About Us
Gaithersburg Community Church is an Evangelical Free Church (EFCA)
35 Reasons to attend
     
Vision   We believe God will develop a loving, accepting place for believers to grow in their faith and where non-Christians can observe Christianity and be changed by the teachings of the bible.
     
Core Values
  1. Reach those who are in need of God's love
  2. Culturally relevant & biblically accurate
  3. Multiplication minded (discipleship and church planting)
  4. God centered worship, teaching & preaching
  5. Family friendly
     
Mission   GCC exists to reach a culturally diverse community in a loving manner. We want to be a church that celebrates the Lord in a corporate as well as individualized manner. We exist to instruct people of many backgrounds how to apply God's Word to their lives. We exist to share with one another and edify the body of local believers in a loving Christ-centered manner. We exist because of our commitment to the proclamation of the Gospel and to the authority of Scriptures as being inerrant in the original autographs and the only safe and sufficient guide to faith and practice.
     
Statement of Faith  
1. We believe the Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, to be the inspired Word of God, without error in the original writings, the complete revelation of His will for the salvation of men, and the Divine and final authority for all Christian faith and life.

2. We believe in one God, Creator of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

3. We believe that Jesus Christ is true God and true man, having been conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He died on the cross, a sacrifice for our sins, according to the Scriptures. Further, He arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven, where at the right hand of the Majesty on High, He is now our High Priest and Advocate.

4. We believe that the ministry of the Holy Spirit is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ, and during this age to convict men, regenerate the believing sinner, indwell, guide, instruct, and empower the believer for godly living and service.

5. We believe that man was created in the image of God but fell into sin and is, therefore, lost, and only through regeneration by the Holy Spirit can salvation and spiritual life be obtained.

6. We believe that the shed blood of Jesus Christ and His resurrection provide the only grounds for justification and salvation for all who believe, and only such as receive Jesus Christ are born of the Holy Spirit, and thus become children of God.

7. We believe that water baptism and the Lord's Supper are sacraments to be observed by the Church during the present age as a means of grace. They are, however, not regarded as a means of salvation.

8. We believe that the true Church is composed of such persons who through saving faith in Jesus Christ have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit and are united together in the body of Christ of which He is the Head.

9. We believe that only those who are thus members of the true Church shall be eligible for membership in the local church.

10. We believe that Jesus Christ is the Lord and Head of the Church, and that every local church has the right, under Christ, to decide and govern its own affairs.

11. We believe in the personal coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and that this "Blessed Hope" has a vital bearing on the personal life and service of the believer.

12. We believe in the bodily resurrection of the dead; of the believer to everlasting blessedness and joy with the Lord; of the unbeliever to judgment and everlasting conscious punishment.
     
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