What does NCL believe?
There are three ways to answer that question: where we stand theologically, what our doctrinal statement signifies, and how we approach the personal and corporate Christian life. First, in terms of our theological convictions, we generally hold to classic evangelical Christian declarations such as the Nicene Creed and the Westminster Confession of Faith. In plain language, that means NCL is on the more theologically conservative side of the Church spectrum: we believe in the fundamentals of historic Christianity, including the Trinity, the presence of sin in our world, and the reality of a never-ending life that follows this one. However, we also recognize that many dedicated Christians sincerely disagree about many matters of doctrine and teaching (such as on spiritual gifts, on the question of free will vs. predestination, or on end times issues), and we don’t want those disagreements to affect our acceptance of and care for other genuine believers. For that reason, second, NCL’s doc