Our Mission
To inspire HOPE by connecting and empowering people to transform lives worldwide.
Our Vision
Bold Hope supports the local church through purposeful, long-term relationships designed to cultivate Christ-centered communities. Physical and spiritual needs are met in meaningful ways. These connections, along with our unrelenting desire to empower the family unit and to build a strong spiritual foundation, result in the transformation of communities worldwide.
Our Statement of Faith
Apostles Creed
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, Our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the Virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic [unified] Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
Nicene Creed
We believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
begotten from the Father before all ages,
God from God,
Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made;
of the same essence as the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven;
he became incarnate by the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary,
and was made human.
He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered and was buried.
The third day he rose again, according to the Scriptures.
He ascended to heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again with glory
to judge the living and the dead.
His kingdom will never end.
And we believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord, the giver of life.
He proceeds from the Father and the Son,
and with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified.
He spoke through the prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church.
We affirm one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look forward to the resurrection of the dead,
and to life in the world to come. Amen.
These statements of faith do not exhaust the extent of our beliefs. The Bible itself, as the inspired and infallible Word of God that speaks with final authority concerning truth, morality, and the proper conduct of mankind, is the sole and final source of all that we believe.
Read our Doctrinal Statement
Doctrinal Statement
Scripture:
We believe that the Bible is the infallible, inspired Word of God, written under the guidance of the Holy Spirit without error in the words of the original documents. (John 17:17. 2 Tim 3:16-17, 2 Peter 1:21)
God:
We believe that there is one living and true God, eternally existing in three persons - the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Each Person is equal in power and glory, existing in eternal community. God is Spirit, perfect in holiness, justice, wisdom and love. He created the world and everything in it out of nothing. (John 6:27, John 8:58, Acts 5:3-4, Deut. 6:4, John 4:24, Is. 6:3, Ps. 36:6, 1 John 4:8, Gen. 1)
Jesus:
We believe that Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man, being conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He lived a sinless life, died on the cross as a substitution for sin, rose bodily from the dead on the third day and ascended into heaven. (Matt. 1:20-25, 1 Pet. 1:19, 2 Cor. 5:21, 1 Cor. 15:14, Acts 1:9)
Holy Spirit:
We believe in the past and present ministry of the Holy Spirit, whose indwelling provides Christians with the security of salvation and enables them to live a godly life. (Acts 1:5,8, Rom. 8:9, Gal. 5:16-23, Eph. 4:30)
Man:
We believe that man was created in the image of God, but due to the sin of Adam, the image is tarnished, and we incur both physical death and spiritual death (separation from God). (Gen. 1:26, 2:17, Rom. 5:12)
Salvation:
Because God is holy, our sin separates us from Him. We believe that sinners are declared righteous, forgiven, reconciled to God, made alive by the Holy Spirit, kept by Him and given eternal life only as a gift of God’s grace, received by faith alone in the substitutionary death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. (Is. 59:2, Rom. 3:21-26, John 1:12, 29, John 10:27-30, Phil. 3:9)
Christian Life:
We believe that we must dedicate ourselves to prayer, to the service of the Lord & others, to God’s authority over our lives, and to the ministry of discipleship. (Matt. 9:35-38, 28:18-20, Gal. 6:10, Col. 2:6-10)
Body of Christ:
We believe in the spiritual unity of all believers in the Lord Jesus Christ; they are members of His body, the Church. (1 Cor. 12:12, Eph. 1:22, Col. 1:18, 24)
End times:
We believe that Jesus Christ will return to judge the living and the dead. (Acts 1:11, Rev. 20:5-15)