Who we are...
Established in 1996, Silver Hills is a church founded upon the Bible and rooted in the doctrines of the reformation.
We are a member of the Nevada Baptist Convention and Reformation Nevada.
What does it mean to be a Reformed Church?
Calvinistic
We are a church that believes that the Bible teaches that salvation is a free gift of God applied to those who place their faith in Jesus Christ and repent of their sins. These actions of faith and repentance, however, are impossible for those who are dead in their tresspasses and sins. God must breathe new life into us and empower us by his Holy Spirit to believe and repent. Scripture tells us that God determined those for whom he would do this before the foundations of the earth were laid. In other words, He does not equip us to believe and repent because we did something first. Rather, God took the first step, loving the unlovable, and saving those who were enemies of God and deserving of hell.
Confessional
To be "Reformed" also means that we hold to a confession of faith. This provides everyone with the answer to what our church believes. Silver Hills actually uses a few confessions. We subscribe to the Baptist Faith and Message 2000, the 1689 London Baptist Confession, and the Southern Seminary Abstract of Principles. We also have a very condensed version of our beliefs on the back of every week's program, which mirrors what we have listed below. This last document details the beliefs one must hold to be a member of Silver Hills Church.
Covenantal
We're also "Reformed" in the sense that we believe the Bible is organized through the structure of unfolding covenants rather than the dispensational approach of John Nelson Darby and C.I. Scofield. It is also the view that there are not two separate people of God (Israel & the Church), but rather that these two names signify the same singular chosen people of God. This is the overwhelmingly dominant view of Christians throughout history.
Our Core Beliefs...
The Bible is God’s Word, without error and authoritative for faith and conduct.
God the Father is the Sovereign Creator, Sustainer, Provider and Redeemer.
The Holy Spirit is God, and He convicts, regenerates, sanctifies, and indwells every believer.
The triune God is one God in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit are co-equal, co-eternal and co-existing.
Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man, born of the Virgin Mary, died on the cross for our sins, arose from the dead, and ascended to heaven.
All people are sinners in Adam, by nature and by choice. Subsequently, all justly deserve God’s wrath in eternal hell.
Salvation is the free gift of God and is forever. Salvation is by the sovereign and free grace of God alone, through repentance and faith.
God’s grace in salvation makes a difference in a person’s life, and therefore, genuine believers will persevere in faith, obedience, and good works.
Jesus Christ alone is the Head of the Church, and that only those who are His disciples are members of His Body.
Jesus Christ will return personally and visibly to earth. He will judge the living and the dead and establish a Kingdom which will have no end.
Christ gave His Church two ordinances, namely baptism by immersion and the Lord’s Supper.
Those who have trusted Jesus alone will spend eternity with Him in perfect happiness. Those who have not will be eternally lost.
Jesus is King of kings and Lord of lords, the only sovereign, and that He is worthy of our worship, love and obedience. We seek to glorify Him alone.