Bay Ridge Christian Church - Teaching

Everyone who is in Christ and filled with the power of the Holy Spirit has been called to be a witness to our risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

God calls His church not only to reach every nation, but also to train leaders so that the church may thrive in future generations.

As disciples of Christ we respond to the great commission by the power of Christ and the comfort that He gives.

Chaplain Chase Wood shares about the ministry at the local detention centers.

God calls His pilgrim people to go forth, promising to bless them so that they can be a blessing to others.

Refuge and security for eternity can be found only in Christ

Christ came to reveal the fulness of grace, and we live by grace, not law.

Christians are citizens of the common kingdom because they are humans, but they are also citizens of the redemptive kingdom because they have been born again in Christ, and they must never confuse or merge these kingdoms.

Our primary identity comes from God’s call placing us into Christ, but He has also given each of us individual calls - a particular mixture of desires, gifts, talents, responsibilities, relationships, and opportunities that we receive from God and develo

The church is God’s nation, comprised of people from every nation and culture, and her primary allegiance is to God’s kingdom rather than each members preferred culture.

Christ, the Second Adam, is the True Man, showing us what it means to be truly human, and restoring our humanity.

Daniel serves as an example of how God sojourning exile people are to remain distinct in their faith and worship yet labor with unbelievers in the common kingdom, in order that God may use us to draw people into His redemptive kingdom.

Theme: In this age Christians are sojourning exiles, serving with unbelievers in our common kingdom and culture, as we long for our heavenly home. Text: Jeremiah 29:1-14

Theme: In this age Christians are sojourning exiles, serving with unbelievers in our common kingdom and culture, as we long for our heavenly home.

Theme: The Mosaic covenant of law was given to Israel for life in the promised land and was never intended as the basis for government in the common kingdom, and even its function within the people of God has changed with the new covenant.

Government has been given by God as part of the common kingdom of man to promote justice and maintain order, and Christians are called to pray for and submit to their government whenever possible

God is the Sovereign Lord over every sphere of life and culture, and has given unique calls, gifts, and responsibilities to each sphere, which must not be infringed upon by other spheres.

After the fall, God instituted a distinction between the kingdom of man, the realm of common grace ruled through general revelation, and the kingdom of God, the realm of saving grace ruled through special revelation.

We are to give thanks for the faith and love of the body of Christ for as He is now revealed through the Church He will one day be revealed in person.