Our Mission
Becoming Like Jesus and Doing His Work
God’s heart for us as disciples of Jesus is that by His grace we would be conformed to the image of His son. The thoughts, words, and actions that Jesus displayed in His life and ministry serve as a model for how we are to live. (See 2 Corinthians 3:18)
As we grow in His image, it is natural for us to do His work on the earth. After all, His prayer was that His will would be done on earth as it is in heaven. Ephesians 2:10 says, …” we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them”.
Our Beliefs
The Scriptures Inspired
The One True God
The one true God has revealed Himself as the eternally self-existent “I AM,” the Creator of heaven and earth and the Redeemer of mankind. He has further revealed Himself as embodying the principles of relationship and association as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
The Deity of Jesus
The Lord Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God. The Scriptures declare:
His Virgin Birth
His sinless life
His Miracles
His Substitutionary work on the cross
His bodily resurrection from the dead
His Exaltation to the right hand of God
The Fall of Man
Man was created good and upright; for God said, “Let us make man in our own image, after our likeness.” However, man by voluntary transgression fell and thereby incurred not only physical death but also spiritual death, which is separation from God.
The Salvation of Man
Man’s only hope of redemption is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ the Son of God.
Conditions to Salvation
Salvation is received through repentance toward God and faith toward the Lord Jesus Christ. By the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, being justified by grace through faith, man becomes an heir of God, according to the hope of eternal life.
The Evidences of Salvation
The Ordinances of the Church
Baptism in Water
The ordinance of baptism by immersion is commanded by the Scriptures. All who repent and believe on Christ as Saviour and Lord are to be baptized. Thus they declare to the world that they have died with Christ and that they also have been raised with Him to walk in newness of life.
Holy Communion
The Lord’s Supper, consisting of the elements – bread and the fruit of the vine – is the symbol expressing our sharing the divine nature of our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Peter 1:4 [NIV]), a memorial of his suffering and death (1 Corinthians 11:26 [NIV]), and a prophecy of His second coming (1 Corinthians 11:26 [NIV]), and is enjoined on all believers “till He comes!”
The Baptism of the Holy Spirit
All believers are entitled to and should ardently expect and earnestly seek the promise of the Father, the baptism in the Holy Spirit and fire, according to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ. This was the normal experience of all in the early Christian Church. With it comes the enduement of power for life and service, the bestowment of the gifts and their uses in the work of the ministry.
This experience is distinct from and subsequent to the experience of the new birth.
With the baptism in the Holy Spirit come such experiences as:
The Initial Physical Evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit
The baptism of believers in the Holy Spirit is witnessed by the initial physical sign of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit of God gives them utterance.
- Acts 2:4 [NIV]
The speaking in tongues in this instance is the same in essence as the gift of tongues, but is different in purpose and use.
Sanctification
Sanctification is an act of separation from that which is evil, and of dedication unto God.
The Scriptures teach a life of “holiness without which no man shall see the Lord.”
- Hebrews 12:14 [NIV]
By the power of the Holy Spirit we are able to obey the command: “Be ye holy, for I am holy.”
- 1 Peter 1:15,16 [NIV]
Sanctification is realized in the believer by recognizing his identification with Christ in His death and resurrection, and by the faith reckoning daily upon the fact of that union, and by offering every faculty continually to the dominion of the Holy Spirit.
The church & Its Mission
The Church is the Body of Christ, the habitation of God through the Spirit, with divine appointments for the fulfillment of her great commission. Each believer, born of the Spirit, is an integral part of the General Assembly and Church of the Firstborn, which are written in heaven.
Since God’s purpose concerning man is to seek and to save that which is lost, to be worshipped by man, to build a body of believers in the image of His Son, and to demonstrate His love and compassion for all the world, the priority reason for being of the Assemblies of God as part of the Church is:
- To be an agency of God for evangelizing the world.
- To be a corporate body in which man may worship God.
- 1 Corinthians 12:13 [NIV]
- To be a channel of God’s purpose to build a body of saints being perfected in the image of His Son.
- To be a people who demonstrate God’s love and compassion for all the world.
The Assemblies of God exists expressly to give continuing emphasis to this reason for being in the New Testament apostolic pattern by teaching and encouraging believers to be baptized in the Holy Spirit. This experience:
- Enables them to evangelize in the power of the Spirit with accompanying supernatural signs.
- Adds a necessary dimension to worshipful relationship with God.
- Enables them to respond to the full working of the Holy Spirit in expression of fruit and gifts and ministries as in New Testament times for the edifying of the body of Christ and care for the poor and needy of the world.
The Ministry
A divinely called and scripturally ordained ministry has been provided by our Lord for the fourfold purpose of leading the Church in:
Evangelization of the world.
