God's Word Is Our Authority
Light House Church confesses one Lord, one faith, and one baptism (Ephesians 4:5). The Bible is our final authority on every matter of life and practice. Confessions, creeds, and statements are servants — useful guides for understanding Scripture, but never substitutes for it.
Our full Statement of Faith is organized in five parts, summarized below. You can read the full document here.
Elder Affirmation of Faith
The men who lead Light House Church as Elders are committed to teach, lead, and shepherd according to our affirmation of faith adopted from Bethlehem Baptist Church (Minneapolis, MN).
Member Affirmation of Faith
The members of Light House Church joyfully affirm the member affirmation of faith.
The Creeds
We receive the four great ecumenical creeds of the historic Christian Church — the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed, the Definition of Chalcedon, and the Athanasian Creed — as faithful witnesses to the teaching of Scripture and as bonds of unity with the universal Church of Jesus Christ in every time and place.
The Statements
Our pastors affirm three contemporary statements as faithful applications of biblical truth to particular questions of our day:
- The Danvers Statement on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (1987) — biblical complementarity in marriage and the Church.
- The Nashville Statement on Biblical Sexuality (2017) — marriage as a covenant of one man and one woman, and the goodness of God's design as male and female. You can read our full statement on marriage, gender, and sexuality on a dedicated page.
- The Ethnic Harmony Affirmations and Denials (2021) — the dignity of every person made in God's image, and the unity of every people group in Christ.
Book of Confessions
Though we hold Baptist convictions, we receive the great Reformation confessions of our broader evangelical heritage as faithful summaries of biblical doctrine — some of which include the Belgic Confession, the Heidelberg Catechism, and the Westminster Confession of Faith.
We hold these confessions not in order to divide from believers who differ, but to give a clear and charitable testimony of what we understand the Bible to teach.