About Us

what we believe and where it comes from

All of our beliefs and convictions are derived from the Bible. The Bible is our final and ultimate authority. Our doctrines and distinctives are not original to us, but come to us from the historic and reformed faith. The celebration of the Sovereign Grace of God at Community is rooted in the Reformation itself. We are an old soul theology in a modern context. What we do as a church is driven by what we believe.

OUR DISTINCTIVES

Gospel

To make the Gospel of God’s sovereign grace the center of all we do; never assuming it among ourselves or in the community in which we live.

Bible

To read and preach the Bible as the singular story of God’s relentless grace toward unworthy sinners allowing it to conform and equip God’s church.

Church

To view church as a mission organization and not a safe haven from the culture.

Worship

To be understood not only as music on Sunday morning but as the offering of the entire life to God who is worthy of all we possess.

Fellowship

To see myself as a member of a family, my status as the servant of all, and my role as a fellow laborer for the Gospel.

Community

To advance the gospel in the surrounding community as we share God’s love in Christ indiscriminately through any means available.

World

To partner with Christians around the world to accomplish the same mission we have here at home; extending the glory of God through the propagation of the Gospel.

CONFESSION

The Church’s final and ultimate authority is the Word of God. There are, however, explanations of biblical doctrine which have served the church throughout its history. The classic and Reformed confessions/creeds of the church have been born out of moments of much-needed clarity. They have also helped the church define orthodoxy, informed its worship and provided it with a trusted exposition of the Gospel of Christ. While they are not inspired, or authoritative, they are helpful. We have attached the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession to our church’s statement of faith in order to assist us in our pursuit of Reformed orthodoxy. To the extent that we can agree with its statements we affirm the usefulness of this document to the church. The elders of Community Bible Church have provided commentary where clarity is warranted and where it was necessary to demonstrate our diversion from aspects of the confession.

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OUR BELIEFS

The Triune God

We believe in one God, eternally existing in three Persons—Father, Son and Holy Spirit, co-identical in nature, coequal in power and glory. (Deut. 6:4; John 1:1-4; 16:7-15; Luke 1:35; Matt. 3:16-17)

God the Father

We believe in God, who is Spirit and a person; infinite, eternal and unchangeable in being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth; sovereign. (Deut. 4:15-18; John 4:24; Exodus 3:14; Num. 23:19)

God the Holy Spirit

We believe that the Holy Spirit is a divine person, and not merely an influence; that He is the source and power of all acceptable worship and service. We believe that His work is to convince the world of sin, righteousness and judgment, to convict and regenerate sinners, to dwell in the hearts of believers, to guide, comfort, protect and sanctify them in this world, and to glorify Christ. We believe that He will never depart from the Church nor from the weakest believers. (John 14:16-17,26; 16:13-15: Acts 1:8; 5:3-4; Rom. 8:2,16; I Cor. 6:19; 12:13; Gal. 5:22-23; Eph. 4:30; 5:18).

God the Son

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man, without ceasing to be God, having been conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinners. (John 1:1,2,14; Luke 1:30-35; Phil 2:5-8; Heb. 4:15; Matt. 1:18-25) We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption through the shedding of His blood in death on the cross as a representative, substitutionary sacrifice; and that our justification is made sure by His literal, physical, resurrection from the dead. (Rom. 3:24-25; I Peter 2:24; Eph. 1:7; I Peter 1:3-5) We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended to heaven, and now exalted at the right hand of God, where, as our High Priest, He fulfills the ministry of Representative, Intercessor and Advocate. (Acts 1:9-10; Heb. 7:25; 9:24; Rom. 8:34; I John 2:1-2)

The Scriptures

We believe in the verbal, plenary God-breathed inspiration of the Bible, both the Old and New Testament, consisting of 66 books, inerrant in the original writings. (II Tim. 3:16,17; Matt. 5:18; II Peter 1:21,22; John 16:12,13)

