What we believe

  • We believe in God, the Father, an infinite, personal spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, power, and love. We believe that He concerns Himself mercifully in the affairs of each person, that He hears and answers prayer, and that He saves from sin and death all who come to Him through Jesus Christ.

  • We believe in Jesus Christ, God's only begotten Son, conceived by the Holy Spirit. We believe in His virgin birth, sinless life, miracles, and teachings. We believe in His substitutionary atoning death, bodily resurrection, ascension into heaven, perpetual intercession for His people, and personal visible return to earth.

  • We believe in the Holy Spirit who came forth from the Father and Son to convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment and to regenerate, sanctify, and empower all who believe in Jesus Christ. We believe that the Holy Spirit indwells every believer in Christ and that He is an abiding helper, teacher, and guide.

  • We believe that there is one living and true God, eternally existing in three persons, that these are equal in every divine perfection, and that they execute distinct but harmonious offices in the work of creation, providence, and redemption.

  • We believe that the Bible is the Word of God, fully inspired and without error in the original manuscripts, written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and that it has supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct.

  • We believe that the Church is the body of Christ sent into the world to shine forth the glory of God.

    God, by His Word and Spirit, creates the Church, calling sinful humanity into the fellowship of Christ’s body (1 Cor. 12:12-31). By the same Word and Spirit, He guides and preserves that newly redeemed humanity. The Church is made up of those who have become genuine followers of Jesus Christ and have personally appropriated the gospel. The Church exists to worship and glorify God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The ministry of the Church is an extension of the ministry of Jesus in the power of the Spirit.

WHAT WE’RE ALL ABOUT

  • know

    We want everyone to know the freedom that comes from following Jesus. We want everyone to love him and to feel the love he has for us. But the heart can’t love what the mind doesn’t know so our first mission is to teach about the character and nature of Jesus.

  • love

    When we know who Jesus is, we can feel our heart change to begin to follow and trust him. College Ave doesn’t want to simply teach facts about Jesus but to have our Church experience who Jesus really is and love Him as we are loved by Him.

  • follow

    When Jesus interacts with people in the Bible, he doesn’t simply ask that they know and love Him but that they follow him; that they surrender their lives and allow Jesus to transform them from the inside out.

  • The Real Jesus

    Our culture for the most part has missed the true character of Jesus. He’s so different than the soundbites and extremes that the world tends to turn him into. The Bible has a far more beautiful, powerful and transformational Jesus that you can know, love, and follow personally.