Who We Are

Planting a Church

In the summer of 2017, we began meeting as a mid-week Bible study with the desire to make disciples and to start a church.

Today, we are grateful that God has provided a place for us to meet in on Sundays as we form a new local church in the community.

Geoff Stertz

Pastor

Geoff and Jenny Stertz moved from Baltimore in June 2016 with the desire to church plain within the growing population of the Dallas metroplex.

Geoff and Jenny both attended Maranatha Baptist University. In 2009, Geoff earned a BA in Biblical Studies degree and Jennifer earned her BS in Elementary Education. In 2011 Jennifer earned her MA in Biblical Counseling, and in 2013 Geoff earned his Masters of Divinity.

The Stertzes have been married for 15 years and enjoy raising their five children Natalie (9), Audrey (7), and Lily (5), Macy (2), and Josiah (0). The family enjoys sports, music, and travel.

You can contact Geoff at gstertz@gmail.com or 972-689-0190.

Love God. Love Others. Live Biblically.

What We Believe

We believe that the Holy Bible, composed of the sixty-six books of both the old and new Testaments, is God’s Revelation unto man, was written without error in the original manuscripts by men divinely inspired by the Holy Spirit, and is, therefore the sole authority in all matters of faith and practice, and is the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and opinions should be tried (II Tim 3:16, 17; II Peter 1:21)

We believe that there is one, and only one living true God, creator of all things and infinite in wisdom, perfect Spirit and Personal Being, inexpressibly glorious in holiness, eternally existing in three Persons—the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit—equal in every Divine perfection, yet but one God. We rejoice that he concerns Himself mercifully in the affairs of men, that He hears and answers prayer. (Deut 6:4; John 1:1-3; Matt 28:19; I Cor. 8:6)

We believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only begotten Son, conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, sinless in His life, making atonement for the sin of the world by His death on the cross. We believe in His bodily resurrection, His ascension into heaven, His high priestly intercession for His people and His personal, visible, pretribulational, premillenial return to the world according to His promise. (Colossians 1:15; Matt 1:18-25; I Peter 2:24, 25; Hebrews 4:14-16; Rev. 20:4-6; I Cor. 15:51; I Thess. 4:16-18.)

We believe in the Person and work of the Holy Spirit who came forth from God to convince the world of sin, of righteousness and of judgment; that regenerates and indwells those who in genuine heart trust, repent of their sins and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and that His desire is to comfort, direct, make prayer for, empower for service and effect personal holiness in and through the life of the believer (John 16:8-11; I Peter 1:12; Romans 8:26; John 14:26; I Corinthians 2:13.)

We believe that man was created in a state of holiness, in the image of God, his creator, but through willful disobedience fell into sin, thereby incurring the curse of God and subjecting the entire human race to a sinful condition, by nature spiritually dead. Failure to accept God’s offer of redemption subjects the sinner to the consequence of this state, which is eternal separation from God in hell. (Genesis 1:26,27; Romans 3:10, 23; John 3:16, 18; Romans 5:12; John 5:24; Romans 6:23; Revelation 20:14,15.)

We believe that a soul is saved when Christ is received as Personal Savior and Lord, as a result of which the Holy Spirit imparts eternal life; that the redeemed one is thereby regenerated (born again,) and becomes a partaker of the Divine nature, having received a holy disposition inwrought by the power of God in connection with Divine Truth, in manner above our comprehension, so as to secure our voluntary obedience to the gospel and that its proper evidence appears in the holy fruits of repentance and faith an newness of life. Such a one is justified by God, having entered into a state of righteousness imputed to the individual on the basis of the shed blood and finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross, which is solely by grace apart from works, and is thereby preserved by the power of God through faith unto the fulfillment of the work of redemption, which is the everlasting enjoyment of Heaven in the presence of God. The believer, having experienced salvation, is admonished by God to walk in holiness as God is Holy. (John 3:7; Eph. 2:8-10; Romans 5:1; II Cor. 5:1; Acts 4:12.)

We believe in the Church, a living spiritual organism of which Christ is Founder and Head, of which all regenerated people are members. We believe the local New Testament Church is a company of baptized, i.e. immersed, believers in Jesus Christ buried with Him in water baptism, i.e. immersed, united for worship, work, and fellowship. To these local churches were committed two ordinances for observation, Water Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Christ has committed to the church the ministry of reconciling the lost and dying world unto God. We believe that all human betterment and social improvements are the inevitable by-products of such a gospel. We further believe that each church is independent and autonomous and must be free from interference by any ecclesiastical or political authority; that therefore Church and State must be kept separate as having different functions, each fulfilling it duties free from dictation and patronage of the other (Acts 2:41, 47; II Cor. 5:19; Matt. 28:19-20; Acts 8:1; I Peter 5:3; I Corinthians 5:3, 4.)