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About UsChristianCycling is a group of cycling enthusiasts dedicated to God, family, friendship, and bike racing.
While you will find us as an active body participating in group rides and at races, you will also find us fixing bikes for the community, gathering at various locations for dinner, fellowship and the study of God’s word. We are the Tucson Spoke, part of a larger national club based out of Colorado. For more information about other spokes around the country or to learn about the National Club visit www.christiancycling.com. |
Our Mission |
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Our History |
IC3 was founded in 1986 by Marlen Wells and a former pastor from Colorado, Ken Evans. They saw a real need for Christian testimony and fellowship during the World Cycling Championships at Colorado Springs. They put together a flyer, printed T-shirts, and hit the bike paths. Through friendships, evangelism and home meetings, the club grew to eighty members the first year. By ’95, the club blossomed to 900 riders in fourteen countries.
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Our Belief |
ChristianCycling sees the Bible as central to our understanding of God, His plan for us, and as the basis for our understanding of who we are. We understand the divine inspiration, inerrancy, and consequent authority of the Old and New Testaments (2 Tim. 3:16,17).
ChristianCycling recognizes the One living and true God, creator of everything, co-existent eternally in three equal persons-Father, Son, and Holy Spirit who are all fully God. In addition, we hold to Jesus’ virgin birth, having been conceived by the Holy Spirit, making him fully man in addition to being fully God. Jesus’ bodily resurrection, ascension, and future visible return are central to us, as is His present high priestly ministry. Not only did Jesus die, but he arose from the dead, defeating death, while his ascension means he can be at the Father’s right hand on our behalf now, as we await his second coming (Gen 1:1, John 4:24, 10:30 Luke 1:34-35, Luke 24:36-43,51; Heb 4:14, Acts 1:11). We believe in the rebellion and fall of humanity, and our consequent moral depravity and death. From Adam on, all people have sinned, cutting all of us off from God and resulting in our death. Even as we are sinful, the Holy Spirit is convicting the world of its sin, and the need of personal regeneration (Gen 3:1-19, Job 1:6, Rom 3:9-18, Gal 5:16, John 3:3, John 16:8). Not only is the Holy Spirit reminding us we are sinful, but because Jesus died and was resurrected, we can repent of sin and be declared “not guilty” by faith in Him. This will lead to a life surrendered to the Lordship of Jesus Christ and his consequent provision of abundant, blessed, and changed life through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. We also believe in the physical resurrection of everyone, both of the just and the unjust, and that there is eternal life in heaven for God’s children, and eternal punishment in hell for those who have rejected Christ (John 16:8, Acts 13:38, 39; Rom 5:9, 18-19; 1 Cor 3:16, Gal 5:16; Rev. 20:11-15, 1 Cor 15:42-58). ChristianCycling recognizes the importance of the local Church, including the practices of communion and baptism, as well as the need for Christian fellowship, communal worship and teaching. We also believe in a life dedicated to the proclamation of the good news of Jesus Christ with both words and actions (Heb 10:25, 1Cor 11:23-32, Matt 28:18-20; James 4:4, Rom. 12:1,2, 1 John 2:15-17, Gal 5:22-26; 2 Cor. 6:14-18, Acts 1:8, 2 Cor. 5:19, 20; Matt 28:18-20). |