We are a family of individuals that have found hope in Jesus, and we want as many people as possible to experience that same freedom.
We strive to be:
• A church where lives are being transformed through the gospel of Jesus Christ.Â
• A relationally connected church made up of redeemed people who love, follow, and enjoy God.Â
• A church where we allow space for struggle, questions, failure, forgiveness and healing.Â
• A church where people are being discipled and discipling others.Â
• A church surrendered to God so that North Platte and beyond can flourish.
You are always welcome here! We are saving a seat for you. Wherever you are in your faith journey, you’ll always be accepted as part of the Bethel family.
Bethel Church exists to engage people to Believe God’s story, Belong in God’s story, Become a disciple-maker in God’s story, and Bless our world with God’s story.
BELIEVING in God’s story is Everyday Worship
BELONGING to God’s story is Everyday Stewardship
BECOMING in God’s story is Everyday Discipleship
BLESSING in God’s story is Everyday Service
Intentionality is living out the purpose for which we have been created.
Hospitality is about treating others as equals by creating a place for them to feel welcomed, honored, protected, and cared for.
Authenticity is the quality of expressing our brokenness in light of the beauty of God’s grace and mercy.
God has created humanity to be in relationships. We are not created for isolation nor to live alone in our faith.
Transformation is the Holy Spirit working in us and transforming us when our lives are surrendered.
Bethel Church is a member of the EFCA and as such subscribes to its doctrinal statement. If you would like to explore the Biblical basis upon which we base these beliefs, please reference the official Statement of Faith with Scripture references on the EFCA national website, here.
We believe in one God, Creator of all things, holy, infinitely perfect, and eternally existing in a loving unity of three equally divine Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Having limitless knowledge and sovereign power, God has graciously purposed from eternity to redeem a people for Himself and to make all things new for His own glory.
We believe that Jesus Christ is God incarnate, fully God and fully man, one Person in two natures. Jesus—Israel's promised Messiah—was conceived through the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He lived a sinless life, was crucified under Pontius Pilate, arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father as our High Priest and Advocate.
We believe that God has spoken in the Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, through the words of human authors. As the verbally inspired Word of God, the Bible is without error in the original writings, the complete revelation of His will for salvation, and the ultimate authority by which every realm of human knowledge and endeavor should be judged. Therefore, it is to be believed in all that it teaches, obeyed in all that it requires, and trusted in all that it promises.
We believe that God created Adam and Eve in His image, but they sinned when tempted by Satan. In union with Adam, human beings are sinners by nature and by choice, alienated from God, and under His wrath. Only through God’s saving work in Jesus Christ can we be rescued, reconciled, and renewed.
We believe that Jesus Christ, as our representative and substitute, shed His blood on the cross as the perfect, all-sufficient sacrifice for our sins. His atoning death and victorious resurrection constitute the only ground for salvation.
We believe that the Holy Spirit, in all that He does, glorifies the Lord Jesus Christ. He convicts the world of its guilt. He regenerates sinners, and in Him they are baptized into union with Christ and adopted as heirs in the family of God. He also indwells, illuminates, guides, equips, and empowers believers for Christ-like living and service.
We believe that the true Church comprises all who have been justified by God's grace through faith alone in Christ alone. They are united by the Holy Spirit in the body of Christ, of which He is the Head. The true Church is manifest in local churches, whose membership should be composed only of believers. The Lord Jesus mandated two ordinances, baptism and the Lord’s Supper, which visibly and tangibly express the gospel. Though they are not the means of salvation, when celebrated by the Church in genuine faith, these ordinances confirm and nourish the believer.
We believe that God's justifying grace must not be separated from His sanctifying power and purpose. God commands us to love Him supremely and others sacrificially, and to live out our faith with care for one another, compassion toward the poor, and justice for the oppressed. With God’s Word, the Spirit’s power, and fervent prayer in Christ’s name, we are to combat the spiritual forces of evil. In obedience to Christ’s commission, we are to make disciples among all people, always bearing witness to the gospel in word and deed.
We believe in the personal, bodily, and glorious return of our Lord Jesus Christ. The coming of Christ, at a time known only to God, demands constant expectancy and, as our blessed hope, motivates the believer to godly living, sacrificial service, and energetic mission.
We believe that God commands everyone everywhere to believe the gospel by turning to Him in repentance and receiving the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe that God will raise the dead bodily and judge the world, assigning the unbeliever to condemnation and eternal conscious punishment and the believer to eternal blessedness and joy with the Lord in the new heaven and the new earth, to the praise of His glorious grace. Amen.