KING JESUS GOSPEL

The King Jesus Gospel proclaims that Jesus is the crucified, risen, and reigning Messiah—God’s true King—through whom the kingdom has begun, salvation is offered, allegiance is demanded, and all of creation is being renewed.

At Doxa Church, we believe this is a key aspect of reflecting the Light, Life, and Love of Jesus. The gospel is not merely an idea to accept, but a King to follow. We strongly believe that faith is more than blind belief or intellectual agreement. In the Scriptures, the Greek word pistis (faith) means allegiance—sworn fealty to King Jesus. To believe the gospel is to entrust our whole lives to the crucified and risen Lord, to renounce rival loyalties, and to live under His reign.

Doxa Church's mark explained graphically. This images show a CROWN, to symbolize King Jesus.
Doxa Church's mark explained graphically. This images show a CROSS, to symbolize Jesus.

  • We believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
    We believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, 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, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead.
    We believe in the Holy Spirit,
    We believe in the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.

    Amen.

  • 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.

THE CREEDS OF THE CHURCH

  • We believe in the only true God - the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. He created all things and upholds all things by the Word of His power. In Him we live and move and have our being. He is a God of truth and without iniquity, He is just and right, and He shall judge the world. We believe that the Godhead eternally exists in three persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. These three are one God, having precisely the same nature, attributes and perfections, and are worthy of precisely the same homage, confidence, and obedience. 

    John 17:3; Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 12:29; Hebrews 1:3; Acts 17:28; Deuteronomy 32:4; Psalm 9:8; John 1:1-4; Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 4:3-4.

  • We believe in the total deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe He is the manifestation of God in the flesh. We believe He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. We believe Him to be true God and true man.

    John 1:1,1:14, 1:18; John 14:8-9; 1 Timothy 3:16.

  • We believe that the ministry of the Holy Spirit is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit regenerates the sinner upon belief in Christ, baptizing the believer into one body of which Christ is the head. The Holy Spirit indwells, guides, instructs, fills, comforts and empowers the believer for godly living. The Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin, of God¹s righteousness and of coming judgment (John 16:8-11). We believe the Scriptures teach that the gifts of the Spirit, the ministries of the Lord and the manifestations of the Spirit are for every believer and follower of Jesus Christ (Romans 12, Ephesians 4, 1 Corinthians 12). We believe the baptism in the Holy Spirit is a distinct and separate occurrence in the life of a believer.

    John 16:14; Mark 13:11; John 14:26; John 16:13; Romans 5:5; 1 Corinthians 3:16; Acts 1:8.

  • We believe the Scriptures of the Old Testament and New Testament are verbally inspired by God and inerrant in their original writings. We believe the 66 books of the Old Testament and the New Testament are God's complete and sufficient revelation and therefore carry God's authority for the total well-being of mankind.


    Psalm 119:97-104; Psalm 119:160; Matthew 5:18; John 5:46-47; John 10:35; 2 Timothy 3:15-16.

  • We believe man was created in innocence under the law of his Maker but, by voluntarily transgressing, fell from his sinless and happy state. Consequently, all mankind is sinful. All people are sinners not only by inheritance, but also by their own choice and therefore are under just condemnation without defense or excuse. We believe that without exception every man and every woman is totally depraved and needs a Savior.


    Genesis 3:1-6; Romans 3:10-19; Romans 1:18, Romans 1:32.

  • We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord Jesus Christ, His ascension into heaven and His present life for us as High Priest and Advocate.

    Acts 1:3; Acts 1:9; Hebrews 7:25-26.

  • We believe in the blessed hope: the personal, pre-millennial return of the Lord Jesus Christ. His return has a vital bearing on the personal life and service of the believer. We believe in the bodily resurrection of both the saved and the lost. The saved are raised to eternal, conscious bliss in Heaven; the lost are raised to eternal torment in Hell in conscious separation from God. 


    1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Matthew 25:34; John 14:2; 2 Corinthians 5:1; Revelation 2:7; Matthew 8:11; Matthew 10:28; Matthew 13:49-50; Mark 9:47-48; Luke 12:5; Revelation 21:8.

