Our Beliefs

1. We believe the Bible is God's Word given by divine inspiration, the record of God's revelation of Himself to humanity. It is the supreme authority and guide for all doctrine and conduct. It is the truth by which God brings people into a saving relationship with Himself and leads them to Christian maturity. 
2. We believe in the one living and true God. He alone is God, who exists eternally in three coequal persons who act together in creation, providence and redemption: the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit. 
3. We believe the Son became man, Jesus Christ, who was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. Being fully God and fully man, He revealed God through His sinless life, miracles and teaching. He provided salvation through His atoning death in our place and by His bodily resurrection. He ascended into heaven where He rules over all creation. 
4. We believe God created an order of spiritual beings called angels to serve Him and do His will. Some angels, called demons with Satan their leader, rebelled against God and now tempt individuals to do the same. Their destiny has been sealed by Christ's victory over sin and death. 
5. We believe God created man and woman in His own image to have fellowship with Himself and to be steward over His creation. Through the temptation of Satan, Adam chose to disobey God; this brought sin and death to the human race and suffering to all creation. Therefore, everyone is born with a sinful nature and needs to be reconciled to God. 
6. We believe salvation is redemption by Christ of the whole person from sin arid death. It is offered as a free gift by God to all and must be received personally through repentance and faith in Jesus Christ.
7. We believe/the Church is the body of which Christ is the head and all who believe in Him are members. The ordinances of the church are baptism and the Lord's Supper. Baptism is a believer's confession of faith in the death, burial and resurrection of the Savior Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sin and accepting His gift of eternal life. Christians unite with a local church for mutual encouragement and growth in discipleship through worship, nurture, service and the proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the world.  
8. We believe religious liberty, rooted in Scripture, is the inalienable right of all individuals to freedom of conscience with ultimate accountability to God 
9. We affirm the family as the basic unit of society and seek to preserve its integrity and stability. We believe the Bible teaches that marriage refers to the covenant relationship exclusively between one man and one woman, as instituted by God in the beginning.  
10. We believe God, in His own time and in His own way, will bring all things to their appropriate end and establish the new heaven and the new earth. We believe that Jesus Christ will return to the earth suddenly, personally and visibly in glory according to His promise, and take those who have put their trust in Him, to dwell with Him through all eternity. 

Carbon Valley Community Church is affiliated with the Alberta Baptist Association, one of 60 churches in the North American Baptist Conference.