What is Christianity?.
Wherever you are with God today — curious, doubting, hurting or finding your way back — you’re welcome here. This page is the short version of what Christians believe, and why we think it’s the best news there is.
God made you, and he loves you
You aren’t an accident, and you aren’t invisible. The Bible’s best-known verse puts it simply:
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
John 3:16 (WEB)
Something has gone wrong
Most of us know it without being told. We hurt people, we hurt ourselves, and we push God to the edges of our lives. The Bible calls that sin, and it says none of us is the exception.
for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
Romans 3:23 (WEB)
Jesus came to put it right
This is the heart of it. God didn’t wait for us to fix ourselves. Jesus lived the life we couldn’t, died in our place, and rose again — so that anyone can be forgiven and made new.
But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:8 (WEB)
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23 (WEB)
How do I become a Christian?
There’s no special form of words and nothing to earn. It starts with trusting Jesus and telling God so.
that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Romans 10:9 (WEB)
If you want to, you could pray something like this, in your own words: “God, I’ve gone my own way. Thank you that Jesus died and rose again for me. I’m sorry, and I want to follow him. Please forgive me and make me new. Amen.”
What next?
- Read a short daily devotional — a few minutes with Scripture each morning.
- Send a prayer request — or pray for someone else.
- Find answers to Bible questions to the questions you’re carrying.
- Find a local church. A website can point you to Jesus, but it can’t sit with you, eat with you or pray with you in person — a church family can.
- Tell us if you’ve just taken this step. We’d love to hear from you.
“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28 (WEB)