  • Upon accepting the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior, a believer becomes part of His body, which is the church. There is one church universal, composed of all those throughout the world who acknowledge Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. The Scriptures command believers to gather in order to devote themselves to worship, prayer, teaching of the Word, observance of the ordinances (baptism and communion), fellowship, service to the body through the development and use of talents and gifts, and outreach to the world in fulfillment of the command of Christ to make disciples of all believers. Wherever God's people meet regularly in obedience to this command, there is the local expression of the church ­ under the oversight of elders and other supportive leadership. The local fellowship is to work together in love and unity, intent on the ultimate purpose of glorifying Christ.


    Ephesians 5:23; Romans 12:1; Acts 2:42-46; 1 Corinthians 14:26; Matthew 28:18-20; Ephesians 4:16.

  • Realizing that the cause of Christ extends beyond any one local fellowship, we commit ourselves to an ongoing ministry of extending the call of Christ to make disciples around the world.


    Matthew 28:19-20.

STATEMENTS OF FAITH

THE SACRAMENTS

  • At Doxa Church, we approach the Table with reverence, joy, and deep expectancy. Communion is not an empty ritual nor a bare symbol—it is a sacred act where memory and mystery meet. When we gather around the bread and the cup, we are doing more than recalling a past event; we are stepping into the living story of God’s faithfulness revealed in Jesus Christ. Jesus said, “Do this in remembrance of me,” and we take that command seriously—not as mental recall alone, but as an embodied, communal act of faith that forms us again and again into a cruciform people.

    At the Table, we proclaim the gospel. The broken bread and poured-out cup announce the self-giving love of Christ, His real death, and His real victory. We remember the cross, but we do so in light of the resurrection and with our eyes fixed on the promised future—the day when Christ will feast with His people in the renewed creation. Communion is thus a moment where past, present, and future converge: we remember what Christ has done, we receive what He is doing among us now, and we anticipate what He will do when all things are made new.

    We believe Christ is truly present with His people in this meal—not in a crude or mechanical sense, but in a covenantal, Spirit-empowered way. Through the Holy Spirit, the risen Jesus meets us at His Table, nourishes our faith, and deepens our union with Him and with one another. The bread remains bread and the cup remains cup, yet they become for us a means of grace: a tangible gift through which God strengthens trust, awakens gratitude, and forms love. Communion is not something we perform to earn God’s favor; it is something we receive because of God’s faithfulness.

    The Eucharist shapes us into what we behold. As we share one loaf and one cup, we are reminded that we are one body, reconciled by the cross and sustained by grace. We come confessing our need, trusting Christ’s sufficiency, and leaving the Table sent—renewed to reflect the Light, Life, and Love of Jesus Christ in the world.

  • At Doxa Church, we understand baptism as a holy moment of allegiance and identity—a decisive step of trust-filled obedience in response to the gospel. Baptism does not save us by its own power, nor is it a mere religious symbol we pass through on our own terms. It is the God-given sign through which a person publicly and bodily declares loyalty to Jesus Christ as Lord. In baptism, faith is not treated as abstract belief but as lived allegiance—pistis expressed through surrender, repentance, and trust.

    When a person goes down into the water, they are not performing a private spiritual act but entering a covenantal story. Baptism visibly unites the believer with Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection. The old life—defined by sin, self-rule, and fractured loyalties—is being left behind, and a new life—marked by union with Christ and empowered by the Spirit—is being embraced. This is the moment where faith takes on flesh. It is the embodied “yes” to God’s grace, the sworn fidelity of the heart made visible before the church and the world.

    We believe baptism is a Spirit-filled encounter, not a magical transaction. God meets the believer in the act, sealing and strengthening what He has already begun by grace. Baptism does not replace repentance or belief; it completes their public expression. It is the God-appointed moment where allegiance is declared, identity is named, and the believer is welcomed into the shared life of the people of God. In baptism, we are not only claiming Christ—we are being claimed into His body.

    Baptism also sends us. Rising from the water, the baptized person is commissioned into a new way of life shaped by Jesus’ lordship. This is not the end of a journey but the beginning of a vocation—to live faithfully under the reign of King Jesus, to walk in the Spirit, and to reflect His glory in the world. At Doxa, we celebrate baptism as a joyful act of obedience, a public oath of loyalty, and a Spirit-empowered entrance into the life of Christ and His Church.

  • We are in voluntary cooperative fellowship with the Assemblies of God, the world’s largest Pentecostal fellowship of like-minded churches. As such, we are in alignment with their statements of faith.

    https://ag.org/beliefs/statement-of-fundamental-truths

THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD

In Essentials – Unity
In Non-Essentials – Liberty
In All Things – Charity

"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." — Hebrews 13:8