We are an Independent Baptist Church located in Catalina, Arizona with a burden to reach the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to enrich lives through Jesus Christ.

The Bible

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We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the inspired Word of God. The Scriptures are inerrant, infallible and God-breathed and, therefore, are the final authority for faith and life. The sixty-six books of the Old and New Testament are the complete and divine revelation of God to Man.  The Scriptures shall be interpreted according to their normal grammatical-historical meaning. For the reasons of unity within the church, the doctrine of preservation, and because of its textual reliability, the King James Version of the Bible is the translation used by Open Door.   
​I Timothy 3:16-17;  II Peter 1:20-21

God

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We believe in one Triune God, eternally existing in three persons -
​Father, Son and Holy Spirit - each co-equal in being, power and glory, and having the same attributes and perfections.   
​Deuteronomy 6:4;  Matthew 26:19

Jesus Christ

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We believe that Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God.  He is God in the flesh, and lived a sinless life on earth.  His voluntary, substitutional death on the cross made full atonement for the sins of the whole world.  His bodily resurrection and ascension secure an eternal home in heaven for all that are in Christ.  He is returning to rapture His saints, judge the world and set up His Millennial Kingdom on earth.   
​John 1:1-15;  Romans 5:12;  I Corinthians 15:12-20;  Philippians 2:5-8

Holy Spirit

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We believe that the Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Godhead.  He was active in the creation and inspiration of the Scriptures and in the lives of the Old Testament believers and the life of Christ.  The Holy Spirit is directly involved in the life of the believer through salvation and sanctification.    John 16:13;  Acts 2:4;  5:9;  8:29

Sin

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We believe that man was created by a direct act of God in His own image.  Man fell from his original state of innocence by a voluntary act of his freewill.  Man has an inherited sin nature and is a sinner by choice.  Therefore, he is under the condemnation of God and is in need of salvation.  Genesis 1:26-27;  2:16;  3:16-19;  Romans 3:10-23;  6:23

Salvation

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We believe that salvation is the free and gracious gift of God available to all mankind, whereby He restores sinful men to a right relationship to Himself on the basis of the finished work of Christ. 
​John 6:37-40;  Romans 8:1

Church

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We believe that local churches are physical manifestations of the building, body and bride of Christ, comprised solely of born-again believers.  We believe in the autonomy of the local church free of any external authority or control. 
​We recognize water baptism (by immersion following a public profession of faith in Christ) and the Lord's Supper (observed by self-examined believers) as the Scriptural ordinances of obedience for the church today. 
Acts 2:38-41; 1 Corinthians 12:12-18; Ephesians 1:22-23;  Acts 13:1-4;  1 Peter 5-14;  Matthew 28:19-20;  1 Corinthians 11:23-26

The Return of Christ

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The Return of Christ:  We believe in the blessed hope, the personal, imminent return of Christ Who will rapture His church prior to the seven-year tribulation period.  At the end of the Tribulation, Christ will personally and visibly return with His saints, to establish His earthly Messianic Kingdom which was promised to the nation of Israel. 
Psalm 89:3-4;  Daniel 2:31-45;  Zechariah 14:4-11;  1 Thessalonians 1:10; 4:13-18;  Titus 2:13;  Revelation 3:10; 19:11-16; 20:1-6