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Pastor Chad grew up a few short miles from here in Blue Anchor, NJ. He graduated from Edgewood Regional High School in 1991 and then attended Rowan College where he met his wife and greatest supporter, Melissa. Together they have four children - Chase, Sarah, Jacob and Annika. God led Pastor Chad to the Moody Bible Institute in 2011 where he studied until graduating in 2015 with his Bachlors in Biblical Studies. He continued his educational journey by attending Palmer Theological Seminary where he graduated from in 2018 with his Masters of Divinity. After several years serving as an assistant & youth pastor Chad and his wife Melissa answered the call from the Lord to plant Encounter Christian Fellowship, a non-denominational Bible Church. Chad and Melissa are extremely passionate about sharing the gospel, digging into Gods word, and the power of prayer. Chad loves his family, the church, and most of all Jesus!
WE BELIEVE that both Old and New Testaments are the divinely inspired word of God, inerrant in the original manuscripts. (2 Timothy 3:16-17, Psalm 19:7, Isaiah 55:11)
WE BELIEVE in one God existing eternally in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. (Gen. 1:26, Matthew 28:19, Deut. 6:4, John 10:30, John 17:21, John 14:9)
WE BELIEVE that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, born of a virgin, became man without ceasing to be God, in order that He might reveal God the Father and redeem sinful men (John 1:14, Luke 1:26-38, Mark 10:45, Col 2:9, Phil 2:6-8, Romans 8:3, Luke 10:22,)
WE BELIEVE that Jesus Christ was crucified, dead and buried and that He rose from the dead on the third day thereby defeating death and paying the penalty for our sin and that receiving His atonement for our sin is the ONLY way to be made right with God and have a relationship with Him. (Luke 24:7, 1 Peter 1:3, 2 Cor. 5:14-15, Rom. 6:5-6, Heb. 13:20-21, Matt. 20:18-19, Rom. 5:1, John 11:25-26, John 14:6)
WE BELIEVE that the Holy Spirit, coming forth from the Father and the Son, convicts the world of sin, of righteousness and of judgment; and regenerates, sanctifies, comforts and seals those who believe in Jesus Christ. (John 14:16, Titus 3:5, John 16:8, Ephesians 1:13)
WE BELIEVE that man is totally depraved in every aspect of his being, dead in his sin, and he is utterly unable to save himself. (Jeremiah 17:9, Romans 3:23, Romans 3:10-11, Isaiah 64:6, Ecclesiastes 7:20, Eph. 2:1)
WE BELIEVE that salvation is by grace, through faith; it is a gift from God that we neither earn nor deserve WE BELIEVE in the eternal security of believers, who have called on Him in truth, and are being kept by Christ Himself. (Eph 2:8, Romans 6:23, Psalm 145:18, John 4:24, John 6:37-39, Phil 1:6, Romans 5:10, Hebrews 7:25)
WE BELIEVE in the water baptism of believers, symbolizing the believer's union in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. (Acts 8:12, Mark 16:16, Matthew 28:19-20, 1 Peter 3:21)
WE BELIEVE in the observance of the Lord's Supper as a remembrance of the sacrifice of our Savior for all who believe. (1 Corinthians 11:23-27, Mark 14:22-25, Luke 22:19-20)
WE BELIEVE the life of the believer is to be separated from the world by consistent conduct before God and man and is to be in the world as a life-giving light. (Matthew 5:14, Ephesians 5:3, 1 Tim. 4:15-16)
WE BELIEVE that Christians should reflect the example of Christ in personal behavior and character, avoiding any appearance of unethical or immoral behavior according to the Scriptures. (1 John 2:6, 1 Peter 2:21, Titus 3:1-8)
WE BELIEVE in the personal, visible, and bodily return of the Lord Jesus Christ. (John 14:3, Acts 1:11, Revelation 1:7, Philippians 3:20, Mark 8:38)
WE BELIEVE that every person is made in the image of God and deserves to be treated with compassion, love, kindness, respect, and dignity. (Mark 12:28-31, Luke 6:31)
WE BELIEVE in a literal 24 hour, 6 day creation account, according to the Scriptures.
WE BELIEVE that death was a result and consequence of sin, and therefore could not have occurred prior to The Fall, making the fossil record a result of the catastrophic flood and not evolutionary process. (Gen. 1:31, Gen. 2:7,19,22, Gen. 3:19, Ex.20:11, Romans 5:12)
WE BELIEVE as image bearers of God that all human life is sacred, that God is the Author of life, and that He is the One who decides when it ends. Therefore, any measure to take innocent human life apart from accidental, self-defense, or natural causes is sinful (i.e., abortion and assisted suicide). (Psalm 139:13-16, Exodus 20:13, Deuteronomy 32:39)
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, thus rejection of one’s biological sex is a rejection of the image of God within that person. (Gen. 1:26-27)
WE BELIEVE the term “marriage” is delineated in Scripture as the uniting of one man and one woman in a single, exclusive, covenant relationship before God and that sexual intimacy should only take place in this context. Any sexual activity outside of this kind of union is immoral and offensive to God.
(Gen. 2:18-25, 1 Cor. 6:18, 7:2-5, Heb. 13:4, Matt 15: 18-20, 1 Cor. 6:9-10)
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