County of church: Gasconade County
Location of church: State Hwy 28, across the Hwy from city park, western limits of Bland
Phone: (573) 646-3245
This modern church structure is built on a rise across the highway from the new city park. It has a grand view of the valley to the west.
A brick wall is the sign out front, and next to it is the church bell. I believe they moved from somewhere else in the vicinity, and this bell is from the old church.
I find no mention of an affiliation with a larger group
"We believe that God has called us to announce his love to this world. Through our lives, jobs, families circles and friendships God has uniquely placed in our lives, we are to commit our lives to demonstrating God's immeasurable love as best as we can. When Jesus preached to the crowd in the verse above, He was quick to say that we are called to love those who are hard to love - not just the ones that love you in return. The Bland Christian Church exists to do just that. Express God's unending love and mercy to those that need it the most." ~ Bland Christian Church
Text on door:
SUNDAY SERVICES
Sunday School: 9:30 AM
Morning Assembly: 8:00 & 10:35 AM
Evening Assembly: 7:00 PM
Wednesday Bible Study: 6:30 PM
Church: 646-3245
Preacher: 646-3827
Youth Minister: 646-5189
WHAT WE BELIEVE
"Bland Christian Church is just that: a Christian church. We follow none other than Jesus Christ. We have no written authority but the Bible. Our belief system is defined by the teachings of Jesus, including the doctrine and form of the early church as revealed by Jesus and His Holy Spirit through His apostles and recorded in New Testament Scripture.
"The Bible teaches that Jesus is God’s son, that He was born of a virgin, that he lived among us for some 30 years, teaching, showing compassion and performing attesting signs and wonders, that He allowed Himself to be put to death on a cross as the sacrificial lamb for our sins, and that he rose again during the third day following His death. He continued here on earth for a short while, appearing to many eyewitnesses, and then ascended to heaven in the presence of the apostles.
"Our authority within the congregation lies in the elders, a group of men selected by the congregation from among themselves according to qualifications given in the Bible. Their function is to lead the church to accomplish the mission Jesus assigned us, oversee the congregation and shepherd the individuals within. Outside of our local congregation there is no authority except Jesus.
"We believe that the Bible is the inerrant, infallible Word of God. We believe it contains the history of God interacting with His creation, particularly with those created in His own image, humankind. We believe that it is the record of God creating man and placing him in the Garden of Eden, of man’s fall through sin, and of God’s plan to bring redemption and restoration to man through the sacrificial death of God’s only begotten Son, Jesus. We believe that the Bible is to be read, understood and believed literally, except those places where figures of speech are obvious and the genre of the literature is either poetic or symbolic. Even then, we believe that those places reveal and reinforce literal truth.
"Bland Christian Church is a Restoration church, meaning that our goal is to teach and practice what was taught and practiced by the church Jesus established on the first Day of Pentecost following His death, burial, resurrection and ascension into heaven. We follow the teachings and practice of the church in the Scriptures as are demonstrated in the book of Acts and the letters to churches and individuals that comprise most of the rest of the New Testament. Those teachings include all that the authors of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John said about Jesus, and all that was taught by Him.
"We believe that all are sinners (Romans 3:23) and therefore all are liable for judgment (Hebrews 9:27). We believe that those redeemed through the sacrificial death of Jesus and who have entered into His covenant on His terms will be taken to be with Him for eternity (1 Thessalonians 4:13-17; Revelation 14:13; 21:3-7; 22:1-14), and that those who ignore or reject the salvation He offers them will be condemned to an eternity in the fires of hell (Revelation 14:10-11; 20:12-15; 21:8; 22:15).
"We believe that salvation has only been, is now, and will ever be available exclusively through Jesus Christ (John 14:6; Acts 4:12)." ~ Bland Christian Church