Gentle Shepherd Community Church

MAKING DISCIPLES OF JESUS CHRIST

Who are we and what do we believe?

Who we are

GENTLE SHEPHERD COMMUNITY CHURCH - GREY COUNTY INC. CAME INTO EXISTENCE ON SEPTEMBER 28, 1988.

We are a family-oriented group of believers in Jesus Christ and we are organized “Congregationally” which means the congregation itself (with the leadership and guidance of Elders and Pastors), is free to follow Jesus as the “Head” of the Church as it seeks to live and put into practice the teachings of Jesus and the Scriptures. We first formed and met in September of 1988 gathering at Macphail Memorial Elementary School, Flesherton. We “turned the sod” for a new meeting place in 1989 and held our first worship service there in 1991. We also have a second “meeting place” campus in the town of Flesherton which houses the Flesherton and Area Foodbank. We desire to be a people who know and follow Jesus. Our mission is to make genuine disciples of Jesus Christ.

what we believe

  • We believe that the Bible consisting of the Old and New Testaments is the only divinely inspired revelation of God. It is our primary guide and final authority in matters pertaining to faith and life.

  • We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, his death on the cross for our redemption, his resurrection to life again, his ascension into heaven, and his coming again in power and glory.

  • We believe the Holy Spirit has come to glorify Jesus and to apply the saving work of Jesus Christ to our hearts. He convicts us of sin and draws us to the Saviour. Indwelling our hearts, he gives new life to us, empowers and imparts gifts to us for service. He instructs and guides us into all truth, and seals us for the day of redemption.

  • We believe that salvation is by grace through faith in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour.

  • We believe that there will be a resurrection of the dead and a final judgment

  • We believe the sacraments, baptism and communion, are outward and visible signs of an inward grace and an act of remembrance.

  • We believe that life begins at conception and that all human life is sacred.

  • We believe in the spiritual unity of all believers.

  • We believe that marriage is the God-ordained, publicly witnessed covenant relationship between one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others. In accordance with this belief, we resolve that members of the staff or clergy of the church will be allowed to arrange for, officiate at, or take part in the solemnization or celebration of marriage only when it conforms to this congregational statement on marriage. (Genesis. 2:18, 22-25, Matthew 19:5; John 2:1-10).