Our small church at the corner of Bloomfield and 7th streets is unique in its simple and reverent worship style. We do our best with God's help to keep close to the truth of the Holy Word of God as taught by the Lord Jesus Christ and the Apostles.
The preaching and ministry are provided through the spiritual gifts of individual Christians given by the Holy Spirit for the needs of the Body of Christ. Our church is a place where you can discover your spiritual gifts and excercise your calling in the service of the Lord and the Kingdom of God.
Scripture teaches that this is how the early church operated before the traditions of men and unbiblical rituals entered in. We are also blessed to have many gifted guest preachers of the Word visit us regularly. You can listen to some of the preaching on the Sermon page.
We do our best to honor Jesus every Lord's day and in every service we hold. That's really what worship is all about. True worship should be an outflowing of our love and appreciation for our God through words (spoken and unspoken), songs and hymns of praise and the sacrifices of ourselves to His Will. We love Him because He loved us first. How undeserved are we to receive His Grace.
I'll be honest, we do not attract a big crowd. While we would like to see more people young and old coming through the door, keeping Jesus at the center of all we do and say is our first desire. We stand firm in the faith and the teaching of the complete Word of God. That's pretty rare today and is a position of great spiritual safety in this current culture of realitivism. Jesus is a ROCK that we can stand on and be secure.
Our God (the God of the Holy Christian Bible) is altogether Holy, Awesome, Loving and Merciful. He wants the name of His Dear Son to be lifted up and glorified because only He is Worthy. God desires all to be saved. That's what we are supposed to want too if we are his children. The Hoboken Gospel Chapel is a place where a lost man, woman or child whose sin has separated them from God can find the way to salvation and eternal life through the hearing of the Gospel of Peace. It's also a place where those who have drifted from the faith and their Lord can find their way back home through the washing of the Word and begin again the spiritual growth they need to combat all we face in this dark world.
Everything contained in the Holy Scriptures is for our benefit even if it stands against the ever changing philosophies of this world, its cultures, its religions and our own prideful selves.
2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
We are not perfect and never will be in this life but we desire to head in that heavenly direction. There is only One who was and is perfect and it is He who we wish to glorify and follow with our lives.
John 3:16-21
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
That's the simple truth of the matter.
Come worship the Lord with us. Come and help us with the work of God so we can grow in the knowledge of Him together. God can use you to build up a family of faithful believers at 7th & Bloomfield Street. You and your family will be greeted with love and tender care.
Proverbs 3:5-6
5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
