Jun 11 2009
About CBC
Meet Our Pastor
Dr. Mike Stalnaker serves as the Senior Pastor and has been in the ministry since 1988. He has an earned B.A. in Bible and a M.A. and Doctorate in Pastoral Theology. His twenty years of ministry experience has been in two churches. He loves to read and has a passion for expositional preaching. He and his wife, Deena, have been married for 22 years and have two daughters, Michaela and Morgan and two sons, Drew and Daniel.
What We Believe
Scripture -
We believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God. Since the Scriptures are God-breathed, inspiration extends to the very words of the Bible so that the entire Bible, and only the Bible, is the Word of God. As such, the Bible is infallible and inerrant, our only rule of faith and practice (II Tim. 3:16; II Pet. 1:21; Mat. 5:18; John 10:35; Rev. 22:18-19).
God -
We believe in one Triune God, eternally existing as one in His essence, yet three in His persons. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are co-eternal in being, co-identical in nature, and co-equal in power and glory (Deut. 6:4; Ps. 90:2; Mat 28:19; II Cor. 13;14; I Cor. 8:6).
God the Father, He is eternal, immutable, omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent. He is the sovereign God of the universe, the Creator and Preserver of all things. He is holy, righteous, just and loving. Having extended His grace and mercy to men by sending His Son to die in their place. He desires to have fellowship with them (Ps. 65:2; 139:1-24; I Chr. 29:11; John 1:12; 3:16; Eph. 1:3-9; Rom. 11:36).
Jesus Christ, He is the only begotten Son of God. He is one Person, with both a divine nature (He is truly God) and a human nature (He is truly man). He existed from everlasting with the Father, was born of a virgin when He took on human flesh, lived a sinless life, and gave Himself willingly on the cross for the sins of men. He arose from the tomb on the third day, ascended to the Father, and will return to earth one day as Judge and King (John 1:1-3, 18; 5:22-23; 20:28; Rom. 9:5; Heb. 1:3, b, 8; 9:24; Phil 2:6-11; Col. 1:15-20; II Cor. 5:21; Mat. 25:31; Rev. 19:11-20:6; I John 2:2).
Holy Spirit, He is a divine Person and not an impersonal force. He is fully God, having proceeded from the Father and the Son. The work of the Holy Spirit included creation and the inspiration of the Scriptures. Today He calls men to salvation through Christ and dwells in the hearts of believers (Mat. 28:19; John 16:7-14; Tit 3:5; Eph 1:13; 5:18; Rom. 8:9-16, 26).
Please feel free to read our Church Constitution and By-laws
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