• We believe in one God — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He is the creator of all things.

• We believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son and Savior of the world. He died for our sins and rose from the dead.

• We believe the Holy Spirit dwells within every Christian. He convicts people to belief and then equips believers for personal growth and service in the church.

• We believe Jesus will one day return and reign forever as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

  
  

• We believe the original Scriptures are the inspired Word of God and those original writings were consequently without error. As such the Bible is the final authority for all matters of faith, truth, morality, and Christian living.

• We believe that man, created by God, willfully sinned, and as a result is lost and without hope apart from Jesus Christ.

• We believe that salvation (the forgiveness of sins) comes by grace through the blood of Jesus Christ and his death on the cross. This free gift of salvation is offered to all who receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior.

• We believe the Bible teaches the pattern to follow to receive Jesus as Savior: believe in Jesus Christ as God's Son and Savior of the world, repent of personal sin, confess Jesus as Lord, and be immersed in baptism.

• We believe death seals the eternal destiny of each person. The saved will spend eternity with God in heaven, and the unsaved will experience eternal separation from God in hell.

• We believe the Bible teaches that every Christian should be an active member of a local church.

• We believe the Bible instructs church members to: a. Meet together regularly for fellowship, worship, teaching, and the Lord’s Supper b. Use their natural abilities and spiritual gifts to serve one another c. Bear one another’s burdens and pray for one another d. Spur one another on to love and good deeds e. Support the church financially f. Pursue personal holiness and obedience to God’s Word g. Strive together to fulfill the Great Commission.

• We believe that the Elders of the church are the overseers of its affairs and the shepherds of its members; that they are the final interpretive authority of the Bible’s meaning and application for the church; and that they are responsible for the oversight, instruction, edification, discipline, and restoration of church members.

• We believe that the term “marriage” has only one meaning: the uniting of one biological man and one biological woman in a single, exclusive union, as delineated in Scripture.  We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of a marriage between a man and a woman.

• We believe that all human life is sacred and created by God in His image. Human life is of inestimable worth in all its dimensions, including pre-born babies, the aged, the physically or mentally challenged, and every other stage or condition from conception through natural death.

Dover member and clinical psychologist Misty Bodkins started working with Ministry Care in January 2016. Ministry Care provides electronic publications, counseling, coaching, consultation, and workshops that help ministry workers stateside and abroad manage emotional, physical, and relational health issues.

Shiloh provides Christian homes for many children including those who have been abused and neglected. The ministry of Shiloh now includes a total of seven homes for children, two relief homes, plus an onsite school at the Kahoka, MO site. Our Sr. High youth group takes a mission trip to Shiloh every summer.

Love In the Name of Christ (Love INC) brings Christian churches together, across denominational lines, to help the poor by meeting immediate needs such as food and clothing, to longer-term responses through relational ministries such as life skills training and transitional housing. Love INC began as a way to encourage churches to become more engaged with the poor and to inspire a greater number of Christians to put their faith in action. Several from our church have served and ministered to others though this local ministry. Our church also provides frozen meat for needy families. Since our frozen meat ministry is an ongoing need we accept donations throughout the year.

Lifeline Christian Mission ministers daily to thousands of impoverished children and their families in Haiti and Honduras bringing life giving, life changing care through food, clothing, health and dental care, as well as Christian churches and schools. The central focus of this mission is to take the Good News of Jesus Christ to a lost and dying world.

Established in 1973, IDES brings glory to God by offering help and hope to our hurting world. IDES seeks to meet the physcial and spiritual needs of suffering people throughout the world in the name of Jesus. IDES works in partnership with Christian churches and Churches of Christ in the U.S. and their missionaries overseas. IDES projects fall into one of five “Focus Areas”: disaster assistance, hunger relief, medical care, development, and evangelism. IDES is conveniently located in Noblesville, IN. Several from our congregation have visited and served in this local ministry.

TCM International Institute prepares men and women for Christian leadership and provides benevolent assistance in Europe and Central Asia. In 1991, Dr. Tony Twist, second president of TCM established the “Institute for Biblical Studies”. The Institute is designed to provide graduate-level study for pastors and church leaders. All of the required classes are taught at Haus Edelweiss or at 12 TCM teaching sites in 11 countries. TCM International Institute is an instrument by which TCM is fulfilling the mission of preparing Eastern European and Central Asian Christians for Christian leadership so that they may reach their own.

The central focus of BSCCH continues to be the Worship of God and the study of His Word. The BSCCH strives to promote spiritual growth and commitment to Jesus Christ, proclaim His teachings and acknowledge the Bible as the Word of God authoritative for Christian faith and practice.

Worship at Campus House combines Biblical teaching, progressive music, creative arts, prayer, and the Lord’s Supper to build an atmosphere to live out the Christian faith. With four services on Sunday and midweek Bible studies, worship at Campus House continues to be a well-defined centerpiece of the community. Worship, study, and leadership training remain to be at the core of the Campus House Ministry at Purdue.

Johnson educates students for Christian ministries and other strategic vocations framed by the Great Commission in order to extend the kingdom of God among all nations. The University began as a preaching school, and over the years the programs have expanded to include many different avenues of modern evangelism. Today the University produces skilled preachers, youth ministers, missionaries, teachers, worship leaders, counselors, nonprofit managers, children’s ministers, and media ministers.

Mark & Helen Begarly moved to Zimbabwe, Africa August 3rd of 1996. Their objective is to train and release nationals of Zimbabwe to pick up the Great Commission and minister to their own people. Over the last 20 years this ministry has developing and establishing a Christian youth camp, new churches, a counseling ministry, a preschool, and is currently working to raise funds for a high school. Several from our congregation have taken short term mission trips to this mission.

Dover members Chad & Michelle Timmons started Hope For His Children to show the love of Jesus Christ to the orphaned, abandoned, and impoverished children of the world. The mission of HFHC is to increase awareness & raise support for these children through financial contributions, donations of supplies, prayer commitments, and mission trips. Several from our congregation have gone on mission trips to Ethiopia and have personally delivered needed resources that were donated by our congregation and others in the community.

Hanging Rock Christian Assembly is a Christian camp and retreat center providing facilities for over 100,000 youth and adults each year. Changing lives is an ongoing story at Hanging Rock. Youth and adults continue to make decisions to follow Christ’s lead as a result of ministry at HRCA. Hanging Rock Christian Assembly was established in 1946. Men and women from area churches have sacrificed much over the years so young and old can hear and believe the gospel message. Several of our young people attend Hanging Rock every year.