Twin Branch Bible Church
Mishawaka, Indiana
Our Core Beliefs
1We believe that the Bible is the word of God. It bears the authority of God in all that it teaches. Cultures and societies change; God’s word does not. Cultures and societies follow trends. We seek to remain faithful to God’s unchanging word. We teach what the Bible teaches. We cannot do otherwise.
2We believe that God exists in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. They are equal in power and glory. The Father is God, but the Father is not the Son or the Holy Spirit. The Son is God, but the Son is not the Father or the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is God, but the Holy Spirit is not the Father or the Son.
3We believe that God created human beings in his own likeness and image. The first man and the first woman were without sin. Yet they chose rebellion against God and their disobedience brought about the depravity of all mankind. Our sin separates us from God and rightly incurs the everlasting wrath of God.
4We believe that the salvation our souls from God’s everlasting wrath is in and through the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God. He lived as God commanded Adam and Eve and all mankind to live. Then he offered up his life to a violent death, receiving upon himself the wrath of God that justly falls on us.
5We believe in the substitutionary death of Christ. He was slaughtered on the cross in our place and because of our sin. The justice of God was poured out on Christ in full measure. His death is the sinner’s propitiation which satisfies the justice of God by which satisfaction the wrath of God is turned away from the sinner who gives the response to Jesus Christ demanded by the Father and empowered by the Holy Spirit.
6We believe in the bodily resurrection of Christ. By the power of his sinless life he defeated death. He overruled the curse and the penalty of our sin. Jesus Christ is the “new Adam” who faced a far more powerful temptation than the first Adam faced. Instead of embracing the serpent’s lie, Jesus obeyed the truth of God. By his righteousness and by his bloody death he reconciles the world to God.
7We believe that being delivered from the coming wrath of God is effected by giving the response that God requires of every human being. That response is defined by two words: repentance and faith. To repent is to turn away from sin. To have faith is to trust wholly in the word and work of Jesus Christ. To respond is to call upon the Name of the Lord; to receive the offer of salvation as a gift from God that cannot be added to or subtracted from.
8We believe that the Christian church is composed only of those who have responded to the Lord Jesus Christ as the Father requires and as the Holy Spirit empowers. The church is not a club of perfect people. We will not be rid of sin until the last day when Christ returns in power and glory. As we wait in hope, we as Christ’s church seek to live in the light of God’s sure and certain promises. We seek to help each other remain in hope.
Please visit our “Articles” page where provide more information about what we believe and how we function as a church. If you have specific questions, please email them to Twin.Branch@outlook.com. We will try to respond via email in a timely manner.