NORTHGATE ALASKA CHURCH

WE BELIEVE IN

VISION STATEMENT

Every Heart Healed
Every Family Made Whole
Every Nation Transformed
By the Love of the Father

HIS PRESENCE

We zealously pursue God and His presence for relationship and purpose. We live for, and from, encountering HIM. Our worship and His Word leads us into encounters!

THE GOSPEL

We are ambassadors of the reconciling truth and love of God, expressed through the sending of His Son to live and die on our behalf; and are carriers of this Good News wherever we go.

SUPERNATURAL LIFESTYLE

We partner with the Father to overcome the power of darkness by the power of God’s Spirit living in us and revealing Christ through us. We live as though all things are possible to those who believe.

HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS

WHOLENESS

GREATNESS

We sacrificially invest in life-giving relationships in both our natural and spiritual families. We honor people by seeing them as God created them to be; and cultivate heart connection through clear communication, understanding, and vulnerability.

We encounter God for the healing of our hearts and the revelation of our identity as sons and daughters. We partner with God to see spirit, soul, and body of all healed.

We choose to celebrate, equip and release every person into their unique greatness. We empower each person to grow and flourish in their gifting and calling that they may serve man and GOD with excellence.

STATEMENT OF FAITH

THE TRINITY

We believe in one God, eternally existing in three Persons — the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three are co-eternal in being, co-identical in nature, and co-equal in power and glory. This is known as the Trinity: God is one, yet three-in-one — triune. Each Person shares the same divine attributes and perfection while fulfilling distinct roles within the Godhead.

Jesus Christ, the Son, has existed eternally, yet took on human flesh when He was born of a virgin and lived among us as the Son of Man — fully God and fully human.

(Philippians 2:6–8; Matthew 28:19; John 10:30–33; 14:9–11; 15:26; 16:13–15; Acts 5:3–4; Romans 8:9; Colossians 1:15; Hebrews 1:2–3)

GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT

We believe all the spiritual gifts listed in 1 Corinthians 12, Ephesians 4, and Romans 12 remain active and relevant in the Church today. These gifts are given by God to build up the Church and demonstrate the love and power of Jesus to both believers and unbelievers.

Scripture encourages us to “pursue love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy” (1 Corinthians 14:1). The gifts are not earned by believers but graciously given by God.

As Paul reminds us in 1 Corinthians 13, these gifts hold no eternal value unless they are motivated and expressed through love.

BAPTISM

We believe the Bible reveals three baptisms:

1. Baptism into the Body of Christ — accomplished by the Holy Spirit when a person puts their trust in Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 12:13)

2. Water Baptism — a public declaration of faith, performed by immersion in water after a person has decided to follow Jesus. (Acts 2:41)

3. Baptism in the Holy Spirit — a subsequent experience or experiences of fresh empowerment and cleansing by the Holy Spirit. (Acts 1:8)

SALVATION: HEAVEN & HELL

We believe that all people deserve eternal separation from God because of sin. Yet, in His mercy, God sent Jesus Christ to die in our place, paying the penalty for our rebellion. Through faith in Christ alone, God transfers His righteousness to us and declares us justified — not guilty — in His sight.

Apart from faith in Jesus and His finished work on the cross, no one can enter into a relationship with God or receive eternal life.

Heaven: Those who trust in Christ are adopted as God’s children forever and become members of the one true Church, the Body of Christ.

Hell: Those who reject Christ remain separated from God for eternity in a place the Bible calls hell.

Because of this truth, the Church’s mission is to proclaim the gospel and make disciples of all nations, knowing that God desires everyone to come to repentance and be saved.

(John 3:16–18, 23–25; Romans 5:8–10; 6:23; 10:9–10; Ephesians 1:13; John 14:6; Matthew 5:29–30; 10:28)

Jesus Christ’s death on the cross was a representative and substitutionary sacrifice, satisfying God’s just wrath against sin. His resurrection from the dead confirmed His deity, demonstrated the Father’s acceptance of His atoning work, and secured eternal resurrection life for all who believe in Him.

(John 3:16; 6:39–40, 44; 10:11–18; 11:23–26; Mark 10:45; Acts 1:3; 2:24, 32; 13:30–37; Romans 1:18; 3:23–27; 5:8–11; 6:4–5; 8:11)