Deeper Life @ SBC believes that the Jesus of the Bible is at work to bring healing and transformation to a broken world, inviting us to enjoy freedom and life with Him that grows ever deeper:
"If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land."
2nd Chronicles 7:14
"If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land."
2nd Chronicles 7:14
WHY SBC?
Summer camp is a uniquely powerful environment where people of all ages can be introduced to Jesus and His transforming love. We offer a place of safety and growth, primarily for youth and kids, to taste and see new life in Him that has changed us forever (Titus 3:4-7). This has been the desire of SBC for over 80 years and continues today, since the merge with Deeper Life Ministries.
WHY PRAYER & WORSHIP?
Prayer and worship are a means unto themselves; God is simply worthy of humanity's adoration, so we pursue relationship with Him in sincere desire to honour Him (Rev 4:11, 5:12; 1 Chron 16:25; Ps 96:4;). But we also believe that through these things, God is moved to action. When we pray and worship, He moves against the forces of darkness that hinder people from drawing to Him (2 Chron 7:14, 20:15-22; Is 42:10-13).
STATEMENT OF FAITH
- The Bible is inspired of God, inerrant in the original documents and of final authority in all matters of faith and practice. (II Tim. 3:16-17, II Peter 1:20-21)
- There is one God, eternally existent in three Persons: Father, Son & Holy Spirit. (II Cor. 13:14, Heb.9:14)
- We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His substitutionary and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father where He serves as our mediator, and in His personal return in power and glory. (John 1:1,29; Matt. 1:23-25; Phil.2:6; I John 3:5; I Thess.4:13-18)
- Each member of the human race is fallen, sinful, and lost and regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for the salvation of people. Redemption is wholly by the blood of Christ, and salvation is by grace, through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. (Gen.3, Rom. 3:23, Eph.2:8-9, Acts 4:12)
- All who by faith receive the Lord Jesus Christ as saviour are born again of the Holy Spirit, indwelt by the Holy Spirit and by the Holy Spirit baptized into the body of Christ, the Church, of which He is the risen and ascended head. (I Cor.12:12-14, Eph.1:22-23, Col.1:18)
- The Church began with the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost and is composed of all true believers in the Lord Jesus Christ. These believers are united to Him and to one another by the indwelling Spirit. The main functions of the church are to glorify God and to witness for Christ until His return. (Acts 2:1-12,42; Acts 11:15-18; Heb.3:1)
- The ascended Christ is the giver of gifts, such as evangelists, pastors, and teachers, and these individuals are responsible to Him for their service. These gifts are given “for the perfecting of the saints unto the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.” (Eph.4:11-16)
- There will be a resurrection of the saved and of the lost; of the saved unto eternal life, and of the lost unto eternal damnation and conscious judgement. (I Thess.4:17, Rev. 20:11-15)