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Oak Haven Church is a place where people of all ages,
all walks of life, can find the truth about God. This
is a place where stories of the Bible find application
in today’s life… where the song in our heart
becomes the song on our lips… where lonely souls
can find companionship… where people seeking
purpose are finding peace.
Come join us in celebrating the unconditional love
of God!
This church is affiliated with the Minnesota Baptist
Conference and the Baptist General Conference.
We believe that the Bible is God’s unique revelation
to people. It is the inspired, infallible Word of
God, and the supreme and final authority on all matters
upon which it teaches. No other writings are vested
with such divine authority.
There
is only one God, creator of heaven and earth, who
exists eternally as three persons – Father, Son,
and Holy Spirit, each fully God yet each personally
distinct from the other.
Apart
from Jesus Christ, all people are spiritually lost
and because of sin, deserve the judgment of God. However,
God gives salvation and eternal life to anyone who
trusts in Jesus Christ and in His sacrifice on his
or her behalf. Salvation cannot be earned through
personal goodness or human effort. It is a gift that
must be received by humble repentance and faith in
Christ and His finished work on the cross.
Jesus
Christ, second Person of the Trinity, was born of
the Virgin Mary, lived a sinless human life, willingly
took upon Himself all of our sins, died and rose again
bodily, and is at the right hand of the Father as
our advocate and mediator. Some day, He will return
to consummate history and fulfill the eternal plan
of God.
The
Holy Spirit, third Person of the Trinity, convicts
the world of sin and draws people to Christ. He also
indwells all believers. He is available to empower
them to lead Christ-like lives, and gives them spiritual
gifts with which to serve the church and reach out
to a lost and needy world.
Death
seals the eternal destiny of each person. At the final
judgment, unbelievers will be separated from God into
condemnation. Believers will be received into God’s
loving presence and rewarded for their faithfulness
to Him in this life.
All believers are members of the body of Christ, the
one true church universal. Spiritual unity is to be
expressed among Christians by acceptance and love
of one another across ethnic, cultural, socioeconomic,
national, generational, gender, and denominational
lines.
The
local church is a congregation of believers who gather
for worship, prayer, instruction, encouragement, mutual
accountability, and community with each other. Through
it, believers invest time, energy, and resources to
fulfill the Great Commission – reaching lost
people and growing them into fully devoted followers
of Christ.
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