Our Teaching
The Reformed Gospel -
We hold to the basic creeds of
the Protestant Reformation with special emphasis on the The Heidelberg Catechism,
The Belgic Confession, and Cannons of Dort.
Family Focused -
We seek to work against the increasing fragmentation of family life
and instead to strengthen our families to be better equipped to
fulfill their biblical
call to be the foundational building blocks of a
Christian society.
Evangelism
- We seek to faithfully preach
the undiminished Gospel of Christ to those in
bondage to sin while relying on God's sovereign grace to reclaim His
people for His Kingdom.
Service - We seek to work
toward a godly influence in our families, church, and broader
community, seeking to be used of the Spirit in service to those
among whom we live.
Participatory Worship - We seek to demonstrate the living reality
of the body of Christ as we gather for worship, instruction, and
fellowship by encouraging the mutual participation and interdependence of all our members
in the development and use of the gifts given by the Spirit
for the church's edification.
Biblical Answers to Honest
Questions - We desire to be a place where folks are encouraged to ask questions and
grow in understanding as we consider biblical answers to today's many problems
throughout our society.
Our Vision Statement
The primary purpose of Sovereign Grace Church
is to glorify God by means of: our voluntary submission to His
Word in true worship; in the proclaiming of the gracious gospel of
Jesus Christ to sinners; in the building up of believers through
biblical and applicatory preaching and teaching of the whole counsel
of God; and in the faithful observance of Christ's
sacraments.
Secondarily, our desire is to focus our effort
in Dows,
Iowa
in establishing Sovereign
Grace Church as a Bible-believing and Christ-centered church
energized by the hope of the gospel of Grace to convert the nations
and establish Christ's Kingdom. We seek to equip and strengthen
families as families to more adequately fulfill their biblical call
to under-gird a Christian society. We further seek to be a place
where folks can consider biblical answers to the problems and issues
of the day. We also seek to work toward a godly influence in our
community, seeking to be used of Christ in service to those among
whom we live. Our desire in all of this is to increasingly view all
of life through the lens of a biblical world view and participate in
life from that perspective in humble reliance upon the sufficiency
and power of our risen Lord Jesus Christ.
Our vision also extends beyond our own
geographical area in desiring to see Christ's Kingdom and His
Righteousness increasingly evident throughout the world. In
pursuance of this we will actively support missionaries and
Christian workers both local and abroad who share our vision and
concern for God's glory and the Reformed faith.
To these ends we exist, in reliance upon the
power and authority granted our Savior upon His ascension to the
right hand of the Father, having vanquished His enemies through His
work on the Cross. May God fill us with His spirit and a knowledge
of His Word and may the Name remembered be not ours, but
His.
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