Oasis Church at the Wharf

What you can expect:
A friendly family atmosphere with Christ centered preaching, contemporary worship and casual dress.

Our Core Values:
These are the uncompromising foundational truths that determine our beliefs and behavior as Oasis Church.

1. Jesus Christ is the only way to be right with God.
The only way to enter an eternal righteous relationship with God is by grace through personal faith in the person and work of Jesus Christ. John 14:6; Romans 3:23; 6:23; 5:8; 10:9-10; Ephesians 2:8-9; 2 Corinthians 5:21.

2. The Bible is God’s Word for today.
The Bible is the inspired, eternal, inerrant, and infallible Word of God and is the final authority for all matters of faith and life.
2 Timothy 3:16; Hebrews 4:12; 2 Peter 1:20-21; Matthew 24:35; Revelation 22:18-19.

3. God has called us to live a consecrated and victorious life by the power of His Spirit.
As Christians we are to pursue a holy life by growing daily in our relationship with Jesus Christ through prayer, Bible study, being filled and walking in the Spirit.
1 Peter 1:15-16, Philippians 4:6-7; 2 Peter 3:18-19; Psalm 119:9-11; Galatians 5:16; 22-23.

4. God has given us purpose and opportunity to bring Him glory forever.
Every member of the family of God is important and gifted by the Holy Spirit to serve in and through the church to reach others with the gospel and glorify the Father.
Romans 12:3-8; 1 Corinthians 12:4-7; Ephesians 2:10; 4:11-16; Matthew 5:16.

5. Our priority is to love God, one another and lead others to Jesus.
As the church we will seek to reach others with the gospel by being ready and willing to change our methods to share the unchanging message of salvation through Jesus Christ. Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 12:30-31; 1 Timothy 2:3-4; 1 Corinthians 9:22.

OASIS Church Statement of Faith

1. What we believe about the Bible:
The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament are inspired by God and without error in the original writings, and they are the supreme and final authority in all matters of faith and life. 2 Timothy 3:16-17, Matthew 5:18, 2 Peter 1:20-21


2. What we believe about God:
He is the one and only true and living God, He has existed eternally and is totally sovereign, and holy, He is the creator, preserver, ruler, and redeemer of the universe. He exist in three persons; Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Isaiah 45:5-7

3. What we believe about Jesus Christ:
He is the co-equal, co-eternal Son of God, He was conceived in the flesh of the Holy Spirit, born of a virgin, was made 100% man and forever remains 100% God. In His sacrificial death on the cross He paid for all of the sins of the world, He was raised from the dead on the third day, ascended into heaven, is seated at the right hand of the Father and is and always will be the only way of salvation. John 1:1-3, 14, Philippians 2:5-11, John 10:30, 14:6.

4. What we believe about the Holy Spirit:
He is the third person of the trinity, the co-equal, co-eternal Spirit of God, He glorifies the Son, convicts and calls man to salvation, gives understanding of truth, inspired the writers of Scripture, He regenerates, baptizes, guides, comforts, fills, indwells, and seals the believer until the day of redemption, all immediately at the moment of salvation. The Spirit also gifts and empowers the believer for worship, evangelism, and service. Acts 1:8, 1 Corinthians 12:4, Romans 8:9, 1 Cor. 12:13

5. What we believe about Humanity:
Adam and Eve were the first man and woman created in the image of God having perfect fellowship with Him. They sinned and incurred not only physical death but spiritual death. Through Adam all have an inherited sin nature and are separated from God. 1 Corinthians 15:21-22, Romans 3:23, 6:23

6. What we believe about Salvation:
Salvation means to be made right with God and to have the penalty for sins forgiven forever. There is only one way that this is possible. That is by admitting that you are a sinner, believing that Jesus Christ was God’s Son and that He died on the cross to pay for your sins, and through His shed blood He paid in full our sin debt, and that God raised Him from the dead and as an act of faith you commit your life to Jesus as Savior and Lord turning from your sins, and accepting the forgiveness of God.
Romans 3:23, 6:23, 5:8, Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 10:9,10, 13, 1 John 1:9

7. What we believe about the Church:
A New Testament church is a local body of baptized believers who are associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel, observing the two ordinances of Christ, committed to the teaching of Scripture, exercising their gifts as given by the Holy Spirit, for edification and evangelism. New Testament churches promote God’s work by cooperating together for missions and other joint efforts to fulfill the Great Commission.
Matthew 16:15-19, 18:15-20, Acts 2:41-47, 1 Peter 5:1-4

8. What we believe about the future:
God in His own time and in His own way, will bring this world to its appropriate end. According to His promise, Jesus Christ will return personally and visibly in glory to the earth. The dead will be raised and Christ will judge all men in righteousness. The unrighteous will be cast eternally into hell or (lake of fire) a place of everlasting punishment and the righteous in their resurrected and glorified body will spend eternity in Heaven with the Lord. Matthew 24:36, Acts 1:11, Rev.20:11-15, 21:1-8

9. What we believe about Baptism:
Every believer in Jesus Christ for salvation should follow the command of the Lord to be baptized. We believe in baptism by immersion in water because (a.) the word “Baptize” means to immerse or dip into, (b.) Jesus was baptized this way (c.) every time baptism is recorded in Scripture it is done by immersion, (d.) it also best portrays the picture of what baptism signifies; our identification with the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord.

Because baptism was commanded by the Lord Jesus, we require that those desiring membership at OASIS be baptized by water immersion.

*Baptism does not remove sins, guarantee salvation or give a person special grace with God. *Baptism is to be done after salvation as a testimony of one’s faith in Christ before others.*Baptism is only offered to those who have shared their personal testimony of faith in Christ with one of our pastors.

Matthew 3:16, Acts 8:35-39, Acts 2:41, 8:12-13

10. What we believe about the Lord’s Supper:
The Lord’s supper is a symbolic act of obedience whereby members of the church, after examining themselves and restoring any broken fellowship with others and or God, partake of the bread and fruit of the vine in order to memorialize the death of Jesus on the cross for our sin and anticipate His return. 1 Corinthians 11:23-29, Mark 14:22-26

We are a Southern Baptist Church