Rocky ForkCHRISTIAN CHURCH
ROCKY FORK CHRISTIAN CHURCHSANFORD, NORTH CAROLINA

GET TO KNOW ROCKY FORK

About our
church.

Independent.
Nondenominational.
Congregation-governed.

We are a Christian church in Sanford, North Carolina, with local leadership and a congregation-elected pastor. Rocky Fork is not part of a denomination.

Est. 1924

Rocky Fork Christian Church, a red-brick building with a white steeple and stained-glass windows
Rocky Fork Christian ChurchSanford, North Carolina
Longleaf pines at Weymouth Woods in the North Carolina Sandhills
01 / WHO WE ARE

Rooted here.
Led here.

“We are an independent church that is congregation governed.”
PASTOR J.H. FORESTER, MDiv

Regional landscape · Weymouth Woods, North Carolina · Not church grounds

02 / HOW WE’RE LED

Our church.
Our congregation.

Independent describes how we are organized. Congregation-governed describes how we are led.

01

Congregation
governed.

Rocky Fork is governed by its congregation. We are an independent local church, not a congregation governed by a denomination.

02

A local board
of directors.

We operate with a local board of directors. Our church’s leadership is local, rather than part of a denominational governing structure.

03

A pastor elected
by the congregation.

Our pastor is elected by our congregation—not appointed to Rocky Fork by a denominational council.

Meet Pastor Forester
03 / WHAT WE BELIEVE

Statement
of faith.

A place to get to know the beliefs
at the heart of Rocky Fork.

ROCKY FORK
CHRISTIAN CHURCH

We accept the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the written Word of God. We believe in the divine inspiration and trustworthiness and final authority of the Bible in all matters of faith and practice.¹

We further confess the historic statements of the Nicene Creeds.

We celebrate:

  • The triune God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.²
  • The incarnate Son, Jesus Christ, fully God and fully man.³
  • The goodness and beauty of the world, created and sustained by the word of God’s power.⁴
  • Salvation by grace received through faith in Jesus Christ, who alone, through his life, death and bodily resurrection, redeems us from sin and reconciles us unto God.⁵
  • The essential unity of all believers who together form one Church, diverse in form and expression, of which Christ is the head.⁶
  • The continuing ministry of God the Holy Spirit, who empowers the worship, service and witness of God’s people in all their activities.⁷
  • The ultimate deliverance of the children of God and of all nature from the destructive consequences of the Fall.⁸

Scripture References

  1. ¹

    2 Timothy 3:16–17; 2 Peter 1:20–21; Psalm 119:105, 160; John 17:17.

  2. ²

    Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Ephesians 4:4–6.

  3. ³

    John 1:1, 14; Colossians 2:9; Philippians 2:5–8; Hebrews 2:14–17.

  4. ⁴

    Genesis 1:1, 31; Psalm 19:1; John 1:3; Colossians 1:16–17; Hebrews 1:3.

  5. ⁵

    Ephesians 2:8–9; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23–24; Romans 5:8–11; 1 Corinthians 15:3–4, 20; 1 Peter 2:24.

  6. ⁶

    John 17:20–23; 1 Corinthians 12:12–13, 27; Ephesians 2:19–22; Ephesians 4:3–6; Colossians 1:18.

  7. ⁷

    John 14:16–17, 26; Acts 1:8; Romans 8:14–16, 26; 1 Corinthians 12:4–7; Galatians 5:22–25.

  8. ⁸

    Romans 8:18–23; 1 Corinthians 15:20–26, 42–57; Philippians 3:20–21; 2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21:1–5.

ROCKY FORK CHRISTIAN CHURCH · STATEMENT OF FAITH