Our Relationships
With the understanding that we are not alone, Bethesda is committed to connecting with the greater Body of Christ in our community through prayer and praise gatherings, citywide conferences/crusades, monthly pastors prayer gatherings, and other unified gatherings. In addition, Bethesda is a member of the Evangelistic Missionary Fellowship, (EMF) which is an organization of pastors, churches, Christian workers, and missionaries committed to promoting the Kingdom of God throughout the earth. Through a networking process the E.M.F. is able to plant new churches and strengthen existing congregations nationally, as well as support missionaries and mission works around the world.

What We Believe
The Scriptures - We believe the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments, as originally given, to be inerrant, authoritative, and inspired by God and thus the only standard for matters of faith and practice.

God - We believe there is only one God, but that he has revealed Himself eternally in three persons: God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ), and God the Holy Spirit. We believe that these three persons, though distinct in function, are equal in power and glory.

Jesus Christ - We believe that Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, is the only Savior of mankind. We believe in His deity, His humanity, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracle-working power, His atoning death, His bodily resurrection and ascension into heaven, His present intercessory ministry on behalf of His church, and His soon, literal, and physical return to earth.

Man - We believe in both the dignity and the depravity of man. We believe that Adam and Eve were created sinless in the image of God but that they sinned and thereby plunged the entire human race into sin and death.

Salvation - We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is God's only way of salvation and that God gives the gift of eternal life by His grace to all those who repent of their sins and put their faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.

Holy Spirit - We believe that the Holy Spirit is the agent of conviction and regeneration, the teacher who guides us into all truth, and the giver of all spiritual gifts. We believe that the baptism in or infilling with the Holy Spirit is available to all believers, necessary for power in witness and ministry, and outwardly evidenced initially through the supernatural gifts of the Spirit.

Satan - We believe in the reality of Satan and evil spirits and their deceptive and destructive endeavor to lead men into sin and bondage and often to afflict them with disease and infirmity. We believe that Christians may achieve victory over sin and bondage, experience healing from diseases and infirmities, and exercise authority over Satan and demons through the shed blood of Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit.

The Church - We believe that the true church is the universal body of genuine believers in Jesus Christ. We believe that the local church is to be led by pastors/elders, who are in turn assisted by deacons/servant leaders. The ordinances given by Christ to His church are water baptism and observance of the Lord's Supper (communion). We believe that the church's purpose on earth is to glorify God by worshipping Him, edifying His people, and evangelizing the nations.