What We Believe

What if the Bible has something to say about the hardest parts of your life? We think it does.

The people you'll meet here didn't come to build an empire.

They came because they love this community.
Because they believe Jesus is worth giving their lives to.
Because they'd rather be known than impressive.

That's who leads at Restoration.

<i>Our Mission</i>

Our Mission

We help ordinary people find their way back —

to Jesus, to each other, and to who they were made to be.

Through Scripture. Through prayer. Through each other.


<i>Our Vision</i>

Our Vision

A Holland, and a world, where nobody has to wonder if there's a place for them.

Where broken people become a restored community — and a restored community goes looking for the next person still wondering if they belong.

Circles, not rows. Sent, not just gathered.
A church people bring their friends to, because they finally found something real.


THE BIBLE  

We believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God — alive and speaking, into real life, including the hard parts.

2 Timothy 3:16

GOD

We believe in one God — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Present. Powerful. Personally interested in you.

Deuteronomy 6:4


JESUS

We believe Jesus is the Son of God.
He became human, died for our sins, rose from the dead, and is alive today.
Not metaphorically. Actually.

John 14:6

THE HOLY SPIRIT

We believe the Holy Spirit lives in every follower of Jesus — guiding, empowering, and making us more like him over time.

John 16:13


SALVATION

We believe salvation is a gift. Not earned. Not deserved. Received by faith in Jesus — and that's enough.

Ephesians 2:8–9


THE CHURCH

We believe the Church is a family.
Imperfect, in process, and called together to love God and love each other.

1 Peter 2:9


RESURRECTION & ETERNITY

We believe Jesus rose bodily from the dead.
And that the same hope is promised to everyone who follows him.

1 Corinthians 15:20


We believe the 66 books of Scripture — Old and New Testament — are the fully inspired, authoritative Word of God. Without error in all that they affirm.

Sufficient for life and godliness. Our ultimate guide for faith and practice.

We read it in community, interpret it in context, and trust it to speak into every part of our lives. 


We believe in one God, eternally existing in three co-equal persons:

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Each is fully God.

Distinct in person. One in essence, will, and nature.

This is the foundation of our faith — and the source of all genuine community.



We believe Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God: fully divine, fully human.

Conceived by the Holy Spirit. Born of a virgin. Lived without sin.

Died on the cross as a willing substitute for ours.

Rose bodily on the third day. Ascended to the Father.

Coming again in glory.

He is Lord — not just teacher, not just example.

King of kings. Savior of the world.


We believe the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity — fully God,

present and active in the world and in every believer.

He convicts, draws, indwells, empowers, and equips.

We believe the gifts of the Spirit are active and available today.


We believe every person is made in the image of God and deeply loved.

And we believe every person is broken by sin and in need of redemption.

Salvation is God's gift — given freely, received by grace through faith alone.

It cannot be earned. It can only be received.

Those who receive it are forgiven, adopted into God's family,

and transformed by the Spirit over a lifetime.


We believe the Church is the body of Christ —

a global, multi-generational family of people who follow Jesus together.

The local church is not a building or a program. It is a people.

Called to worship God, grow in community, and love the world.

Every follower of Jesus is a minister. Every life is a mission.


We practice believer's baptism by immersion —

a public declaration of faith in Jesus,

and an identification with his death and resurrection.

We share communion regularly as a community act of remembrance

and ongoing declaration of faith.


We believe Jesus rose bodily from the dead.

His resurrection guarantees the resurrection of all who believe.

There is a real heaven. There is a real hell.

We hold this with sorrow, not satisfaction.

And it deepens our urgency to love people toward Jesus.