About Christ Alone Church

1 Peter 5:3 Not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock.

Our church family believes every word of the Bible comes from God, and because of this, it is final in all matters to which it speaks. It is the only source from which we can understand God’s truth, and our standard of faith and how we should live.
For us there is only one true God, who exists in three persons in the mystery of the Holy Trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Holy Scripture tells us that salvation is only by God’s merciful grace through faith in his Son, Jesus Christ. Knowing we are spiritually dead in our sin, there is no way we can save ourselves. Only God, by his sovereign, loving power brings those he has known from before time to saving faith. Nothing we do can earn this astonishing gift.
We believe Jesus is God’s eternal Son, who in his perfect obedience and willingness to give his life for our sins on the cross, makes atonement for those sins, and restores our relationship with God. Salvation and eternal life can only be found through faith in Christ.
We know the Holy Spirit is divinely sent to abide within us and bring us to saving faith in Jesus. That same Spirit opens the truth of scripture to us, helps us to pray, and cultivates our reliance on Christ. He inspires us to act and our loving response is to live by his blessed power.
It is clear to us that even after mankind’s initial and continued disobedience, God, in His steadfast love, has repeatedly made covenants to bring His chosen back into relationship with Him. These covenants were to redeem, sanctify, and preserve those whom He has adopted as His children. Christ is the perfection and completion of this process, and is the new and final covenant with our loving Creator.
We know God has not only called us into salvation through His Son, but into a life of service as exemplified by Jesus as well. We are to excitedly share the Good News of salvation by grace through faith in Christ Jesus. God’s merciful love in Christ compels us to display His kingdom to others in how we do justice, show mercy, and walk humbly with our God. The church boldly seeks to be the hands and face of Christ to a world in need of redemption, forgiveness, and wholeness.
I love Jesus, I love His people, and I want to share the riches of His grace to all who will hear! In my mind, the church needs fearless disciples today who will uplift and hold fast to the Lord's truth in the face of the world's pressure. Godly families and individuals who are anchored in Christ will be the force that overcomes the darkness we see. My wife Catharine and I have been married for over thirty years. We have a son Joshua who is God's answer to six years of prayer and is currently attending college. Our hope is to promote strong covenant families and church members who excitedly embrace disciplining the nations and who will make the Good News real in their lives and others every day. Voracious reader, used to bicycle and rock climb a lot, but now I'm just happy to throw around a kettlebell or two so I can keep joyfully serving!
Pete Kurth - Clerk
Larry Haworth
Shae Sortwell
Randy Seger

Pastor John’s Reflections

October 2024

1 John 5:14 And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.

In a time when many Christians appear overwhelmed by the wickedness that surrounds us in the world, a great concept to remember is that holiness can and will be found in regular communion with God.

Let's focus what that means into a word: prayer.

The church in a number of ways has forgotten this fundamental truth. We worry about being relevant, we worry about bringing people into our body of Christ, we worry about being good enough – hip enough - whatever, we worry because somehow in our concerns, we forget to bring those problems to God. Believers will rush to ChristianBooks.com to find the latest and greatest “how to” books from megachurch superstars who promise that if you follow “their plan,” you will capture the hearts and minds of your community and be flooded with spiritually hungry souls. Yet, rather than relying on the wisdom of man, should we not follow Jesus' lead when he made clear in Luke's gospel (11:9), “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you?” All this means is that we should be going to the Lord in prayer as our primary action in any endeavor.

Every church we have served at, it has been my great appeal unto God to create a powerful community of prayer warriors. People may not have time to come to bible studies or even Sunday School, they may be unable to attend fellowship events or to volunteer, but they can find time to pray. Our ability to effectively follow Christ, to grow in grace and holiness, to comprehend eternal truths, and to have the courage to witness to others does not come from within ourselves. These are part of the great treasures given to us by the Holy Spirit. Thus, we should pray regularly for the Holy Spirit to strengthen us, to grant us deeper wisdom of God in the scriptures (particularly Christ and him crucified), and to give us clarity in the path we need to properly follow our Savior. Unfortunately, we frequently approach our spiritual maturity as a test we need to study for rather than a task which is wholly dependent upon the Lord. Prayer is a means of grace that is vital to our soul's wellbeing and the ability to grow in faith. Those who bear down in this discipline are the Saints who prevail when the going gets tough, they will encounter God daily, and will know what direction the Lord wants them to take.

What did Nike continually throw at us in its advertising? Oh yeah, and it is even more germane to prayer, “Just Do It!”

Can't tell you how many times I have heard from folks, “We need revival! We need the gospel to lay hold of the unsaved who are around us! We need the church to be filled with zealots for Christ!” Well, we don't make that happen, but the Lord does through the Holy Spirit when we come to him in corporate prayer and with a submissive heart.

Reflect on and consider your prayer life. How much conversation do you regularly have with the One who has given you life in its fullness? If it isn't a lot, work towards scheduling a daily, consistent five minute block of time and build from there. You will not believe how open the Lord is to hearing you, and how great the volume of things you have to share with Him.

In Christ's astonishing love,

John

On Male Leadership

In a world that promotes a very different understanding of who should be chosen to lead in the church, we hold to the specifics Paul laid out in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus. Traditionally, this is called Complementarianism.

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505 E Allouez Avenue
Green Bay, WI 54301

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Pastor John: (920) 489-7362

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