Consider this more like a conversation than your typical cut and paste ”Statement of Faith”. We don’t actually have an official Statement of Faith, consider the Bible ”it" for us! We take God at His Word and seek to let that influence every area of our lives. We believe the entire Word of God from Genesis to Revelation. We strive to allow God’s Word to light our path and guide our way. We live to honor and obey the Lord and lift high the name of Jesus, that He may draw all people to Himself. We believe that God is one and that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Him. We are not affiliated with any denomination. (We don’t see denominations in the Bible, so there’s that.) We believe the Church is God’s people, not a building. We believe in the fellowship of the Body of Christ and in the breaking of bread together...both simply to enjoy and also as the Lord’s Supper to remember Jesus! We feel that God has called us to help equip the body of Christ- give YOU as our family in Christ the necessary resources and tools to do what God has called you to do! We believe the Holy Spirit gifts the Body of Christ so that we will build one another up in love. We earnestly desire the greater gifts of the Spirit and strive to share what God gifts us with. We personally use as variety of translations of the Bible and love to study back to the original languages often. Some of our Bible studies are written using ESV and some NIV. That It May Go Well primarily uses NIV, although it also includes some ESV. We are of the persuasion that God’s Word is infallible and that every English version is just a translation from the original Hebrew and Greek texts. We place our faith in the Lord that He is sovereign and able to preserve His Word and the message of truth as the Gospel spreads to every tribe, tongue, and nation. (And is thereby translated into a variety of languages!) At the end of the day, we love the Lord. Lamp and Light exists because we are actively pursuing obedience to God. Jesus is worth everything we can give. He is worth living for. He is worth running the race for. We fix our eyes on Him and we want you to also! We want to see the gospel spread, believers equipped to live abundant lives in Christ, and the name of the Lord lifted high and praised to the ends of the earth! We certainly aren’t perfect and we won’t promise you’ll agree with us on everything. (We aren’t always sure we’ll still agree with us next year, ha!) We’ll save you the trouble of searching for errors- we’re as human as you and when we fall short of God’s glory we need Jesus' forgiveness just as much as we ever have. We sure try not abuse the grace and mercy of the Lord- we don’t want to sin. But, if you’re looking for perfect people, with perfect theology you probably shouldn’t pick Lamp and Light/That It May Go Well. We’ve fallen short of God’s glory too many times to count. We’ve been forgiven much, we want to be those who love much. People fail but God never does. Look to Him. He is the perfect one, He is the faithful one who will never fail you, leave you, or forsake you. But this IS true about us- our heart is for the Lord and set on loving Him with all of our heart, soul, and strength and loving others because He first loved us. If you can accept that God uses imperfect people for His glory and purposes, perhaps Lamp and Light Living + That It May Go Well is for you! With all of our imperfections, we like to think we’re in good company. After all, there’s Paul who persecuted Christians, Peter who denied Jesus, David who committed adultery, Moses who doubted his ability....we could keep the list going here. To date we’ve only found one perfect person and that’s Jesus...we’ll keep trying our best to imitate Him! And that a wrap!