Beliefs:

We at the Camarillo Church of Christ want to share with you a bit about who we are and what we believe. Our understanding of ourselves and the truth about God is always imperfect, and it is really to Jesus that we point you and not to ourselves. We all are on a journey of discovery. However, here are some of our convictions and how we came to believe them.

Our Convictions:

We believe in God, the Father Almighty, the Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord.

We believe Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of Mary, a virgin, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. On the third day He arose again, defeating death.

He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty, and He will come again to take those who love and trust Him, to redeem His creation, and to judge the living and the dead.

We believe in The Holy Spirit, the church universal, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting.

Our History :

We are a Church of Christ. Primarily, we mean that we are a church that belongs first and solely to Jesus Christ. However, we are connected by faith and tradition to a larger group who calls themselves the Church of Christ. The Churches of Christ have their immediate roots in the American Restoration Movement. In the early nineteenth century, several independent movements began which longed for the unity of all Christians under the authority of Scripture. It was in this conviction that these groups of Christians sought to be just Christians. As these movements grew, they began encountering each other and united on the plea that Christians return to the Scripture as their source of faith and practice. They wanted to own no name but Christ's, and, as much as possible, to be like the earliest churches in organization, doctrine, faith, and zeal.

They did not claim to be the only Christians, but they did claim to be Christians only. They invited people from all the denominations to set aside the barriers which divided them and unite under the authority of the Bible and our one Lord.

While realizing that any attempt to become a church belonging to Christ will involve imperfection and human struggle, we share that hope and plea. We do not claim perfect understanding of the Bible, but we do long to be a church that belongs to Christ and is maturing in Him in every way. We, like other Churches of Christ, have no denominational organization to which we are accountable. We have elders, deacons, and other ministers to lead us; but we are convinced that all Christians are called to be ministers of Jesus according to their spiritual gifts given by the Holy Spirit.