We believe in one God, Creator of all things, holy, perfect and eternally self-existent, in a unity of love in three equally divine persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. In His infinite knowledge and sovereign power, God has graciously determined from eternity to redeem a people for Himself and to make all things new for His glory.
We believe that God has spoken in the Holy Scriptures, the Old and New Testaments, through the words of human authors. As the verbally inspired Word of God, the Bible is without error in the original writings, it is the complete revelation of God’s will for salvation, and the final authority by which every area of human knowledge and effort must be judged. Therefore, we are to believe all that it teaches, obey all that it commands, and trust all that it promises.
We believe that God created Adam and Eve in His image, but they sinned when tempted by Satan. As descendants of Adam and in union with him, human beings are sinners by nature and by the choices they make, so that man in his natural state is spiritually dead and under God’s wrath. Only through God’s saving work in Jesus Christ can we be saved, reconciled to God and renewed.
We believe that Jesus Christ is God in the flesh, truly God and truly man, one person with two natures. Jesus, the promised Messiah of Israel, was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He lived a sinless life, was crucified and died under Pontius Pilate, rose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God the Father as our High Priest and Advocate.
We believe that Jesus Christ, as our representative and substitute, shed His blood on the cross as the perfect and sufficient sacrifice for our sins. His atoning death and victorious resurrection are the only ground for salvation.
We believe that the Holy Spirit, in all that He does, glorifies the Lord Jesus Christ. He convicts the world of its sin. He gives new life to sinners, and in Him they are baptized into union with Christ and adopted as heirs in the family of God. He also lives in, enlightens, guides, equips and empowers believers to live and serve like Christ.
We believe that the true church includes all who have been made right with God by His grace through faith in Christ alone. They are united by the Holy Spirit in the body of Christ, of which He is the Head. The true church is seen in local churches, whose membership should be made up of believers only. The Lord Jesus gave the church two ordinances (sacraments), Baptism and the Lord’s Supper, which clearly and visibly show the gospel. Although they are not means of salvation, when the church celebrates them in true faith, they confirm and nourish the believer.
We believe that God’s saving grace cannot be separated from His sanctifying power and purpose. God commands us to love Him above all and to love others sacrificially, and to live out our faith with care for one another, compassion for the poor and justice for the oppressed. With God’s Word, the power of the Holy Spirit and prayer in Christ’s name, we are to fight the spiritual forces of evil. In obedience to Christ’s command, we are to make disciples among all peoples, always witnessing to the gospel in word and deed.
We believe in the personal and bodily return of our Lord Jesus Christ. The return of Christ will happen at a time known only to God, and it calls for constant expectation as our blessed hope, which moves believers to live godly lives, to serve sacrificially and to pursue a purposeful mission.
We believe that God commands all people everywhere to repent and believe the gospel by turning to Him and receiving the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe that God will raise the dead bodily and judge the world, giving unbelievers condemnation and eternal, conscious punishment, and giving believers eternal blessing and joy with the Lord in the new heaven and the new earth, to the praise of His glorious grace.
City Church (Kisha e Qytetit) is an independent church whose purpose is to be a DISTINCT church (Light and Salt, Matthew 5:13-16) and to GLORIFY God by displaying His character together as the church of Jesus Christ through the gospel, through our lives and our worship. Our church began meeting on 6 January 2019 with a small group of believers near the Faculty of Natural Sciences in Tirana.
We meet every Sunday to worship God and encourage one another.
