What We Believe

Prayer - God’s house is to be a house of prayer.  For this reason, the people at The Lighthouse Church are encouraged to be in an attitude of prayer before every service to prepare their hearts before the Lord.  God’s people are to be a people of prayer.  Daily devotions are essential to the existence of every believer and every family.  (Isa. 56: 7; Rom. 12: 12; Phil. 4: 6; Col. 4: 2)

Worship - “God is Spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”  Therefore, worshiping God is central at The Lighthouse Church.  Worship that really pleases God is wholehearted and is a celebration of the life we have in our risen Lord. (John 4: 24; Ps. 86: 12; Ps. 100: 4; Ps. 103: 1-2)

Giving - Giving is a divine principle as well as an essential part of God’s nature.  When we participate in giving, we display an attitude of love, obedience, and trust in Him.  At The Lighthouse Church, we bring our tithes and offerings to the Lord and present them before Him as an act of worship.  (Lev. 27: 30-33; Deut. 12: 4; Mal. 3: 6-10; Luke 6: 30; 2 Cor. 9: 6)

Biblically Structured Families - The success of the family is a vital key to the success of the church.  Therefore, the family must have Godly principles upon which it is built.  God has delegated the responsibility of loving leadership to the man of the house.  He has given the man a helpmeet, who, while being in submission to him, will help him fulfill the God-given calling upon his family.  The children are to be in subjection to the parents and give them honor.  The family is to be, in essence, a miniature church, thus reflecting the values of the local church to which they belong.  (Gen. 2: 18; Gen. 2: 24; 1 Cor. 11: 3; 1 Pet. 3: 7; Eph. 5: 22-29; Gen. 1: 27-28; Eph. 6: 1-4)

Reconciliation - The body of Christ is to be one with Christ and with each other.  There is no room in the body of Christ for prejudices of any kind.  The church is a place where anyone can come from any ethnic, cultural or social background and receive the love that is poured from vessel to vessel without any partiality.  The body, being many members, from many backgrounds, must move together in unity that comes only from the finished work of Jesus Christ.  Jesus said, “that they may be one as we are one.”  (John 17: 22-23; Ps. 133: 1-3; 1 Cor. 12: 14-27; James 2: 1-9; 1 John 4: 7-8; 1 John 4: 13-21)

Order - The corporate meeting is a place of spiritual life and order.  God has placed the responsibility for order upon the leadership.  We encourage everyone to join with leadership as they lead in the corporate expression of worship and honor the guidelines of the leadership in the flow of service.  (1 Cor. 14: 32-33, 40)

Centrality of the Word of God - The message has a real place of prominence at The Lighthouse Church because we believe it to be powerful and able to change people’s lives.  To us the Word of Gold is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our paths.  (Ps. 33: 4; Ps. 92: 13-14; Ps. 119: 11, 89, 105; Ps. 138: 12; John 15: 7; 2 Tim. 3: 16-17; Heb. 4: 12)

A Strong Committed Membership - People whom God has planted at The Lighthouse Church are family, committed to strengthening and building up one another in faith and helping each other realize their full potential in God.  (Ps. 68: 6; Ps. 92: 13-14; Prov. 27: 8; 2 Cor. 12: 18; Eph. 4: 16)

Church Government - The government structure at The Lighthouse Church is theocratic.  It begins with the senior pastor who has a team of working elders working with him/her.  (Num. 11: 14-17; Acts 20 : 17, 38; 1 Tim. 5: 17-31; Heb. 13: 17; 1 Pet. 5: 1-3)

Core Beliefs

Statement of Faith

  • We Believe

    the Bible is the inspired, inerrant Word of God as originally given. (2 Tim. 3:16; 1 Cor 2:13)

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    in the bodily ascension of Jesus to heaven, His exaltation, and personal, literal and bodily coming again the second time for the church. (John 14: 2-3; 1 The. 4: 13-18)

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    in the Eternal Godhead. That God is One and manifests Himself as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. (Deut. 6: 4; Matt. 28: 19; 2 Cor 13: 14; 1 John 5: 7)

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    in the creation, test and fall of man as recorded in Genesis; his total spiritual depravity and inability to attain to Divine righteousness. (Rom. 5: 12, 18)

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    in the Deity of Jesus Christ as the only begotten Son of God conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, fully God and fully man. (Luke 1: 26-35;John 1: 18; Isaiah 7: 14 & 9:6)

