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Thank you for visiting our website and for your interest in King's Church. In New Testament times, the church often met in homes:

Rom 16:3-5 "Greet Priscilla and Aquila... Greet also the church in their house."

Col 4:15 "Give my greetings to…Nympha and the church in her house."

Phil 1:1-2 "Paul to Philemon and to the church that meets in your home."

While we are able to do so, we are taking advantage of all the many benefits of meeting in a local home. In one sense we are a brand new Church as we serve Phoenix and the Valley of the Sun. Yet in another sense, we stand in a long line of churches that affirm the trustworthiness of the Bible and its message of hope in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

We are committed to holding together two things that are often viewed as separate: a commitment to sound, healthy teaching and a passionate pursuit of the presence of God. We would describe ourselves as Catholic, Evangelical, Reformed and Charismatic.

The first word Catholic needs some explanation. Used in its historic sense the word “catholic” simply means “universal” and means that we accept the creeds of the church that all orthodox Christians throughout the centuries have embraced. These creeds are historic statements of faith such as the Council of Nicea (4th century) and the Council of Chelcedon (5th century) which affirm the full humanity and Deity of Jesus Christ, the Holy Trinity, and the substitutionary atonement of Christ for sinners. (See the What We Teach page for further details).

Being Evangelical basically means two things: (1) we believe that the Bible is the inspired, inerrant word of God and is therefore our final authority in all matters of life and doctrine, and (2) we believe that all people are sinners and need to be saved from the wrath of God by responding to the gospel (the evangel) of Jesus Christ. With Scripture alone as our sure foundation, we affirm that justification is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, to the glory of God alone.

We are essentially Reformed in our theology. This means that we embrace and exult in the sovereignty of God over all things, and we therefore place the emphasis on the activity of God and the glory of God in the salvation of sinners.

Christ’s mysterious entry into this world, His gruesome crucifixion, and His surprising resurrection leave us all in a position of response to Him. Either we deny that He came or we believe. Either we look away from his death or we look on it in repentance. Either we reject the belief that Christ rose from the dead or we subscribe to it. These events are not value-neutral. Neither is our response to them.

To aid you in your consideration of the gospel, we offer a link to a multimedia presentation of this message from Matthias Media entitled Two Ways to Live. It is our hope that this presentation answers your questions about God and His claim on your life. Are you a repentant believer in Jesus? Or are you a dispassionate witness to a crime your own sin helped commit? Remember, your soul will live forever. Are you ready for eternity?

Two Ways to Live

The local church is a community of regenerated believers who confess Jesus Christ as Lord. In obedience to Scripture they organize under qualified leadership, gather regularly for preaching and worship, observe the biblical sacraments of baptism and communion, are unified by the Spirit, are disciplined for holiness, subject to church discipline, and scatter to fulfill the great commandment and the great commission as missionaries to the world for God's glory and their joy.

We are Continuationists or Charismatic (from the New Testament Greek word charismata meaning "grace gifts") believing that the gifts and power of the Holy Spirit mentioned in the New Testament are available to us today. We also teach that these gifts should always be informed, regulated and subservient to Scripture.

Please take your time to look through the information available on this web site. It would be our joy to see you at our service on a Sunday morning. Whether you are new to the Phoenix area and wishing to connect with a Christian community or just looking for answers, help or hope, we would welcome the opportunity of meeting you and serving you.

If you need further information, please feel free to contact us either by phone at (623) 518-9607 or by e-mail. May God lead and guide you.

THE TOWER EXPERIENCE

In the last 1,000 years, what came to be known as "The Tower Experience" of Martin Luther might well be the most significant historical event in the Western world for all the ramifications which ensued. Here are Luther's own words as he describes what happened as he was studying Romans 1:17 (and reading the insights of Augustine on this verse from a fairly obscure article he had written centuries before):

"For in it (the gospel) the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.” - Rom 1:17

"I greatly longed to understand Paul's epistle to the Romans and nothing stood in the way but that one expression "the righteousness of God," because I took it to mean that righteousness whereby God is just and deals justly in punishing the unjust.

My situation was that, although an impeccable monk, I stood before God as a sinner troubled in conscience, and I had no confidence that my merit would assuage Him. Therefore I did not love a just angry God, but rather hated and murmured against Him. Yet I clung to the dear Paul and had a great yearning to know what he meant.

Night and day I pondered until I saw the connection between the righteousness of God and the statement that "the just shall live by faith." Then I grasped that the righteousness of God is that righteousness by which through grace and sheer mercy God justifies us through faith. Thereupon I felt myself to be reborn and to have gone through open doors into paradise. The whole of Scripture took on a new meaning, and whereas before "the righteousness of God" had filled me with hate, now it became to me inexpressibly sweet in greater love. This passage of Paul became to me a gate to heaven..."

ITS HARD TO THINK ABOUT NOTHING - BUT LETS TRY.

"If there ever was a time when there was nothing, all there could ever be now would be nothing. Leave nothing for 10 minutes or 10 billion years and it will still be nothing. In Latin there is a phrase "ex nihilo nihil fit," which means "out of nothing, nothing comes." You can't get something out of nothing. Nothing is no thing! It is not!

Yet something exists. That is undeniable.

If there ever was a time when all there was was physical matter, where did intelligence and personality come from? Could matter develop personality over time? Really? How is that in any way possible?

Nothing x No One = Everything

(That's total nonsense!).

GOD + Nothing = Everything!

(Now that make perfect sense!)"

Pastor John Samson

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."

Genesis 1:1

Ten Essential Truths of the Gospel:

1. God is the sovereign Creator of all things

2. God created people for His glory

3. God is holy and righteous

4. Man is sinful

5. God is just and is right to punish sin

6. God is merciful. He is kind to undeserving sinners

7. Jesus is God’s holy and righteous Son

8. God put the punishment of sinners on Jesus

9. God offers the free gift of salvation to those who repent and believe in Jesus

10. Those who trust in Jesus will live to please Him and will receive the promise of eternal life—enjoying God forever in heaven

Ever wondered why the Universe is so vast? As we look out on it from planet earth, we do not need it to be so large.. Doesn't it seem like an awful waste of space?

Well, yes, if the whole reason for the Universe being here is little old you and me.. but if it is about God, showing how amazing and spectacular and majestic and glorious He is, it makes absolute perfect sense.

Psalm 19:1 "The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork."

Rev 4:11 "Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created."