Man

We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God, but that in Adam’s sin the race fell, inherited a sinful nature, and became alienated from God; and that man is totally depraved in the sense that his whole being is affected and cursed by sin so that he cannot, in this state, please God. We believe that he is unrighteous in an absolute sense and can only accomplish relative good. We believe that he is lost and, of himself, utterly unable to remedy his lost condition. (Gen. 1:26-27; Eph. 2:1-3, 12; Rom. 3:22; 5:12) We believe that salvation is the gift of God brought to man by grace and that man is justified by faith in Jesus Christ alone, and is thus given a new position of righteousness and holy standing before God, in which he becomes a son of God by spiritual rebirth, a new creation in Christ. (John 1:12; Rom. 8:1,38-39; I Cor. 1:14-15; 10:10; II Cor. 5:17) We believe that all the redeemed, once saved, are kept by God’s power and are thus secure in Christ forever. (John 6:37-40; 10:27-30; Rom. 8:1,38-39; I Cor. 1:4-8; I Peter 1:5) We believe it is the privilege of believers to rejoice in the assurance of their salvation through the testimony of God’s Word, which, however, clearly forbids the use of Christian liberty as an occasion to the flesh. (Rom. 13:13-14; Gal. 5:13; Titus 2:11-14)

The Church

We believe that the church, which is the body and espoused bride of Christ, is a spiritual organism made up of all born again persons of this present age and is distinct from the nation of Israel. (Eph. 1:22-23; 5:25-27; I Cor. 12:12-14; II Cor. 11:2) We believe that the establishment and continuance of local churches is clearly taught and defined in the New Testament Scriptures. (Acts 14:27; 20:17,28-32; I Tim. 3:1-13; Titus 1:5-11)

The Lord's Supper

We believe that all born again believers are to be invited to partake of the Lord’s Supper. (Mark 14:22-25; I Cor. 11:23-24)

The Eternal State

We believe that all those who have rejected God’s offer of salvation in Christ, and thus have not believed on nor received the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior, remain after death in conscious torment in hell (Hades) until the final judgment of the great white throne at the close of the millennium when spirit, soul and body will be reunited and all those individuals will be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone (which we believe will be a literal place), not to be annihilated, but to be punished with everlasting destruction, without end, from the presence of our Lord and from the glory of His power.

We believe that all those who have believed on and have received the Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour will, at death, immediately enter into His presence in Heaven and will there remain in conscious comfort until the resurrection of the body at His coming for His bride, the Church, when spirit, soul and body will be reunited and they, together with those raptured alive at His coming for the church, will dwell with Him forever in the glory. (Luke 16:19-26; 23:43; John 3:36; II Cor. 5:8; Phil. 1:23; II Thess. 1:7-9; Rev. 20:11-15; 21:8)

OUR STAFF

Jon Moffitt

Senior Pastor

I was born and raised in the sunny desert of Southern California. My father was a pastor for 25 years in California before moving to Utah where the Lord took him home in 2002. After graduating from college in CA, I spent several years working in a small church as a youth pastor in Utah. It was while I was ministering there I began to feel the need for more theological training and moved back to CA to attend seminary.

While in seminary, I got involved in a local church as the college and young adults pastor until I graduated in December of 2011. Thirty days later, with my wife and three kids, I moved to Nashville, TN to become the Young Adult Pastor at Community Bible Church. It is here that I spent six years mentoring under Byron Yawn, senior pastor of Community Bible Church, before planting Community South in 2017. I also have the privilege of being one of “The Boys” on Theocast, a weekly podcast on reformed theology (Theocast.org).

My hope for Community is that we would be a family focused on the gospel of Jesus Christ by faith alone, that we always assume everyone in our community equally needs the gospel, and that we are known for our compassion and mercy.
Jeremy Litts

Director of Ministry

Jeremy was raised in Encinitas, CA. He was brought on the Community Main Campus staff in 2010. He serves as the Director of Ministry as well as the Children's Ministry Pastor for both the Main and South Campuses.

He is married to Courtney, and they have two sons, Rhys and Ellis.
Amy Luke

Creative Director

Amy is a Nashville native and grew up at Community. She joined the Community Main Campus staff in January 2013. Amy serves as the Creative Director as well as leading the Women's Ministry and Local Outreach programs for both the Main and South Campuses.

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