Values & Beliefs

As a Bible-centered church, we believe in one Supreme God who exists eternally as three persons: God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ), and God the Holy Spirit. This Christian doctrine of the Trinity teaches that all three persons are co-equal and co-essential, yet united as one God. The Trinity forms the foundation of our faith and relationship with God.

God the Father is infinite, eternal, and unchangeable in His being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth. Through His eternal Word and Spirit, God created the heavens, earth, and universe in six days, displaying His eternal power and glory. His creation was perfectly good.

We believe Jesus Christ is the second person of the Trinity, the eternal Word of God who became human while remaining fully God. Our Christian faith centers on Christ's virgin birth, sinless life, miraculous works, substitutionary death on the cross for our sins, bodily resurrection from the dead, ascension to heaven, ongoing intercession for believers, and promised second coming in power and glory.

We believe the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity who reveals Jesus Christ, convicts people of sin, brings spiritual rebirth (regeneration), and seals believers into Christ's body until redemption. The Spirit helps Christians understand Scripture, grows them in holiness (sanctification), guides them toward Christian maturity, provides life direction, offers comfort, empowers them for ministry and service, and confirms in believers' hearts that they are God's children.

We believe the Bible—all 66 books of the Old and New Testaments—is God's complete revelation to humanity, divinely inspired, completely accurate (inerrant) in original manuscripts, and serves as our final authority for Christian faith and living. Scripture alone is our infallible guide for biblical truth and Christian practice. Our church emphasizes expository biblical preaching that teaches God's Word faithfully.

We believe both men and women were created in God's image and likeness, possessing equal dignity and worth before God, though given distinct roles. Originally righteous, Adam and Eve were tempted by Satan and chose to rebel against God, resulting in the fall of all humanity into sin and spiritual death.

Because of this original sin, all people are born sinners and make sinful choices throughout life. While humans retain God's image, it's corrupted by sin and death. All people face God's judgment and cannot save themselves from sin—they need a Savior.

We believe salvation from sin, death, and God's judgment is a free gift received through the gospel of Jesus Christ. Salvation comes by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ's substitutionary death and resurrection alone—not through good works or church membership. This salvation restores our relationship with God.

All who are born again through faith in Christ will persevere in their Christian faith until death or Christ's return. This doctrine of eternal security assures believers of their salvation.

We believe the universal Church consists of all believers from every nation, tribe, and language group who have been saved through Jesus Christ. The local church serves as the earthly expression of Christ's body—a community of believers who:

• Confess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior

• Follow Scripture under qualified pastoral leadership

• Gather regularly for biblical preaching and Christian worship

• Practice the biblical sacraments of baptism and communion

• Love God and others as Christ commanded

• Maintain unity through the Holy Spirit

• Practice church discipline for holiness

• Serve their local community through Christian witness and good deeds for God's glory

We believe Jesus Christ instituted two sacraments for His church: believer's baptism and the Lord's Supper (communion). These Christian ordinances should be observed by churches until Christ's return as acts of obedience and remembrance.

We believe God ordained marriage at creation to be the lifelong union between one biological man and one biological woman until separated by death (Genesis 1:26-28; 2:18-25; Matthew 19:4-6). Christian marriage reflects Christ's relationship with His church (Ephesians 5:31-32).

Biblical marriage excludes polygamy, adultery, and same-sex unions as contrary to God's design. West Hills' pastors and elders perform only biblical marriages between one man and one woman, following Scripture's definition of marriage (Deuteronomy 17:17; Malachi 2:15; Ephesians 5:22-33; Hebrews 13:4).

We believe that after death, human bodies decay while souls continue consciously forever. Believers' souls enter Christ's presence in paradise, while unbelievers' souls go to Hades awaiting final judgment.

Christ's Second Coming: We believe Jesus Christ will return bodily in power and glory to judge His enemies and establish His eternal kingdom. At His return, both righteous and unrighteous dead will be physically resurrected.

Final Judgment: All people will stand before Christ for judgment based on their earthly deeds. Those righteous through faith in Jesus will receive eternal life with everlasting joy and rewards in God's presence.

Hell and Eternal Punishment: The unrighteous will face eternal punishment in hell's fire as judgment for their sins and rebellion against God, along with Satan and fallen angels.