Columbia Bible Church Believes:

The Bible is the Word of God, inerrant, divinely revealed, written by men, guided by the Holy Spirit (2 Pet. 121, 2 Tim. 3:16-17). It is the objective, sufficient, and authoritative guide to the believers' life.

There is one triune God who is one in essence by three in personality (Matt. 28:18-19, 2 Cor. 13:14).

Man was originally created in the image of God. Man fell through sin and, as a consequence of his sin, lost his spiritual life and became subject to the power of Satan. Spiritual death is inherited by all (Rom. 3:10-18, 23, 5:12-14).

Man can be saved from eternal death only through Jesus Christ and His substitutionary death on the cross. Jesus Christ rose from death as proof of that provision. Salvation is a free gift received by faith and faith alone -- trusting Christ as your personal savior. It is the eternally secure possession of every believer (John 3:16, 36, 10:28, Eph. 2:8,9, Rom. 8:28-39, Phil. 1:6, Jude 1).

The believer's spiritual life develops by the daily intake of the Word of God and a moment-by-moment walk in the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit (1 Pet. 2:2, Gal. 5:16, 22-23).

At the moment of death the believer enters instantly into the presence of God, there to remain in conscious bliss until the bodily resurrection of all believers to the Rapture (2 Cor. 5:8, 1 Cor. 15:35-37, 1 Thes. 4:13-18).

The so-called "sign gifts" of tongues, miracles, prophecy, apostleship and healing ended in the the first century, but God still hears and answers prayers of faith for the sick and afflicted in accordance with His own will (Acts 4:8,21, Rom. 8:23, 1 Cor. 13:8, 14:22, Eph. 2:20, Heb. 2:3,4).

Satan is real, has a personality and is engaged in a program to discredit Christ and substitute his own false system (Is. 14:12-17, Ezek. 28:11-19, 2 Pet. 2:4).