Who We Are
Agapé Chapel began in July of 1998 when a group of people from two separate churches got together to form a new church. These people had a vision for a church that would have a firm foundation in their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and, grounded in Him, would devote themselves to proclaiming the authority of God's Word without apology, lifting high the name of Jesus in worship, beleiving firmly in the power of prayer, and sharing Jesus with boldness. These four things have become known as our Four Pillars.
Agapé Chapel Statement of Faith
Agapé Chapel has been formed as a fellowship of believers in the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Our supreme desire is to know Christ and to be conformed to His image by the power of the Holy Spirit.
We are not a denominational church, nor are we opposed to denominations as such, only their over-emphasis of the doctrinal differences that have led to the division of the body of Christ. We believe that the only true basis of fellowship is God’s agapé love, which is greater than any differences we possess and without which we have no right to claim ourselves Christians.
In order to identify Agapé Chapel as conservative in theology as well as evangelical, we set for the following general statement regarding our fundamental beliefs:
1. We believe the Bible to be the only inspired, infallible, and inerrant Word of God.
2. We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
3. We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, His sinless life, His atoning death through His shed blood, and His personal return in power and glory.
4. We believe that the lost and sinful man must be saved, and that man’s only hope of redemption is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
5. We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the unsaved; they that are saved to the resurrection of life and they that are unsaved to the resurrection of damnation.
6. We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
7. We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
We hold to:
1. The inerrancy of Scripture
2. The present continuance of a diversity of spiritual gifts
3. Simplicity in church government, rather than a complex bureaucracy.
4. A dependence upon the Holy Spirit to lead rather than a fleshly promotion.
5. The pre-millennial, pre-tribulation return of Christ for His waiting church.
6. The teaching of the Word of God in such a way that it can be applied to life as a beneficial move towards spiritual maturity.
From time to time, certain issues become controversial in the church. Therefore, we feel it is necessary to take a stand in the following areas:
We reject:
1. The teaching of “positive confession”
2. The belief that true Christians can be demon possessed.
3. A Calvinistic view which causes divisions.
4. Prophecy that supersedes Biblical scripture.
5. The over-emphasis on spiritual gifts, experiential signs and wonders, etc.
6. Any “church growth” method other than what is laid out in the Word of God, specifically in Acts 2:42, among other passages.
7. The “Emergent Church”
In our services, we focus on a personal relationship with the Lord through worship, prayer, and the teaching of the Word of God. While we teach both expositional and topical studies, we are committed to studying the Bible book by book, chapter by chapter, and verse by verse.
We believe worship of God should be spiritual. Therefore, we remain flexible and yielding to the Holy Spirit to direct our worship.We believe worship of God should be inspirational. Therefore, we give great place to music in our worship.
We believe worship of God should be intelligent. Therefore, our services emphasize the teaching of the Word of God, that He might transform us by the renewing of our minds.
We believe worship of God should be fruitful. Therefore, we look for His love in our lives as the supreme evidence that we have truly been worshipping Him.