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    in the salvation of sinners by grace, through repentance and faith in the perfect and sufficient work of the cross of Calvary by which we obtain remission of sins through His blood. (Eph. 2: 8-9; Heb. 9: 12 & 22; Rom 5: 11)

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    that God offers redemption and restoration to all who confess and forsake their sin, seeking His mercy and forgiveness through Jesus Christ. (Acts 3: 19-21; Rom. 10: 9-10; 1 Cor. 6: 9-11)

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    in the necessity of water baptism, by immersion, in the Name the Father, Son & Holy Spirit for those who have received Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, in order to fulfill the command of Christ. (Matt. 28: 19; Acts 2: 34-38; and 19: 6)

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    In celebrating the “Lord’s Supper” in remembrance of His body and His blood. (1 Cor. 11: 23-31; Luke 22: 14-20)

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    in the healing of the body by Divine power, Divine healing in it’s varied aspects as practiced by the early church and in praying for the sick by laying on of hands and anointing with oil. (Acts 4:30; Rom. 8:11; 1 Cor. 12: 9; James 5: 14)

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    in the baptism of the Holy Spirit as an experience subsequent to the new birth experience, with Scriptural evidence of speaking the word with boldness as Jesus said in Acts 1:8.

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    that all Spirit-filled believers have the ability to, and should, operate in the Gifts of the Spirit severally as the Spirit wills. These gifts include speaking in tongues, prophesying, words of knowledge, and others as manifested in the early church and mentioned in 1 Cor. 12- 14.

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    in eternal life for believers (John 5: 24; 3:16) and eternal punishment for unbelievers. (Mark 9: 23-48; 2 Thes. 1: 9; Rev 20: 10-15)

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    in the reality and personality of satan and the eternal judgement of satan and his angels. (Matt. 25: 41; Rev. 20: 10-14)

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    in the free and joyful expression of worship through playing of instruments, singing, shouting, clapping, raising of hands and dancing.

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    in the Scriptural pattern of church government through the ministries of Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers; and in God’s plan for spiritual authority within the Church. (Eph. 4: 11-16; Heb. 3: 17; Titus 1: 5; 1 The. 5: 12-13)

  • We Believe

    that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person as male or female. These two distinct, complementary genders together reflect the image and nature of God. (Gen. 1 : 26-27)

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    that God disproves of and forbids any attempt to alter one’s gender by surgery or appearance .(Gen. 2: 24; Gen. 19: 5, 12; Gen. 26: 8-9; Lev. 28: 1-30; Rom. 1: 26-29; 1 Cor. 5: 1, 6: 9; 1 Thes. 4: 1-8; Heb. 13: 4).

    Rejection of one’s biological sex is a rejection of the image of God within that person.

  • We Believe

    that the term “marriage” has only one meaning: the uniting of one man and one woman in a single, exclusive union, as delineated in Scripture and is the only legitimate marriage. (Gen. 2: 28-25; Gen. 2: 24; Rom. 7: 2; 1 Cor. 7: 10; Eph. 5: 22-23)

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    that God intends sexual intimacy to occur only between a man and a woman who are married to each other. (1 Cor. 6: 18; 7: 2-5; Heb. 13: 4)

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    that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of a marriage between a man and a woman.

  • We Believe

    that in order to preserve the function and integrity of The Lighthouse Church, Hopkinsville, KY as the local Body of Christ, and to provide a biblical role model to our members and the community, it is imperative that all persons employed by The Lighthouse Church or who serve as volunteers, agree to and abide by this Statement on Marriage, Gender and Sexuality. (Matt. 5: 16; Phil. 2: 14-16; 1 Thes. 5: 22)

  • We Believe

    that God offers redemption and restoration to all who confess and forsake their sin, seeking His mercy and forgiveness through Jesus Christ. (Acts 3: 19-21; Rom. 10: 9-10; 1 Cor 6: 9-11)

  • We Believe

    that every person must be afforded compassion, love, kindness, respect and dignity. (Mark 12: 28-31; Luke 6: 31)

    Hateful and harassing behavior or attitudes directed toward any individual are to be repudiated and are not in accord with Scripture nor the doctrines of The Lighthouse Church, Hopkinsville, KY.

  • We Believe

    that all human life is sacred and created by God in His image. Human life is of inestimable worth in all its dimensions, including pre-born babies, the aged, the physically or mentally challenged and every other stage or condition from conception through natural death. We are therefore called to defend, protect and value all human life. (Ps. 139)