What We Believe:


The RiverPark Statement of Faith is contained in its entirety in our Membership Manual and summarizes our beliefs as a church. If you would like a copy of that summarization, please inquire at our Information Center desk. For the purposes of this shorter introduction to RiverPark, let us state that anyone familiar with historic Christian doctrine will find that our belief statements fall in the center of evangelical theology (evangelical means theology derived from the evangel or the Gospel; in other words, it’s biblical theology rather than speculative theology, or theology rooted in tradition). Our core beliefs are centered in Christ and His message as found in and supported by the clearest passages of Scripture.

In short:
The sole basis of our belief is the Bible, composed of the 66 books of the Old and New Testament.

We believe that there is one true, holy God, eternally existing in three persons - Father, Son and Holy Spirit - each of Whom possesses equally all the attributes of deity and the characteristics of personality.

The central purpose of God's revelation in Scripture is to call all people into fellowship with Himself.

Jesus Christ is the eternal second person of the Trinity who was united with a true human nature by a miraculous conception and virgin birth. He lived a life of perfect obedience to the Father and voluntarily atoned for the sins of all by dying on the cross as their substitute, thus satisfying divine justice and accomplishing salvation for all who trust in Him alone. He rose from the dead in the same body, though glorified, in which He lived and died. He ascended into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of the Father, where He, the only Mediator between God and man, continually makes intercession for His own. He shall come again to earth, personally and visibly, to consummate history and the eternal plan of God.

The essential accompaniment of a genuine saving relationship with Jesus Christ is a life of holiness and obedience, attained by believers as they submit to the Holy Spirit, the third Person of the Trinity.

The corollary of union with Jesus Christ is that all believers become members of His body, the Church.

Scripture is the final authority in all matters of faith and practice.