What's New:

  • Sunday Worship Service 9am
  • Connection Cafe after each Sunday service
  • Kids Rock, Wednesday 6:30pm
  • Youth Service, Thursday 6:30pm
  • CONNECTING people to God
  • BECOMING authentic followers of Chirst
  • FULFILLING God's purpose and plan for our lives
  • Guiding verse: Matthew 28:19-20
  • LifeTREK ... Grow in Christ & Serve
  • LifeTREK Classes are a place to learn together
  • LifeTREK Groups are a place to fellowship together
  • LifeTREK Teams are a place to serve together

Open Bible

Open Bible Standard

Statements of Faith

  • We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible and authoritative Word of God.
  • We believe there is one God eternally existing in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
  • We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His victorious and atoning sacrifice through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.
  • We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful men, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.
  • We believe the full gospel includes holiness of heart and life, healing for the body and baptism in the Holy Spirit.
  • We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling, the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
  • We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost: they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.
  • We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Affiliations

Open Bible Churches is a charter member of the National Association of Evangelicals, the Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches of North America, and the Pentecostal World Conference. Open Bible is also active in the Mission America movement.

Open Bible History

Open Bible Churches originated from two revival movements: Bible Standard Conference, founded in Eugene, Oregon, in 1919, and Open Bible Evangelistic Association, founded in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1932. Similar in doctrine and structure, the two groups amalgamated in 1935 as "Open Bible Standard Churches" with the national office located in Des Moines. In 1996 the movement began to officially do busines as "Open Bible Churches", though the legal name retains the word "Standard", which the Bible is.

Roots of the parent groups reach back to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in 1906 at Azusa Street Mission in Los Angeles, and to the full gospel movement in the Midwest. Both were organized under the impetus of Pentecostal revival. Simple faith, emphasis on prayer, evangelism, international missions, and free fellowship with other groups were characteristics of the growing organization.

Governance

The membership of Open Bible Churches is the highest governing body. Their convention meets biennially and consists of credentialed ministers in good standing, national directors, and one voting delegate per 100 members from each officially affiliated church. A national board of directors, composed of national directors and regional representatives, is delegated to conduct the business of the association.