LUMA Bible Church is an autonomous, community, church. Autonomous in that we are not governed by a denomination or presbytery. Community in that we are local in mission and constituency. We focus on the authority of God’s Word for all, in all, over all. We believe Jesus is LORD and declare that in our teachings explicitly and in alignment of our mission.
GOVERNANCE: The Church are those who are called out by god grace, and redeemed by the work of the Holy Spirit in response to the gospel. The church is variously described as the Bride of Christ a Living Temple made of Living Stones, the body of Christ — ultimately under the Lord Jesus Christ it’s head and indwelt by God the Spirit. With the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the Word the church is led by a local plurality of lay and staff elders as qualified and confirmed Biblically, shepherded by men gifted to preach and teach the Word.
TEACHING: The teaching at LUMA is expositional (verse-by-verse explanation and application of the Scripture) through entire books of the Bible. The pastor is reformed in soterioloy, and affirming of the doctrines of grace.
BELIEFS: We endorse the historic creeds including the 1689 London Baptist Confession as well as the Westminister Confession of faith. We are credo-baptist, and endorse the covenantal view of Scripture.
1689 LONDON BAPTIST CONFESSION: https://grbc.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/The-1689-Baptist-Confession-of-Faith.pdf
WESTMINISTER CONFESSION OF FAITH: http://files1.wts.edu/uploads/pdf/about/WCF_30.pdf
