We Are Ripon Grace
Fifty years ago a small group began a weekly gathering centered around the Bible. They were drawn to the hope and peace found in God’s Word, and they committed themselves to the deep study that goes beyond head knowledge to touch and change the heart.
In that small Bible study, a church was born. Like any other living organism, we grew and matured. The gathering looks radically different now, but at our core we are still a group of people in love with God’s Word and its ability to fill us with hope and peace.
We are a group of people (body of believers) motivated by the love of Jesus. We are driven to demonstrate the love of Jesus to the community that includes and stretches beyond the town of Ripon.
Come and visit us. You will see nothing remarkable about us, but allow us to introduce you to the King of Kings, Creator, Sustainer, Savior: Jesus.
In that small Bible study, a church was born. Like any other living organism, we grew and matured. The gathering looks radically different now, but at our core we are still a group of people in love with God’s Word and its ability to fill us with hope and peace.
We are a group of people (body of believers) motivated by the love of Jesus. We are driven to demonstrate the love of Jesus to the community that includes and stretches beyond the town of Ripon.
Come and visit us. You will see nothing remarkable about us, but allow us to introduce you to the King of Kings, Creator, Sustainer, Savior: Jesus.
What We Believe
The Bible
God
The Lord Jesus Christ
The Holy Spirit
Man
Salvation
The Church
The Christian Life
Ordinances
Satan
Second Coming
Future Life
The Bible
The Word of God, the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments, verbally inspired in all parts, and therefore wholly without error as originally given of God (II Tim 3:16; II Peter 1:21).
God
The One True God existing eternally as three persons--the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Luke 3:22; Matt. 28:19; II Cor. 13:14).
The Lord Jesus Christ
His preexistence and deity (John 1:1-13)
Incarnation by virgin birth (John 1:14; Matt. 1:18-23)
Sinless life (Heb. 4:15)
Substitutionary death (II Cor. 5:21)
Bodily resurrection (Luke 24:36-43)
Ascension into heaven and present ministry (Heb. 4:14:16)
And coming again (Acts 1:11).
Incarnation by virgin birth (John 1:14; Matt. 1:18-23)
Sinless life (Heb. 4:15)
Substitutionary death (II Cor. 5:21)
Bodily resurrection (Luke 24:36-43)
Ascension into heaven and present ministry (Heb. 4:14:16)
And coming again (Acts 1:11).
The Holy Spirit
His personality (John 16:7-15)
Deity (Acts 5:3-4)
His work in each believer:
Baptism and indwelling at the moment of regeneration (I Cor. 12:13; Rom. 8:9)
And filling (Eph. 5:18) to empower for Christian life and service (Eph. 3:16; Acts 1:8; Gal. 5:22-23).
Deity (Acts 5:3-4)
His work in each believer:
Baptism and indwelling at the moment of regeneration (I Cor. 12:13; Rom. 8:9)
And filling (Eph. 5:18) to empower for Christian life and service (Eph. 3:16; Acts 1:8; Gal. 5:22-23).
Man
His direct creation in the image of God (Gen. 1:26-28)
His subsequent fall into sin resulting in spiritual death (Gen. 3:1-24, Rom. 5:12)
And the necessity of the new birth for his salvation (John 3:3-5).
His subsequent fall into sin resulting in spiritual death (Gen. 3:1-24, Rom. 5:12)
And the necessity of the new birth for his salvation (John 3:3-5).
Salvation
A complete and eternal salvation by God's grace alone, received as the gift of God through personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and His finished work (Eph. 2:8-9; Titus 3:5-7; I Peter 1:18-19).
The Church
One true Church, the body and the bride of Christ (Eph. 1:22-23; 5:25-32)
composed of all true believers of the present age (I Cor. 12:12-13)
And the organization of its members in local churches for worship
For edification of believers
And for world-wide gospel witness
Each local church being autonomous but cooperating in fellowship and work (Eph. 4:11-16).
composed of all true believers of the present age (I Cor. 12:12-13)
And the organization of its members in local churches for worship
For edification of believers
And for world-wide gospel witness
Each local church being autonomous but cooperating in fellowship and work (Eph. 4:11-16).
The Christian Life
A life of righteousness, good works and separation unto God from the evil ways of the world (Rom 12:1- 2)
Manifested by speaking the truth (James 5:12)
Maintaining the sanctity of the home (Eph. 5:22-6:4)
Settling differences between Christians in accordance with the Word of God (I Cor. 6:1-8)
Not engaging in carnal strife but showing a Christ-like attitude toward all men (Rom. 12:7-21)
Exhibiting the fruit of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22-23)
And maintaining a life of prayer (Eph. 6:18; Phil. 4:6)
Including the privilege, when sick, of calling for the elders of the church to pray and to anoint with oil in the name of the Lord (James 5:13-18).
Manifested by speaking the truth (James 5:12)
Maintaining the sanctity of the home (Eph. 5:22-6:4)
Settling differences between Christians in accordance with the Word of God (I Cor. 6:1-8)
Not engaging in carnal strife but showing a Christ-like attitude toward all men (Rom. 12:7-21)
Exhibiting the fruit of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22-23)
And maintaining a life of prayer (Eph. 6:18; Phil. 4:6)
Including the privilege, when sick, of calling for the elders of the church to pray and to anoint with oil in the name of the Lord (James 5:13-18).
Ordinances
The Christian should observe the ordinances of our Lord Jesus Christ, which are
- Baptism of believers by triune immersion (Matt. 28:19) and
- The threefold communion service, consisting of
- The washing of the saint's feet (John 13:1-17)
- The Lord's Supper (I Cor. 11:20-22, 33-34); Jude 12)
- The communion of the bread and the cup (I Cor. 11:23-26).
- The washing of the saint's feet (John 13:1-17)
Satan
His existence and personality as the great adversary of God and His people (Rev. 12:1-10)
His judgment (John 12:31)
His final doom (Rev).
His judgment (John 12:31)
His final doom (Rev).
Second Coming
The personal, visible and imminent return of Christ
To remove His Church from the earth (I Thess. 4:16- 17)
Before the Tribulation (I Thess. 1:10; Rev. 3:10)
And afterward to descend with the Church to establish His millennial kingdom upon the earth (Rev. 19:11-20:6).
To remove His Church from the earth (I Thess. 4:16- 17)
Before the Tribulation (I Thess. 1:10; Rev. 3:10)
And afterward to descend with the Church to establish His millennial kingdom upon the earth (Rev. 19:11-20:6).
Future Life
The conscious existence of the dead (Phil. 1:21-23; Luke 16:19-31)
The resurrection of the body (John 5:28-29)
The judgment and reward of believers (Rom. 14:10-12; II Cor. 5:10)
The judgment and condemnation of unbelievers (Rev. 20:11-15)
The eternal life of the saved (John 3:16)
And the eternal punishment of the lost (Matt. 25:46; Rev. 20:15).
The resurrection of the body (John 5:28-29)
The judgment and reward of believers (Rom. 14:10-12; II Cor. 5:10)
The judgment and condemnation of unbelievers (Rev. 20:11-15)
The eternal life of the saved (John 3:16)
And the eternal punishment of the lost (Matt. 25:46; Rev. 20:15).