Sunday Gathering - 10:15 AM
Newport, Wa
our beliefs
Grounded in the Truth of scripture
— Centered on Jesus —
At Threshold Church, our beliefs are rooted in the unchanging truth of God’s Word and centered on the person of Jesus Christ. These beliefs shape how we worship,
how we live, and how we walk together through life.
Faith is not about having every answer but about
trusting the God who holds all things together.
Scripture: God’s Living Word
We believe the Bible is God’s true and trustworthy Word and the final authority for faith and life.
Scripture is not merely a rulebook, but God’s living guide for knowing Him and thriving in the life He intends. In a world that constantly shifts, we do not bend Scripture to fit culture. We allow God's Word to form us.
Through the Bible, God reveals Himself and His character, exposes our need, and points us to Jesus.
The Triune God: Father, Son & Spirit
We believe in one God who eternally exists as three distinct persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Each is fully and equally God, sharing the same divine nature, yet each is distinct in personhood.
The Father is God.
The Son is God.
The Holy Spirit is God.
They are not three gods, but one God, perfectly united in essence, will, and purpose while distinct in personhood and role. This mystery is foundational to the Christian faith and revealed in Scripture, even when it surpasses our full understanding.
God: Creator and Near
We believe God is the Creator of all things and desires relationship with us.
Nothing in creation “just happened.” God is the Creator of all things, purposeful and intentional in His design. He is greater than we can imagine, yet closer than we often realize. He is both transcendent and personal. Above all and Emmanuel, God with us.
God is holy, loving, just, and faithful. He desires relationship with His creation and has revealed Himself to us through His word and ultimately through Jesus Christ.
Humanity: our identity, our Sin, and Our Need
We believe all people are created in God’s image which makes them intrinsically valuable and deeply loved by Him yet also affected and broken by sin.
Sin is anything that falls short of God’s perfect standard, and it separates us from Him, bringing that brokenness and separation into the world and into our lives.
Left to ourselves, we cannot restore that relationship.
Jesus: God come to live With Us and Our Only Hope
We believe Jesus Christ is fully God, fully man, and the only way to salvation.
Jesus is God’s Son, God revealing Himself to us. Through His perfect and humble life, sacrificial death, and victorious resurrection, Jesus did what we could never do and made a way for sinners to be forgiven and restored to relationship with God.
Salvation is found in Him alone.
Free Will & evil: choice, brokenness, and God’s Victory
We believe God created humanity with the freedom to choose, even in a broken world. We believe God promises ultimate victory over evil and brokenness.
God gifted us the agency to make our own choices, a gift known as Free Will. God gives us the choice to have a relationship with Him or to choose no relationship. When sin entered the world, people became and remain capable of choosing to do what is wrong as well as what is right. Evil is real, and all of us are affected by it both through our own choices and through the consequences of the choices of others.
Evil stands in direct opposition to the goodness of God and causes real harm and suffering. Yet God is neither absent from nor indifferent to that suffering. He sees, He cares, and He acts.
God made a way through Jesus and promises ultimate victory over evil for those who choose Him.
New Life: Grace, Faith, and Obedience
We believe salvation is by grace through faith and lived out in obedience.
Grace is God’s gift to us, not something we earn. In His mercy, God made a way where we could not find a way. We must believe in Him through faith. Faith is how we receive that grace and grow in relationship with Him.
Obedience is how our faith takes shape...not to earn God’s love, but as a response to it. Obedience is how we honor God and love Him back.
The Holy Spirit: God With Us Now and within us
We believe the Holy Spirit is a person, fully God, present and active in the life of every believer.
The Holy Spirit convicts, comforts, guides, and empowers believers to live faithful, transformed lives. He is not an impersonal force, but God with us and within us, shaping us to live like Christ. He does more than initiate faith. He continually fills and renews God’s people. Scripture calls believers to live dependent on His presence — to seek His work, follow His leading, and walk in ongoing surrender and obedience.
The Christian life is not meant to be lived by human effort alone. We believe God invites His people into a life marked by continual renewal and empowerment through the Holy Spirit—a life shaped by what Paul describes as being continually filled as we walk in faith. “Be filled with the Spirit.” — Ephesians 5:18
We believe this ongoing filling is available, necessary, and meant to be pursued as part of a growing, faithful walk with Jesus. The Holy Spirit not only indwells every believer at salvation but continues to fill, empower, and renew God’s people for bold witness and faithful living. This ongoing filling is not optional for a vibrant Christian life. It is meant to be sought, received, and lived in daily dependence.
The Church: God’s Family
We believe the Church is the visible family of God.
The Church is not a building, but a people. A people adopted into the family of God. We are called to worship together, care for one another, and live out the gospel in the world and to always make room for others to join the family of God.
Eternity: our hope and the Return of Christ
We believe heaven and hell are real, and that Jesus Christ is coming again.
Death is not the end, but the beginning of the rest of eternity. God will fully restore all things, and Christ will return.
Because of this hope, we live now with purpose, urgency, and trust...seeking to love God, love others, and reflect His kingdom in the world while we wait for His return.