, invite others into the grace, and keep getting back up from sin until we see heaven together.The gospel is simple and it is beautiful. God loved the world and so He sent His one and only Son so that whoever believes in Him will not die, but have everlasting life (John 3:16). We have all sinned and fallen short (Romans 3:23). The consequences of our sin is death, but the gift God offers is eternal life through Jesus (Romans 6:23). Jesus himself said that He is the only way to be saved (John 14:6). So, as the Holy Spirit draws on your heart, confess that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead. You will be saved (Romans 10:9). Now, walk in repentance, help others in The Redemption Church when they fall, invite others into the grace, and keep getting back up from sin until we see heaven together.
A New Testament church of the Lord Jesus Christ is an autonomous local congregation of baptized believers, associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel; observing the two ordinances of Christ (baptism by immersion and holy communion), governed by His laws, exercising the gifts, rights, and privileges invested in them by His Word, and seeking to extend the gospel to the ends of the earth. In such a congregation each member is responsible and accountable to Christ as Lord. The New Testament speaks also of the church as the Body of Christ which includes all of the redeemed of all the ages, believers from every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation. Thus, The Redemption Church is organically diverse; the result of revival in a diverse area.