What We Believe

The following are the core beliefs of Brenham’s Champion Fellowship Church based on the foundational truths taught in the Bible.  

The Old and New Testaments (Holy Scriptures) are the Word of God, fully inspired and without error in the original manuscripts, infallible, true and trustworthy. All of our teaching and ministry flows from God’s Word. We believe the Bible is one unified story from the first page to the very last. The individual books of the Bible are like chapters in a novel that drive a single plot. In that plot, current day believers find where they fit in God’s story. Therefore, all believers must study, know and obey God’s Word.
(Acts 2:42; Rom. 15:4; 2 Tim. 3:15-17; 2 Pet. 1:21)

There is one eternally existing God who has three distinct persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. He is the creator of all that exists, both visible and invisible, and is therefore worthy of all glory and praise.  God is perfect in love, power, holiness, goodness, knowledge, wisdom,  justice, and mercy. He is unchangeable and therefore is the same yesterday, today, and forever. His promises can be relied upon.
(Gen. 1:1, 26; Deut. 6:4; Matt. 28:19-20; Heb. 13:8)

All things come from the will of God the Father.  He is involved in the affairs of men. He hears and answers prayer. He saves from sin and death all who come to Him through His Son, Jesus Christ.
(Matt. 6:9; John 3:16, 5:19-24; Eph. 1:3-6, 9-10)

All things were created through and for God the Son.  According to the will of the Father, God the Son became both fully God and fully human as Jesus Christ, the promised seed and true image bearer which scripture pointed to as the coming Savior. Jesus was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, died for the sins of the world on the cross, was raised from the dead, ascended into heaven and given all authority in heaven and earth. He will return to earth again in judgement and to establish His Kingdom.  (Col. 1:16; Gen 3:15; Matt. 1:23-25; John 1:1-14; John 3:16; Acts 1:9- 11; Rom. 3:23-25; Heb. 4:15, Rev 19:11-16)

The Father’s will is manifested by God the Holy Spirit. He convicts the world of sin, regenerates, seals and empowers believers in transformation and ministry. He is the Helper, Teacher, and Guide for our Christian walk. As believers, we seek to use His gifts for the church, enjoy His presence and live under His control daily, bearing His fruit.  (Matt. 28:19; John 3:3-7, 14:26, 15:26, 16:7-14; Gal. 5:16-25; Rom. 8:9-14; I Cor. 2:12, 6:19, 12:4-13; Eph. 4:30; Titus 3:5).

Humans, both male and female, were uniquely created in God's image to reflect God’s character for His glory. The first humans, Adam and Eve, were created without sin and appointed as caretakers and representatives of God over the rest of God's creation. God created Adam and Eve as unique biological persons made to complete each other.  God instituted monogamous marriage between male and female as the foundation of the family, the basic structure of human society, and to illustrate Christ’s relationship with the church. For this reason, we believe that marriage is exclusively the union of one biological male and one biological female. (Gen. 1:26-28, 2:18, 21-24; Matt. 19:4-6; Eph. 5:18-33, 6:1-4; James 3:9).

When Adam and Eve chose not to obey God (sin), they ceased to be what they were made to be.  Instead of representing and reflecting God, they chose to make themselves gods. This selfish ambition is what we call depravity or sin nature. This caused them to fall out of fellowship with God, be subject to sin and death and fractured all of creation ever since that time. We believe all humans are born with this depravity/sin nature and are therefore in need of a Savior.
(Gen. 3:1-6, 17-19; Rom. 3:23, 5:12-14)

Jesus Christ came to reconcile humanity with God as Savior for the world. Jesus willingly shed His blood and died on the cross to pay the penalty for our transgressions. God then raised Him from the dead giving Him victory over death. Now, God offers reconciliation and eternal life through resurrection of the body as a free and secure gift to all who believe in Christ as their Lord and Savior. That is why salvation can be found in Christ alone, by grace alone, through faith alone. (John 3:16-17, 10:28, 14:6; Acts 16:31; Rom. 5:6-11; 1 Cor. 15:3-6, 20-28; 2 Cor 5:19; Eph. 2:4-10)

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. The universal Church (“Big C)” consists of all believers world-wide. The local church (“Little c”) consists of believers in a specific location (like Brenham’s Champion Fellowship Church) who gather in covenant community to grow in the knowledge and obedience of the Word, bear each other’s burdens and serve the community as the hands and feet of Christ. (Col. 1:18; Eph. 1:22-23; Gal. 6:2, 9-10)

Jesus commissioned the Church to share the good news of Jesus Christ with the world, teaching His commands and baptizing new believers. Jesus also commanded the church to celebrate believer’s unity in Christ through the Lord’s Supper, remembering His sacrifice and proclaiming His death until He comes again to establish His Kingdom. At Champion, we believe in baptism by immersion and celebrate the Lord’s Supper every month. (Matt. 28:18-20; 2 Cor 5:20; Matt. 26:26-29; 1 Cor. 11:23-26)

Jesus Christ is returning one day to earth to judge both the living and the dead and to establish His 1000-year Kingdom on earth.  Following the 1000-year Kingdom, He will usher in the New Heaven and New Earth where believers will live for eternity in physical, resurrected bodies. (Rev. 19:11-16, 20:4-6,11-15; 21:1)

These Core Beliefs do not exhaust the full extent of our beliefs. For all purposes of Brenham’s Champion Fellowship Church’s faith, doctrine, practice, policy and discipline, the Board of Elders shall be the final interpretive authority on the Bible’s meaning and application.