Penn Forest Christian Church of Roanoke, Virginia
 

We are a part of the church of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who have chosen to meet for worship and have fellowship in the Penn Forest community (I Cor. 1:2).  We are the body of Christ, and He is the head of this church (Eph. 1:22-23).  We are founded on the teachings of the apostles and prophets which are recorded in the Old and New Testaments Scriptures commonly referred to as the Bible (Eph 2:19-20).

We strive not only to study, understand, and teach these scriptures, but most importantly to obey them, so that the world may know that Jesus is the Christ and that we are His disciples (John 8:31, 20:31).  We choose to follow no other teachings or traditions than those coming form God's Word (Matt. 15:1-9).

We believe that our ultimate purpose in living is to glorify God by proclaiming Him to all people and by serving Him in every aspect of our lives.  We believe that sin has separated all people from God (Rom. 3:23), but God is not willing that any should perish but for all to come to repentance (II Pet. 3:9b).  This is why He commissioned us to go and preach the good news of the Kingdom of God to every person, and to guide those who believe this message into a saving relationship with Jesus Christ (Mark 16:15-16, Matt. 28:18-20).

We believe that every Christian needs to be equipped for works of service under the guidance of the local church leadership (Eph 4:11-23).  We Have faith that God has enabled us to complete this mission through the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit given to us during baptism (Eze. 36:27, Acts 5:32).