Highland Christian Church believes that there is no other authority by which we should be governed other than the doctrines and practices of the New Testament of the Holy Bible. We believe that where the Bible speaks we may speak with authority but where the Bible is silent we should abstain from forming any doctrinal practices.
We believe that we are baptized by immersion for the forgiveness of sins and for the gift of the Holy Spirit as stated by Peter in Acts 2:38. We believe that when a person has reached the age of accountability and desires to commit their life to following Jesus, they are to come forward and request to be baptized. Our church has a baptistry pool at the front of the sanctuary for this purpose, but a person may ask to be baptized in any body of water capable of fully immersing. Prior to the baptism, the believer is asked to confess their faith in Jesus Christ publicly. (Romans 10:9)
We believe that the practice of the first Christians was to come together on the first day of the week to break bread (Acts 20:7) and this set the example for us to observe communion at every Sunday worship service. We believe that communion may be taken other times as well. We believe that communion was instituted by Jesus at the Last Supper. In First Corinthians 11: 23-26 Paul says, “For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: the Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, ‘This is my body which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.’ In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.’ For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.”