Our Mission & Vision
Our vision and mission is to help connect people to faith
And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
Habakkuk 2:2
Our vision is to continually look through the lens of God as He manifests Himself to us and we to others. We will speak and live boldly, because the day of Jesus Christ is at hand.
Mission & Purpose
And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham; for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
Luke 19:9-10
Our mission is simply this – to fulfill the task that God charged us with as His household of faith.
Leaders
Earnest Jr. Utley
Pastor
Earnest Jr. Utley is the “Virtual Market Place ” Pastor of Church Of The Gospel. ( C.O.T.G. ) He received his calling to a Shepard in Ministry due to the shift of this digital age. While many people are unsettled because of this fast pace lifestyle of society, Pastor Utley is charged to remove the obstacles of distance and time from the chart of excuses. His heart is that all will come to know and love the Good News that is available to all who accept it.
Deanna Utley
Worship Leader
Deanna is the absolute essence of the Titus 2 woman. She is the example of elegant and loving mother and wife. She supports and submits to her husband and seeks only to honor God’s word.
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
– 2 Timothy 2:15 KJV
What We Believe
God
We believe in one God, eternally existent and coequal in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
John 14:16-17, Matthew 28:19, 2 Cor. 13:14
Jesus
We believe that Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, and is true God and true man.
Matthew 1:18-23
Holy Spirit
We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit in illuminating, regenerating, indwelling, and sanctifying the Christian.
Romans 8:14-16, John 16:13, 2 Thes. 2:13
Mankind
We believe we were created in the image of God; that we have sinned, incurring both physical and spiritual death; and that all human beings are born in sin and that this sinful nature is the origin of all sinful acts in thought, word and deed.
Gen. 1:26, Romans 5:12, Isaiah 59:2, Romans 6:23, Romans 3:23
Scripture
We believe that the Scriptures of Old and New Testaments are verbally inspired by God and inerrant in the original writings, and are the final authority for faith and life.
2 Peter 1:20-21, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, Hebrews 4:12
Salvation
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died as the atoning sacrifice for our sins, the just for the unjust, according to the Scriptures, and that all who believe in Him are justified by grace through His shed blood.
Romans 5:8-9, Eph. 2:8-9, 2 Cor. 5:21, 1 Peter 3:18
Eternity
We believe in the bodily resurrection of the saved and the lost; the saved to everlasting life, and the lost to everlasting punishment.
Acts 24:15, Rev. 20:15, Romans 6:23, 1 Cor. 15:20-24