Building People

“Building People to Serve Jesus” – We believe that through godly, healthy relationships, ministry flows. Our mission is to provide opportunities for the lost to find Christ and for the believer to come to know Him better.

Formally known as the Carlsbad Good Shepherd Worship Center, our facilities are conveniently located just west of the 5 freeway on Carlsbad Village Drive. If you have a need or are interested in finding out about these opportunities, please stop by to visit us personally, or communicate to us by telephone or email. We are blessed by God and You!

No other place in the world is like Carlsbad, California USA. On the other hand, Carlsbad is not like other places either.
This is how we view God's roadmap for us:

1. Evangelizing our community.
2. Equipping people to be more like Christ.
3. Encouraging one another through godly, real relationships.
4. Empowering people to live a life of service
5. Exalting God in all that we do!

Our enthusiasm for Christian beliefs and ideals, providing people with what is needed for particular activities and purposes, giving people hope, confidence, and courage in their endeavors and needs, giving people a greater sense of self-esteem and authority, and increasing the intensity, effect, and guidance of Jesus Christ on people and their lives is our visionary focus.

• The Scripture Inspired (II Tim. 3:15-17; I Thess. 2:13; II Peter 1:21) All scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, are verbally inspired by God and are the revelation of God to man.
  
  

2 Tim 3:15-17
and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,
so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
1 Thess 2:13
And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is at work in you who believe.
2 Pet 1:21
For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
• One True God ((Deuteronomy 6:4, Isaiah 43:10 - 11, Matthew 28:19, Luke 3:22) The one true God has revealed himself as the eternally self-existent “I AM,” the Creator of heaven and earth, the Redeemer of mankind.  We believe God is Triune: Three in One – The Father, The Son, and the Holy Spirit.
  
  

Deut 6:4
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.

Isa 43:10-11
"You are my witnesses," declares the LORD, "and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me.
I, even I, am the LORD, and apart from me there is no savior.

Matt 28:19
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Luke 3:22
and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: "You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased."

• The Deity of Christ The Lord Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God. 

  Virgin (Matthew 1:23; Luke 1:31,35)
  
  Sinless (Hebrews 7:26; 1 Peter 2:22)
  
  Miracles (Acts 2:22; 10:38)
  
  Substitutionary (1 Corinthians 15:3;
  2 Corinthians 5:21)
  
  Resurrection (Matthew 28:6;
  Luke 24:39; 1 Corinthians 15:4)
  
  Exaltation (Acts 1:9, 11; 2:33; Philippians 2:9-11; Hebrews 1:3)
  The Scriptures declare his Virgin birth  (Matthew 1:23; Luke 1:31,35)

  Matt 1:23
  "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel"-- which means, "God with us."
  Luke 1:31,35
  You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus.
  The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.
  Sinless life (Hebrews 7:26; 1 Peter 2:22);

  Heb 7:26
  Such a high priest meets our need-- one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.
  1 Pet 2:22
  "He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth."
  
  Miracles  (Acts 2:22; 10:38);

  Acts 2:22
  "Men of Israel, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know.
  Acts 10:38
  how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.
  
  Substitutionary work on the cross (1 Corinthians 15:3; 2 Corinthians 5:21);

  1 Cor 15:3
  For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
  2 Cor 5:21
  God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
  
  Bodily resurrection from the dead (Matthew 28:6; Luke 24:39; 1 Corinthians 15:4);

  Matt 28:6
  He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.
  Luke 24:39
  Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have."
  1 Cor 15:4
  that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
  
  and Exaltation to the right hand of God
  (Acts 1:9, 11; 2:33; Philippians 2:9,11; Hebrews 1:3).
  
  

Acts 1:9,11
After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.
"Men of Galilee," they said, "why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven."
Acts 2:33
Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.
Phil 2:9,11
Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,
and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Heb 1:3
The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
• The Fall of Man (Rom. 5:12) We believe that man was created in the image of God, but that by voluntary disobedience he fell from perfection.
  
  

Rom 5:12
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned--
• The Salvation of Man (Eph. 2:8) We believe that before salvation we have no righteousness of our own and must come to God through the righteousness of Christ.
  
  

Eph 2:8
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-- and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--
• The Basis of Salvation (John 3:16; Rom. 5:8, Rom. 10:9-10) We believe that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us, signing the pardon of all who believe on Him and confess Jesus Christ as their Lord.
  
  

John 3:16
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Rom 5:8
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Rom 10:9-10
That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
• The Evidence of Salvation (II Cor. 5:17 ; Gal. 2:20 ; John 3:5-7)

  2 Cor 5:17
  Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
  
  Gal 2:20
  I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
  
  John 3:5-7
  Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
  Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.
  You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You must be born again.'
  We believe that the change which takes place in the heart and life at conversion is a literal one and is the result of being born of the Spirit of God.
  
  
• Water Baptism (Matt. 28:19)

  Matt 28:19
  Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
  We believe that baptism by immersion, in water, is an outward sign of the inward work of salvation.
  
  
• The Lord's Supper (Luke 22:19-20 ; I Cor. 11:28)

  Luke 22:19-20
  And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me."
  In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
  
  1 Cor 11:28
  A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.
  We believe in the remembrance of the Lord's Supper by the symbolical use of the bread and the juice of the vine.
  
  
• Baptism in the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:8; Acts 2:4)

  Acts 1:8
  But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
  
  Acts 2:4
  All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
  We believe that the Baptism of the Holy Spirit is to endue the believer with power, and that His empowering is after the same manner as in the Bible days.
  