- Mark 16:15-20 [NIV]
Worship of God.
- John 4:23,24 [NIV]
Building a body of saints being perfected in the image of His Son.
- Ephesians 4:11-16 [NIV]
Meeting human need with ministries of love and compassion.
Divine Healing
The Blessed Hope
The Millennial Reign of Christ
The second coming of Christ includes the rapture of the saints, which is our blessed hope, followed by the visible return of Christ with His saints to reign on earth for one thousand years.
- Zechariah 14:5 [NIV]
- Matthew 24:27 [NIV]
- Matthew 24:30 [NIV]
- Revelation 1:7 [NIV]
- Revelation 19:11-14 [NIV]
- Revelation 20:1-6 [NIV]
This millennial reign will bring the salvation of national Israel,
and the establishment of universal peace.
The Final Judgment
There will be a final judgment in which the wicked dead will be raised and judged according to their works. Whosoever is not found written in the Book of Life, together with the devil and his angels, the beast and the false prophet, will be consigned to the everlasting punishment in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
Gatherings
Lifepoint Christian Church
Worship Service - Sundays at 10am
501 Scott Lake Road, Waterford, MI 48328
The Table - Thursdays at 6-8pm
Dinner, worship and Biblical study for all ages and stages
To learn about our other weekly ministries, click below.
Lifepoint Chapel
Worship Service - Saturdays at 10am
5860 Andersonville Rd, Waterford, MI 48329
Staff
Pastor Rick & Dana Bosnack
Lead Pastor
Pastor Rick Bosnack was born and raised in Oakland County, Michigan. At 18 years old, Jesus saved him, called him, and filled him with the Holy Spirit. He has served as a youth director, a traveling evangelist, and a pastor. Dana was born and raised in northern Kentucky. She gave her heart fully to Christ at 19 years old. Dana and Rick were married in 1994 and have four grown daughters and two grandchildren. They have served as lead pastors of Lifepoint since June 2000.
Pastor Morgan McDole
Children’s Pastor
Pastor Morgan McDole grew up in an amazing Christian family. She was taught from a young age the love of her Heavenly Father and it set a fire in her heart for God’s Kingdom. In her senior year of high school, she responded to God’s call to full-time ministry and pursued a degree from Southwestern Assemblies of God University. She received her degree in Youth and Student Ministries in 2018 and came to Lifepoint Christian church in 2021. Pastor Morgan desires to use her God given gifts and education to bless your children with a knowledge of Jesus.
Chad Brown
Youth Director
Chad Brown grew up in a Christian household in Oakland County, MI. He received the baptism of the Holy Spirit in high school, which began his relationship with God. He soon developed a strong desire to advance God’s Kingdom through the tool of evangelism. Chad has a background in ministry, leading youth and outreach events. He received a Bachelor’s Degree in marketing in 2020 and is currently employed as an IT consultant. God has richly blessed him and his wife, Shelby Brown, as they happily lead together in youth and worship ministry.
Shelby Brown
Worship Leader
Shelby Brown was born and raised in Oakland County, Michigan. She grew up in a Christian household and always believed in the truth of the gospel, but she didn’t choose to commit to her relationship with Jesus until she was filled with the Holy Spirit at 19 years old. This was the beginning of her love to worship through music and her passion for the mission field. She has since served and led worship in various churches/events and has traveled across the country and globally for missions. The Lord led her and her husband, Chad, to serve the Lifepoint Christian Church community in 2019, and they are happy to have made it their home ever since!
First Visit
There is a place for you at Lifepoint!
We can accommodate 400 people. We are large enough to get things done in the community and small enough to know your name.
Sunday service starts at 10:00am. Arrive a little early if possible to have time to visit the 501 Cafe for coffee and refreshments, drop off your children in the nursery or Kidzone, find your seat, and say hello to a new friend! Dress is casual, worship is lively and authentic, and our services run 75-90 minutes.
Feel free to fill out a Connect Card at CONNECTION POINT and receive a free gift!
All of our services are live streamed and can be found on Facebook and YouTube.
If you are new to the church and would like to learn more about who we are, we invite you attend “After with the Pastor.”
The Lifepoint Way
We Grow People
There are two scriptures that motivate us to grow people.
The first is called the Great Commission and is found in Matthew 28:19-20 where Jesus says, “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, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.”
The second is found in 1 Corinthians 3:11-15 which reads, “For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.”
Jesus Christ makes it clear that our purpose is to make disciples and the Apostle Paul makes it clear that the fire of our Lord will test the quality of our work. The Lifepoint Way is our attempt at doing quality work both being disciples and making disciples.
Disciple — a disciplined follower of Jesus Christ
