Location:The Sumas A.C. Church is easy to find on the corner of Highway 9 and Front Street in Sumas, Washington. As you head north into town on the highway, you'll see the building on your right.
125 Front Street Sumas WA, 98295 Phone: 360.988.2503 |
Chad Hammond, Senior Pastor
Pastor Chad and his family joined August 2016. Here is a bit of who he is and his experiences in his own words:
"I came to trust in Jesus for my salvation at the age of 6 at the direction of my mother June Hammond. After coming home from Sunday School one Sunday I started asking my mom questions about the lesson, which was the story of the rescue of the Israelites from Egypt. My mom explained that God sent Jesus to rescue me from my sin and provide forgiveness through his death and resurrection. I prayed with her and accepted Christ by my parents bed that night. While in high school I saw God use me in the lives of many of my friends. It was during this time that I felt God's call to ministry.
"Earlier in life I spent significant time working and living in both Germany and Israel. This helped me learn how to work and minister to people from different cultures and backgrounds.
"I have had several wonderful experiences that have helped prepare me for ministry. I taught Sunday School at Bethany Community Church in Seattle for several years. In those years I also worked as a Security Officer at Seattle Children's Hospital. This experience allowed me to be with families experiencing significant trauma and loss and increased my ability to care for those in crisis. Through this job I also gained significant knowledge of the medical system enabling me to better advocate for people in the church who are struggling with physical or mental illness."
"I came to trust in Jesus for my salvation at the age of 6 at the direction of my mother June Hammond. After coming home from Sunday School one Sunday I started asking my mom questions about the lesson, which was the story of the rescue of the Israelites from Egypt. My mom explained that God sent Jesus to rescue me from my sin and provide forgiveness through his death and resurrection. I prayed with her and accepted Christ by my parents bed that night. While in high school I saw God use me in the lives of many of my friends. It was during this time that I felt God's call to ministry.
"Earlier in life I spent significant time working and living in both Germany and Israel. This helped me learn how to work and minister to people from different cultures and backgrounds.
"I have had several wonderful experiences that have helped prepare me for ministry. I taught Sunday School at Bethany Community Church in Seattle for several years. In those years I also worked as a Security Officer at Seattle Children's Hospital. This experience allowed me to be with families experiencing significant trauma and loss and increased my ability to care for those in crisis. Through this job I also gained significant knowledge of the medical system enabling me to better advocate for people in the church who are struggling with physical or mental illness."
Carl Crouse, Associate Pastor
Pastor Carl has served the SACC community as Pastor since 2009. He is quite familiar with the congregation since he grew up in Sumas and the Church, graduating from Nooksack High School in 1979.
What We Believe:
- We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God. (2 Peter 1:19; 2 Tim. 3:16-17; Psalm 19:7)
- We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit (Matt. 28:19; Luke 3:22; 2 Cor. 13:14)
- We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory. (1 John 5:20; Matt. 1:23; Heb. 4:15; Matt. 19:26; 1 Cor. 15:3-4, 13, 16; Mark 8:31; Titus 2:13)
- We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful people, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential. (John 3:3-5; Titus 3:5; Eph. 2:1-5)
- We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life. (John 14:17; 1 Cor. 6:19-20)
- We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation. (Dan. 12:2; John 5:28-29; Rev. 20:12-13)
- We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ. (Rom. 15:5-6; Phil. 1:27; 1 Cor. 12:12-13)