What We Believe

Welcome to CGS-online, where our doors are wide open to people from all backgrounds. Thank you for taking the time to search our website.

What visitors usually notice first is that CGS is a place where it is easy to make friends in a beautiful, natural setting.

Together, we're striving to become the kind of church described in the Bible - a church with relevant teaching, heart-felt worship, honest friendships, constant prayer, and compassionate care for those in need. In short, we try to be followers of Jesus who will influence and encourage the entire community, one life at a time.

So whether you're a spiritual wanderer who's just starting to ask questions about God, or a follower of Jesus who wants to sink the roots of your faith even deeper, you can find a home here at CGS. You'll find that this is a place where you really matter - because you matter to God.

What We Believe

  • We believe the Bible is the written word of God, inspired by the Holy Spirit and without error in the original manuscripts. The Bible is the revelation of God's truth and is infallible and authoritative in all matters of faith and practice. 
  • We believe in the Holy Trinity. There is one God, who exists eternally in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. 
  • We believe that all are sinners and totally unable to save themselves from God's displeasure, except by His mercy. 
  • We believe that salvation is by God alone as He sovereignly chooses those He will save. We believe His choice is based on His grace, not on any human individual merit, or foreseen faith. 
  • We believe that Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God, who through His perfect life and sacrificial death atoned for the sins of all who will trust in Him, alone, for salvation. 
  • We believe that God is gracious and faithful to His people not simply as individuals but as families in successive generations according to His Covenant promises. 
  • We believe that the Holy Spirit indwells God's people and gives them the strength and wisdom to trust Christ and follow Him. 
  • We believe that Jesus will return, bodily and visibly, to judge all mankind and to receive His people to Himself. 
  • We believe that all aspects of our lives are to be lived to the glory of God under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. 
  • AFFILIATION - The Church of the Good Shepherd is a member of the Reformed Church in America (RCA).  We are also partnered with the WillowCreek Association.