Whether you're new to the area or searching for a fresh start, Belonging Community Church offers a welcoming atmosphere in Urbana, MD, where you are valued and cherished. We invite you to join us as we grow together in faith, hope, and love. We know that you have a place of belonging and a greater purpose in God’s story and we cannot wait to discover that along with you.
We are committed to living out the values of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Our mission is help every person discover they have a place of belonging and purpose in God’s story.
Jesus is our message our mission and our hope.
Jesus welcomes you just as you are and so do we.
Our strength lies in our differences and not in our similarities.
We are better when we partner together on mission.
Jesus gave us everything and so we give back what we have freely.
A life following Jesus is marked by daily change and transformation.
We invite you to explore our beliefs and join us in our pursuit of living out our faith in boldness and passion.
There is but one eternal, all-powerful, all-knowing and everywhere-present Triune God—Father, Son and Holy Spirit— who is the creator and sustainer of all things (Deuteronomy 6:4-5; 1 Timothy 2:5).
He is God incarnate, yet human. He lived a sinless life, died to make atonement for the sins of all mankind, was bodily resurrected and is now mediator at the right hand of the Father. He is assuredly coming in power and glory for His believing followers, and is the only Savior of men (John 1:1, 14; Titus 2:11-14).
He convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment, regenerating all who repent of their sins and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. He sanctifies, empowers, teaches, guides and comforts the believers (John 16:7,8, 12-15).
The Bible is the divinely inspired Word of God and thus authoritative in all matters it addresses (2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:20-21).
Salvation is the result of genuine repentance of sin and faith in the atoning work of Christ. It brings forgiveness to the penitent, makes him a partaker of the divine nature and gives peace with God. We call this new birth (Titus 3:5; 1 Peter 1:3-5).
We believe in the invisible and universal Church as an organism. It is composed of all believers in the Lord Jesus who have been vitally united by faith to Christ, its living Head and sovereign Lord (Matthew 16:18; Hebrews 12:22-24).
We believe the Christian ordinances are two: baptism and taking communion (the Lord’s Supper). We believe they are outward rites appointed by Christ to be administered in each church, not as a means of salvation, but as a visible sign and seal of its reality (Acts 8:36; 1 Corinthians 11:24-34).