What We Believe

The following are the core beliefs of Epic House based on the foundational truths taught in the Bible. All of our teaching and ministry is rooted in and flows out of these biblical doctrines.

WE were born into an epic battle between good and evil. The war has been won by Jesus, but the battle rages on until He comes again.

WE are deeply loved by One good and holy God who has revealed Himself in three divine persons we can know: The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit —called The Holy Trinity.

WE have an owner’s manual called The Bible that’s 100 percent true. In the Bible, God gives wisdom, guidance, comfort and instructions on how much He loves us and how we can grow in our love for Him and for others and live with purpose and hope.

WE have an adversary, called the Devil, who is wicked to the core and constantly schemes with his minions, called demons, to steal, kill and destroy us and all that is good.

WE are all born with a deadly spiritual disease called sin, which causes us to agree with the devil at times and sin.  Left untreated, sin will leave us broken in this life and ultimately eternally separated from God when we die in a place called Hell.  

WE have a real superhero in Jesus Christ, who has existed eternally as God, the Son, who came from heaven to be born a human being. He lived a perfect life, died for all our sins and rose from the grave to beat death.

WHEN we put our faith in Jesus Christ, we are forgiven of all our sins and given the gift of eternal life, which most often makes our lives better now, but guarantees us paradise with God in heaven forever when we die.

WE are called to a divine purpose to serve on mission with Jesus to bring hope and healing to the world. As a part of His Church we seek out others who don’t know Him, make disciples and build His kingdom on earth.

Our views on these issues flow from our commitment to God (Dt. 6:5; Matt. 22:37-38) and to His Word (2 Tim. 3:16-17; cf. Dt.32:45-47; Matt. 4:4), as expressed in the articles of our Statement of Faith.
We believe that in order to preserve the function and integrity of EPIC House Church as the local Body of Christ, and to provide a biblical role model to members of the Church and the community, it is required that all persons employed by EPIC House Church in any capacity, or who serve as volunteer leaders, agree to, and abide by, this Statement on Marriage, Gender, and Sexuality (Matt. 5:16; Phil. 2:14-16; I Thess. 5:22).

We believe that every person must be afforded compassion, love, kindness, respect, and dignity (Mark 12:28-31; Luke 6:31). Unloving and harassing behavior or attitudes directed toward any individual are to be repudiated and are not in accord with Scripture nor the doctrines of EPIC House Church.

We in the Church must minister to and support those among us who struggle with every kind of sin and pain, including sexual sin. This also includes sins identified in the acronym LGBTQ+, which are deviations from God’s design for human sexuality. We must also minister to, and support those who have family members who struggle with sexual sin. We believe that God offers redemption and restoration to all who confess and forsake their sin, seeking His mercy and forgiveness through Jesus Christ (Acts 3:19-21; Rom. 10:9-10; I Cor. 6:9- 11).

God created human beings as male and female (Gen. 1:27). The complementary, relational nature of the human race as “male and female” reflects the created order given by God when He created human beings “in His image” (Gen. 1:26-27; 5:1, 3; 9:6; 1 Cor. 11:7; James. 3:9; cf. Rom. 8:29; 2 Cor. 3:18; Eph. 4:23-24; Col. 3:10). It is with joy that we are to receive the gift of being either male or female. Rejection of one’s God-given gender, as determined by chromosomal structure at birth, is a rejection of the purpose and design of God for that person.

We believe that the term “marriage” has only one meaning: the uniting of one man (biological male) and one woman (biological female) in a single, exclusive union, as delineated in Scripture (Gen. 2:18-25). We believe that God intends sexual intimacy to occur only between a man and a woman who are married to each other (I Cor. 7:2-3; Heb. 13:4). We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of a marriage between a man and a woman.
We believe that a marriage ceremony is not merely a civil event but a sacred event, conducted as an act of worship before God.
We believe that any form of sexual immorality (including adultery, homosexual behavior, bisexual conduct, bestiality, pedophilia, incest, and use of pornography, and all deviations from biblical sexuality as expressed in the fluid and growing acronym LGBTQ+) is sinful and offensive to God (Matt. 15:18-20; I Cor. 6:9-10 and 15-18; Gen. 19:4-11; 2 Pet. 2:6-7; Jude 7; Lev. 18:22; 20:13; Judges 19:22-25; Rom. 1:24- 27; 1 Cor. 6:9-11; 1 Tim. 1:8-11).

For all who have engaged in any of the above behaviors, and many of us have (Rom 2:1), we believe God offers cleansing and wholeness through His Son, Jesus Christ (1 Cor. 6:11, Romans 6:23). Therefore, we do not condemn those still engaged in these sins (Rom 8:1). We pray for a reawakening to God’s hope and purpose for each person’s life and freedom from the ravages of sexual sin (1 Cor 6:18-20). We always work toward restoration of anyone to full fellowship with God and His people (Matthew 18:15-20).
Because we are convinced that the precepts in this statement are God-ordained, we will teach and encourage living by these principles. We believe these are central to our faith as we seek to support the family structure and sexual wholeness which is established by God and taught in the Bible.