Our Mission & Vision
About Us
Black Rock Church is located in Fairfield, Connecticut. We were established in 1849 by just a few faithful Christ-followers and have now grown to thousands of adults and children who attend our services each weekend. As a non-denominational church, we welcome you no matter your religious background.
OUR MISSION STATEMENT
Love God
Love People
Serve Our World
We want to see people develop into mature disciples who are equipped to glorify God through membership in His family, ministry in the church, and mission to our community and beyond.
OUR VISION:
Inspire hope and ignite faith in every person we meet by connecting them to God through Jesus.
Doctrinal Statement
WE BELIEVE
IN THE SCRIPTURES OF THE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT
We believe in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as inspired by God and inerrant in the original writings, and that they are of supreme and final authority in faith and life. (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:21)
IN ONE GOD, ETERNALLY EXISTING IN THREE PERSONS
We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19; John 14:10, 13, 16-17, 26; 2 Corinthians 13:14)
THAT JESUS CHRIST WAS BEGOTTEN BY THE HOLY SPIRIT
We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, and is true God and true man. (Matthew 1:18, 23; Luke 1:35; John 17:11, 21)
THAT MAN WAS CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD
We believe that man was created in the image of God; that he sinned, and thereby incurred not only physical death, but also that spiritual death which is separation from God; and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature, and, in the case of those who reach moral responsibility, become sinners in thought, word and deed. (Genesis 1:26-27, 2:7; Jeremiah 17:9, Ezekiel 18:4; Romans 3:23, 5:12; Ephesians 2:3)
THAT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures, as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice; and that all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood. (Isaiah 53:6; John 3:16; Romans 5:9, 12, 6:23; 1 Corinthians 15:3, 21; 1 Peter 2:24)
IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE CRUCIFIED BODY OF OUR LORD
We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, and His ascension into Heaven, and His present life there for us, as High Priest and Advocate. (Luke 24:6; Acts 1:9; Hebrews 4:14, 10:12)
IN "THAT BLESSED HOPE"
We believe in “that blessed hope,” the personal return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. (John 14:3; Acts 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Titus 2:13; Revelation 1:7)
THAT ALL WHO RECEIVE BY FAITH THE LORD JESUS CHRIST ARE BORN AGAIN
We believe that all who receive by faith the Lord Jesus Christ are born again of the Holy Spirit, and, thereby, become children of God. (John 1:12-13, 3:3; 1 Peter 1:23)
THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN BORN AGAIN HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE
We believe that those who have been born again have everlasting life and shall not come into condemnation but are passed from death unto life; and that the Lord Jesus Christ gives unto them eternal life and that they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of God’s hand. (John 5:24, 10:28-29)
IN THE BODILY RESURRECTION OF THE JUST AND UNJUST
We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and unjust, the everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the everlasting punishment of the lost. (Matthew 25:46, John 3:36, 5:28-29, Revelation 20:12, 15)
