What We Believe

The following are the core beliefs of The Collective based on the foundational truths taught in the bible. All of our teaching and ministry is rooted in and flows out of these biblical doctrines.

The Bible – It is God’s word to man. It is living and active. It is inspired, infallible,
and authoritative.
(Hebrews 4:12; 2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:20-21)

Jesus Christ – Jesus is the Messiah prophesied, the one and only God, in the exact representation of God, fully human and fully God. He was born from a virgin, lived a sinless life, and He died and rose again to reconcile all people to God and to free them from the power of sin and the devil. He will return again
to reign over His Kingdom.
(Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 1:26-38; Romans 9:5; Titus 2:13)

Humans, both male and female, were created in God's image for His glory. The first humans, Adam and Eve, were created without sin and appointed as caretakers of the rest of God's creations.

Sin was introduced into madnkin through Adam, the first man. His sin enslaved the world to the power of the devil. All of humankind has sinned and the penalty is death, separation from God. Jesus Christ, God’s son, paid the penalty of sin to reconcile mankind to God. Everyone who repents and trusts in Jesus for forgiveness of sin is forgiven and free from the curse of sin and death.
(Romans 5:12-21, 6:23; Ephesians 2:1-5)

Salvation is a free gift that comes from God through belief in Jesus’ finished work on the cross and His resurrection from the dead. Salvation is freedom from the power of sin & death for body, soul, & spirit.
 (Romans 1:16; Ephesians 2:8-9)

The Church is meant to be the visible body of Christ, sent into the world to glorify God and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ.

God is one, eternal, and self-existent in three persons: Father, Son, & Holy Spirit.
(Matthew 28:19; John 1:1-2,14; John 4:24; Acts 5:3-4;
Ephesians 4:5-6; 2 Corinthians 13:17)

Jesus baptizes the believer with the Holy Spirit into the body of Christ. The Holy Spirit sanctifies and purifies the believer. He draws believers to God and empowers them to be the witnesses of His Kingdom and resurrection.
 (John 1:33; Acts 1:8; John 16:5-15; Titus 3:5; 1 Thessalonians 2:13;
Romans 8:16, 23, 26, 27; 1 Corinthians 12:1-31)

Miracles and healings were the works Jesus and His disciples demonstrated to confirm the good news about God’s Kingdom, making its advance against the dominion of the devil. All believers today are empowered to demonstrate these works and thereby advance His Kingdom.
(Matthew 4:17, 23, 12:28, 28:19-20; John 9:4, 10:37;
Mark 16:17-20; 1 Corinthians 12:9-10)

Jesus and the early church gave us two ordinances: Baptism and Communion. We hold fast to these ordinances and practice them in accordance with the truth.
(Luke 22:14-20, Matthew 28:19-20)

We believe water baptism is a physical representation of a spiritual reality where the believer identifies with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. We baptize believers in water into the name of (or nature of) the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit as a sign of being consecrated to God, who is Three in One.
(Romans 6:3-4, 1 Peter 3:21- 22)

As prophesied by Daniel, God’s rule, authority, and realm was inaugurated by the incarnation of Jesus, our king. When He came, he preached a message about the coming of His Kingdom and demonstrated its advancement against the Kingdom of the enemy by healing the sick and casting out devils. He left the advancement of His Kingdom in the hands of the disciples with the expectation that this Gospel be taken all throughout the earth until the day He returns to receive His Kingdom.
(Daniel 2:44; John 18:36; Matthew 4:17, 23, 12:28; Revelation 11:15, 12:10)

In the ever-increasing government of God and in the hope, which is the return of Jesus Christ for believers. Heaven and hell are real places. There will be a resurrection of the saved and the lost, the one to everlasting life and the other to everlasting death (Isaiah 9:7; Hebrews 9:28; Revelation 20:11- 15; John 6:40;
Luke 23:43; John 14:3).