The Temples Statement of Faith

We are a Christian church based in Wilmington, North Carolina, bound together by our shared faith in Jesus Christ and our total commitment to the Word of God. We are a body of believers whose entire life, worship, and practice are directly derived from the Holy Scriptures.

Our Biblical Foundation

• The Authority of Scripture: We believe everything written in both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. We hold the entire Bible to be the inspired, inerrant, and final authority for our faith and lives. Our understanding of justice, mercy, and community comes strictly from the text of Scripture, which reveals God's heart for the oppressed, the poor, and the broken.

• The Lordship of Christ: We confess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. We look to His life, teachings, death, and resurrection as the ultimate standard for how we are to live out our faith in the world.

Our Biblical Praxis (Faith in Action)

True faith requires action and obedience to God's commands. As a remote church community, we live out Scripture through three specific biblical disciplines:

• Acts 2 Fellowship (Sharing Resources): Following the literal example of the early Church in the New Testament, we practice true Christian fellowship by sharing our resources amongst each other to ensure no one in our body goes without.

• Feeding the Hungry: In direct obedience to God’s commands throughout the Old and New Testaments to care for the poor, we gather every Sunday to feed those experiencing homelessness in our community.

• Rotating House Churches: We gather for worship and biblical fellowship as a remote body through rotating house churches throughout New Hanover and Brunswick counties, mirroring the home-based worship of the first-century Christian church.