  
• The Gifts and the Fruit of the Spirit (I Cor. 12:1-11; Gal. 5:22-23; Rom 12:6-8, Eph. 4:11-13)

  1 Cor 12:1-11
  
  Gal 5:22-23
  
  Rom 12:6-8
  
  Eph 4:11-13
  We believe that the Holy Spirit

  1 Cor 12:1-3
  Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant
  You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.
  Therefore I tell you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus be cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit.
  has gifts

  1 Cor 12:4-11
  There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.
  There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord.
  There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men.
  Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.
  To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit,
  to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,
  to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.
  All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines.
  to bestow upon the Christian and that we should show spiritual fruit

  Gal 5:22-23
  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
  gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
  as evidence

  Rom 12:6-8
  We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man's gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith.
  If it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach;
  if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.
  of a Spirit-filled

  Eph 4:11-13
  It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
  to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up
  until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
  life.
  
  
• Sanctification (Romans 12:1-2; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; Hebrews 13:12)

  Rom 12:1-2
  Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God-- this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is-- his good, pleasing and perfect will.
  1 Thes 5:23
  May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  Heb 13:12
  And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood.
  Heb 12:14
  Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.
  We believe that through the power of the Holy Ghost, we can live a life set apart for God. The Scriptures teach a life of “holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord” (Hebrews 12:14).
  
  
• The Mission of the Church  (Ephesians 1:22, 23; 2:22; Hebrews 12:23)

  Eph 1:22-23
  And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church,
  which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.
  
  Eph 2:22
  And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.
  
  Heb 12:23
  to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the judge of all men, to the spirits of righteous men made perfect,
  We believe that the Church is the Body of Christ and each believer is an integral part.
  
  
• The Ministry

  John 4:23-24
  
  Eph. 4:11-16
  
  Mark 16:15-20
  We believe that ministry is for a three-fold purpose. To worship God (John 4:23-24),

  John 4:23-24
  Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.
  God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."
  to equip believers (Eph. 4:11-16)

  Eph 4:11-16
  It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
  to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up
  until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
  Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming.
  Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ.
  From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.
  and to evangelize the world (Mark 16:15-20)

  Mark 16:15-20
  He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.
  Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
  And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
  they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well."
  After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God.
  Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it.
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• Divine Healing (I Peter 2:24; Matt. 8:17; Rom 10:13; Matt 18:18-19; James 5:14-16; I Cor. 12:9; Mark 16:15-18; Matt. 24:25; Luke 21:33)

  1 Pet 2:24
  Matt 8:17
  Matt 18:18-19
  Rom 10:13
  James 5:14-16
  1 Cor 12:9
  Mark 16:15-18
  Matt 24:25
  Luke 21:33
  We believe that divine healing is the provision of Christ to heal the sick in response to the exercise of faith,

  1 Pet 2:24
  He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.
  Matt 8:17
  This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: "He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases."
  the prayer of faith,

  1 Rom 10:13
  for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
  the prayer of agreement,

  Matt 18:18-19
  "I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
  "Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.
  anointing with oil,

  James 5:14-16
  Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.
  And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.
  Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
  the gifts of healing or the laying on of hands.

  1 Cor 12:9
  to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,
  We believe that this provision of Christ is for everyone

  Mark 16:15-18
  He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.
  Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
  And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
  they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well."
  Matt 24:25
  See, I have told you ahead of time.
  Luke 21:33
  Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
  today.
  
  
• The Second Coming of Christ (Matthew 24:27, 30; Revelation 1:7;)

  Matt 24:27
  For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
  
  Matt 24:30
  "At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory.
  
  Rev 1:7
  Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all the peoples of the earth will mourn because of him. So shall it be! Amen.
  We believe that the second coming of Christ is literal and inevitable.
  
  
• The Millennial Reign of Christ (I Thes. 4:16-17; Titus 2:13; Zechariah 14:5; Revelation 19:11-14; 20:1-6)

  1 Thes 4:15-17
  
  Titus 2:13
  
  Zechariah 14:5
  
  Revelation 19:11-14
  
  Revelation 20:1-6)
  We believe that the second coming of Christ includes the rapture

  1 Thes 4:15-17
  According to the Lord's own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.
  For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
  After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.
  of saints, which is our blessed hope,

  Titus 2:11-13
  For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men.
  It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age,
  while we wait for the blessed hope-- the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,
  followed by the visible return of Christ with his saints

  Zech 14:5
  You will flee by my mountain valley, for it will extend to Azel. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.
  
  Rev 19:11-14
  I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and makes war.
  His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself.
  He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God.
  The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean.
  to reign on the earth for one thousand years

  Rev 20:1-4, 6
  And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain.
  He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
  He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.
  I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony for Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received his mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a 1000 years. Blessed and holy are those who have part in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.
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• The Final Judgment (2 Cor. 5:10; Rev. 20:11-13)

  2 Cor 5:10
  For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.
  
  Rev 20:11-13
  Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. Earth and sky fled from his presence, and there was no place for them.
  And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books.
  The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what he had done.
  We believe that all shall stand one day before God in final judgment, and there receive eternal reward or eternal judgment.
  
  
• The New Heavens and New Earth (Matt. 24:35; Revelation 21:1 - 22:21; 2 Peter 3:13).

  Matt 24:35
  Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
  
  Rev 21:1
  Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.
  
  2 Pet 3:13
  But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness.
  We, according to his promise, look for a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.