Beliefs
Iron Works Church subscribes to the historic Christian faith as taught in the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments and expressed in these creeds, confessions, and catechisms: Westminster Confession of Faith ∙ Westminster Shorter & Larger Catechisms ∙ Apostles' Creed ∙ Nicene Creed
Iron Works is a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America.
Iron Works Church believes in:
Iron Works Church believes in—
The Trinity
There is one God, who eternally exists in a communion of three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
The Incarnation
The Second Person of the Holy Trinity—God the Son—became man in the person of Jesus Christ. Jesus is both fully God and fully human.
The Atonement
Jesus Christ died on the cross and was raised from the dead for the salvation of his people. He bore the sins of many so that we might be reconciled to God.
The Authority of Scripture
The Holy Scriptures are completely trustworthy and are our ultimate authority for our beliefs and lifestyles. We believe the Scriptures are inspired—meaning God oversaw the writing of the Bible in such a way that He speaks to us in and through its very words. Therefore, we believe that the Scriptures are infallible and inerrant—that the Bible is without error in the original manuscripts and hence, when properly interpreted, will not lead us astray.
Justification by Faith
Salvation occurs only by God's grace and is received solely by faith in Christ. Our good works do not contribute to our salvation but are evidence of a transformed life.
The Truth of Christianity
The faith revealed in the Scriptures and confessed in the Creeds is (in the words of Francis Schaeffer) "true truth," not simply a collection of religious platitudes. Therefore we believe, for example, in the historicity of the biblical miracles, of the Virgin birth, and of the resurrection, and we look forward to Christ's second coming.