Lighthouse Christian Fellowships
Lighthouse Christian Fellowships is a network of house churches throughout Maine with Jesus Christ as our head. We gather together in homes for worship, fellowship, teaching and equipping the Body of Christ and ministering in the gifts and power of the Holy Spirit.
Our outreach is to the un-churched and the ex-churched. We desire to bring people into a loving, intimate relationship with Jesus Christ and for them to know the Father heart of God, so that they can reach their full destiny and purpose in this life.
We believe that many have been disillusioned with and wounded by the Christianity they have seen in many of today's churches. We want to re-introduce people to Jesus so that they can truly experience His unconditional love, forgiveness, healing and freedom.
As a house church network, we are by no means saying there is no place for the traditional church; quite the contrary. We love every expression of the Body of Christ. Jesus commanded us in the great commission to make disciples.... One of the strategies that God has given us for this day, for this region, is to make disciples through small loving communities called house churches. And we're having a blast doing it!
House Church Q&A
What is "Lighthouse Christian Fellowships"?
Lighthouse Christian Fellowships is a network of house churches in Maine, each unique, but each with the same vision of spreading the light of Jesus throughout the state.
What are house churches?
They are the Body of Christ coming together in homes for worship, relationship, training, equipping and releasing, and ministry.
They are the Body of Christ coming together in homes for worship, relationship, training, equipping and releasing, and ministry.
What makes a Lighthouse different than other churches?
House churches are obviously smaller; they are usually more informal and relational. There's no set agenda and all people are encouraged to participate. (We like to say that we're meant to be an army not an audience).
House churches are obviously smaller; they are usually more informal and relational. There's no set agenda and all people are encouraged to participate. (We like to say that we're meant to be an army not an audience).
Is there a Pastor?
Lighthouses are led by Elders. The Elders of a lighthouse are the "shepherds" in that they care for the members and lead or facilitate the weekly meetings making sure that worship, training, equipping and ministry are taking place in a manner that is edifying to each member of the group and glorifying to God.
Lighthouses are led by Elders. The Elders of a lighthouse are the "shepherds" in that they care for the members and lead or facilitate the weekly meetings making sure that worship, training, equipping and ministry are taking place in a manner that is edifying to each member of the group and glorifying to God.
How are Lighthouses like other churches?
Lighthouses are actually church in the home. The Body of Christ gathers together regularly on any given day of the week for fellowship and teaching, worship and building each other up in the Lord.
Lighthouses are actually church in the home. The Body of Christ gathers together regularly on any given day of the week for fellowship and teaching, worship and building each other up in the Lord.
Is there membership?
According to the bylaws of Lighthouse Christian Fellowships, members are those people who regularly attend the meetings and tithe to Lighthouse Christian Fellowships. That is the only form of membership there is.
According to the bylaws of Lighthouse Christian Fellowships, members are those people who regularly attend the meetings and tithe to Lighthouse Christian Fellowships. That is the only form of membership there is.
Will my tithes to Lighthouse Christian Fellowships be tax deductible?
Yes, If you pay by check or put cash gifts in an envelope with your name and address on it, you will be given a contribution statement at the end of the year with a report of your giving to Lighthouse Christian Fellowships which will be honored by the IRS.
Yes, If you pay by check or put cash gifts in an envelope with your name and address on it, you will be given a contribution statement at the end of the year with a report of your giving to Lighthouse Christian Fellowships which will be honored by the IRS.
Does God see meeting in a home as actually going to church?
The Bible says that we ARE the church. We don't have to meet in a white building with a steeple to be pleasing to the Lord. He says that wherever 2 or 3 are gathered together in His name, He is there. The New Testament believers met in homes and were referred to many times in the writings of the Apostle Paul.
The Bible says that we ARE the church. We don't have to meet in a white building with a steeple to be pleasing to the Lord. He says that wherever 2 or 3 are gathered together in His name, He is there. The New Testament believers met in homes and were referred to many times in the writings of the Apostle Paul.
Is Lighthouse Christian Fellowships connected with any other ministry?
We are members of Global Legacy, Bethel Church, Redding California.
Statement of Faith
GOD IS OUR FATHER, infinite, almighty, and personal, He is perfect in holiness, wisdom, power and love. He saves from sin and death all who come to Him through Jesus Christ. (Deut. 6:4, 5; I Cor. 8:6)
JESUS CHRIST IS OUR SAVIOR, being true God and true man. We believe he was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He lived a sinless life, and died on the Cross, a sacrifice for our sins. He arose bodily from the dead, and ascended into heaven. He is at the right hand of the Father, and is now our High Priest and Advocate. (Matt. 1:18-25; Luke 1:35)
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS GOD IN US. We believe His ministry is to glorify Jesus Christ, and to convict people of sin, righteousness and judgment. He regenerates believers in Christ for their salvation. He baptizes, indwells, fills, guides, instructs and empowers the Christian for godly living and service. We believe in the present validity and importance of all the gifts of the Holy Spirit as taught in the Scriptures, and we embrace his supernatural manifestations of power as necessary for the realization of God's full work on the earth today. (John 7:38,39; 14:16,17; 15:26; 16:8-11,13,14; I Cor. 12-14)
THE TRINITY expresses our belief in one God, Creator of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three persons; Father, Son and Holy Spirit. These carry out distinct yet harmonious offices in the work of creation, providence and redemption. (Matt. 28:19; Jn. 13:26)
WE ARE CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD, male and female, but mankind fell into sin and is therefore lost. Humans do not have the power to do works pleasing and acceptable to God until they become believers. Only through regeneration by the Holy Spirit can salvation and spiritual life be obtained. (Genesis 1:24, 27, 3:1-24; Titus 3:5)
WE ARE BLESSED WITH SALVATION through the shed blood of Jesus Christ, his resurrection and ascension. These means provide the only ground for justification and salvation for all who believe, and only those who repent and receive Jesus Christ are born of the Holy Spirit, and so become children of God. (Isaiah 53: Romans 5:1-9, I Cor. 15:3,4 Eph. 1:7)
WE ARE ENRICHED BY THE SCRIPTURES both Old and New Testaments and hold them to be the inspired Word of God, without errors in the original writings, the revelation of his will for the salvation of men, and the final authority for all Christian faith and life. (II Timothy 3:16; I Thess. 2:13, Rom. 15:4)
WE LOVE CHRIST'S CHURCH, composed of all people who have saving faith in Jesus Christ, both Jew and Gentile. (Matt. 16:16-18; Acts 2:32-47; II Cor. 5:17)
WE ACCEPT OUR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES to gather together for worship and fellowship, to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with a lost world, and to make disciples of all the nations. (Heb. 10:24,25; Matt. 28:19; John 20:21; Acts 1:8)
WE JOYFULLY FOLLOW CHRIST IN PARTAKING THE ORDINANCES OF BAPTISM AND THE LORD'S SUPPER. (Matt. 28:19; Acts 2:38: I Cor. 11:23-26; Gal. 3:26-28)
WE EXPECTANTLY WAIT FOR THE RETURN OF JESUS CHRIST personally, and visibly to earth to establish His Kingdom. (Rev. 20:4-6; I Thess. 4:14-18)
WE EMBRACE ETERNAL LIFE, believing in the bodily resurrection of the dead; of the believer to everlasting blessedness and joy with the Lord, and of the unbeliever to judgment. (Matt. 25:46; Rev. 20:11-15)
