We offer a community of faith, hope and love to each other, our city, and to the world.

Our Beliefs

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Bellemont Methodist Church

Our Beliefs

About God

We believe in One true and everlasting God. This One God is revealed in three distinct persons,
The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit.

About the Father

We believe in the Father, the Almighty, who made heaven and earth and all that is. God is
absolute love, absolute good, and absolute holiness. God’s love for us is complete and
unconditional, and compelled the Father to send His own Son to redeem us.

About the Son

We believe in the mystery of salvation through Jesus Christ. God became human in Jesus of
Nazareth; Jesus is fully God and fully human and is the exact representation of God’s nature.
Jesus’ life, death and resurrection is God’s redeeming love in action.

About the Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit is God’s very self, power, and presence with us. When we sense God’s leading,
His challenge, His support, or His comfort, it’s the Holy Spirit at work.

About Human Beings

Genesis 1:27 asserts that we’ve been made in the image of the Creator. Like God we have the
capacity to love and care, to communicate, and to create. Thus, ALL people are of infinite value
and sacred worth.

About Sin

“Sin” is alienation from God and affects ALL people. Sin is both a disease of the soul that
humans are born with and our willful act of turning from God as the center of life. Thus, we need
both healing and forgiveness. We must be born again.

About Salvation

Because sin affects all people, all people stand in need of salvation. We affirm that salvation is
made available to all people through the sacrificial death, the burial, and the resurrection of
Jesus Christ. We are saved by grace through faith in Jesus and in Jesus alone.

About The Church

The church is the Body of Christ, the extension of Christ’s life and ministry in the world today. It
is both a family we are saved into and the “hope of the glory” for the world.

About Scripture

We believe that the Bible (the canonical 66 books of the Old and New Testaments) is God’s
divinely inspired Word and is the primary authority for our faith and practice.

About God’s Reign

The kingdom or reign of God is both a present reality and future hope.

More Resources

Full Catechism

To explore doctrinal teaching of the Church more deeply, you can read or download the full
“Catechism of the Global Methodist Church” here.

Find Out More!

For a more in-depth Statement of Faith, or to read more about our doctrinal standards, visit the
Global Methodist Church site here.

Contact us

Dr. Richard D. Booker

Lead Pastor

Dr. Richard D. Booker and his wife, Jennifer are natives of Greensboro, NC. They now live in Burlington with their 5 daughters (3 biological and 2 adopted), Kaleigh, Kemberling, Regan, Lune, and Alexa. They love spending time together as a family.
He began as Lead Pastor of Bellemont in January of 2024. He previously served as Pastor of Zion Methodist, GMC (2016-2023), Rock Creek UMC (2011 to 2016), and as Children’s Minister at Bellemont (2005-2011). Before coming into the Methodist Church, Richard served as Associate Pastor of Children’s and Family Ministries at Fishermen’s House Church (1998-2003) in Tulsa, and in evangelism ministries at Cathedral of His Glory in Greensboro (1993-1995). He has a passion for children and youth ministries, missions and evangelism, and a love for rural churches.
Richard has a degree in Early Childhood Development from Alamance Community College, a Bachelors in Technical Writing from North Carolina A&T, a Master of Divinity from Duke Divinity School, and recently earned his Doctor of Ministry in Christian Leadership with an emphasis on community development. He is fellow of the Thriving Rural Communities program at Duke and is committed to revitalizing the rural churches of North Carolina.
Richard is an avid movie buff and a huge fan of classic cartoons. His passions also include history, writing, music, hiking, and spending time with family. His favorite catch phrase is Carpe Diem (seize the day), right after Carpe Pizza (dude…let’s get some pizza)!