About Us

In 2020 a group of us began meeting in the Smith's backyard longing to experience God in ways that we read about in the Bible. Our services were pure and simple. We sang to Jesus, like really sang to Him. We opened our Bibles together; starting with Jesus' words in Matthew. We prayed for one another and with one another. And we ate like true San Antonians together, breakfast tacos. We loved that all things were about Jesus and not so much about us. This lead us to planting Bulverde Chapel and keeping this "simple" model of Church.

Spirit and Truth

John 4:23 "But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him."

We want to be people who love worshiping Jesus. We spend time alone in prayer because we are in awe of who our God is. We honor His name, we delight ourselves in His Word, and we offer our bodies as living sacrifices because it pleases Him and is our act of worship. We want to be people who have spiritual markers reminding us of how God has revealed His nature to us. Our worship is solely focused on who God is and we can't wait to gather together to worship Him in Spirit and in truth.

In love with God

Mark 12:29-30 Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’

God pursues a love relationship with you. From creation to the cross to today, God is constantly pursuing a love relationship with you. He wants us to respond to this invitation by loving Him back with our heart, soul, mind, and strength. We want to be known for being madly in love with our creator. We know all things come from us abiding in Christ and we encourage one another to grow deeper and deeper in love with God.

Movement

Matthew 9:37-38 "Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”

All Church movements are rooted in God's love. 1 John 4:9 "We love because He first loved us." We want to be a people so overflowing with the love of Christ that we can't contain ourselves from spreading His love. We are compelled to live and share the Good News and watch it go viral. We want to be a people who live out their faith by sharing it with our neighbors and making disciples who follow all that Jesus commands of us.

People Oriented

Matthew 28:19-20 "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

We never want to forget our mission here on Earth; to make disciples of all nations and to observe all that was commanded of us. Being people oriented means to love our neighbors. It means to share truth with them, to love them, to spend meaningful time with them. We walk our neighborhoods and are present in our local areas. We evangelize through the relationships that we build. Our goal isn't to build a successful church but to lead others to Christ.

Loving Families

John 13:35 "By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

In John 17 we get to see Jesus pray and express his heart to his Father. He prays that you and I might be one the same way Jesus and the Father are one. Throughout scripture we see Jesus express his vision for the Church: to be a unified body who dearly loves one another. Christ wants us to be known for our love and He claims that our unity would cause others to believe in Him (John 17:23). Our goal is to hurt when another hurts, and to rejoice when one is honored (1 Corinthians 12:26). We seek a bond that exceeds that of our natural family because of our common fellowship with Jesus.

Eternity focused

Philippians 3:20-21 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.

In Philippians 1 we read Paul's famous words "to live is Christ and to die is gain." Paul was focused on eternity. We refuse to be citizens of this world and we longingly wait for the return of Christ when we get to head home for eternity. We don't seek comfortable lives here on Earth, but try and view all things from God's perspective. We step out in boldness sharing our faith because eternity is on the line for others as well.

Statement of beliefs

The Bible – both The Old and The New Testament- is inspired by God and the final authority for all we believe, teach and practice.

2 Tim 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21

There is only one God, the Creator, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Gen 1:1-2; Deuteronomy 4:6; John 1:1-2

Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. That He was and remains truly God and man.

Luke 1:26-38; 2:1-20; Philippians 2:5-11

The Holy Spirit indwells and gives spiritual life to all believers. He enables them to understand Biblical truth, empowers them for godly living, gives spiritual gifts, and equips them for service and witness.

John 16:13; Acts 1:8; Romans 8:9-11; 1 Cor 12:4-11: Galations 5:22-23

Human beings, beginning with Adam and Eve, were created by God in His image, they rebelled against God, and sin caused them to experience both physical death and spiritual death - separation from God. All human beings are now born with a sin nature and stand guilty before God.

Gen 1:26-27; 3:1-24; John 3:16-17

Salvation comes from no other name then The Lord Jesus Christ who died for our sins. All who believe in Him are justified before God. All who receive The Lord Jesus Christ by faith are born again by the Holy Spirit and become children of God.

John 3:5-7, 16; Romans 8:16-17; Ephesians 2:8-9

Resurrection – The Lord Jesus Christ was resurrected in bodily form, ascended into heaven, where He lives today as our High Priest and Advocate.

Mark 16:1-15; Luke 24:1-9, 36-39; 1 cor 15:3-8; 1 John 2:1

Christ’s Return – We look forward to the blessed hope of the personal and imminent return of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

John 14:1-4; 1 Thes 4:13-18

Eternity – The Bible teaches the bodily resurrection of the just to Heaven and everlasting blessings in God’s presence, and the unjust to hell and eternal punishment separated from God’s presence.

Luke 16:19-31; John 3:16-17; Titus 2:11-14

The New Testament Church is a local body of baptized believers with Jesus Christ as its head and the Holy Spirit as its guide.

John 16:13; Acts 2:41-47; Romans 12:4-5; Ephesians 4:1-6

The Ordinances – The local church is instructed in Scripture to observe two practices or ordinances: Baptism and Communion/ The Lord’s supper. Baptism is a picture of our identification with Christ in His death, burial and resurrection. Communion is observed in remembrance of Him and a testimony to His death for our sins until He comes again.

Lord’s supper- Luke 22:14-20; 1 Cor 11:23-30
Baptism- Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 2:41, 8:13, 10:47