An Independent Reformed Church

Who we are

We are an independent Reformed Church.

Our leadership joyfully affirms the Westminster Confession of Faith and the Larger and Shorter Catechisms.

Because we believe that “God alone is Lord of the conscience” we are an open membership church that gladly welcomes any true born-again believer into our membership though we may disagree on secondary issues.

Our biblical defense of an open membership church is found here.

Because of the prevailing errors found within culture (and sadly many local churches) we also affirm:

the Chicago Statement regarding biblical inerrancy,
the Nashville Statement regarding biblical sexuality,
and the Dallas Statement regarding social justice and the gospel.

Below is our statement of faith that our membership collectively affirms.

“As Christians we are reconciled with God and united with Christ. To understand that doctrine is to be reconciled with one another. This is a major emphasis in all the Bible's teaching about forgiving one another as God has forgiven us.”

— John MacArthur

The Bible

We believe that The Bible is the inspired Word of God, absolutely sufficient and without error in all that it says, and the only final authority to guide the conscience of the Christian in all matters of faith and practice (cf. 2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:3; Psalm 12:6; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; Isaiah 8:20; 40:8).

The Nature of God

We believe that God is the only holy, self-sufficient, all-knowing, all-powerful, ever-present, good, just, loving, wrathful, merciful, faithful, and kind Creator and Sustainer of all that is; that He perfectly ordains all of the affairs of history and that He does all for His own glory (cf. Isaiah 6:3; Psalm 50:12-15; 147:5; 139:7-10; Exodus 34:6-7; Genesis 1:1; Hebrews 1:2-3; Ephesians 1:11; Isaiah 48:11).

We believe that this God is the Trinity – one God in three co-eternal, simultaneous persons, equal in essence, yet distinct in role and relationship: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (cf. Matthew 3:16-17; 28:19; 2 Corinthian 13:14; John 1:14, 18; John 15:26; Galatians 4:6).

Sin

We believe that the first man violated the law of God, and through this abuse of his will, plunged the entire human race into sin, death, and judgment, so that we are all born into a state of rebellion against God and helpless to make any move toward God apart from grace (cf. Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-24; Romans 3:10-12, 23; 6:23; Ephesians 2:1; Romans 8:7-18; 1 Corinthians 2:14).

The Gospel

We believe that the God-man, Jesus Christ, took on flesh, came into history to perfectly obey the law and perfectly pay the penalty for sin on behalf of His people, that He therefore lived a sinless life, died a death as a substitute for sinners, and rose bodily on the third day vindicating His deity and His work on the cross (cf. John 1:1-3, 14; Matthew 3:15; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 3:13; John 10:15; Hebrews 7:26; Isaiah 53:4-6; 1 Corinthians 15:1-4; Romans 4:25; Acts 2:24).

We believe that sinners are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in the merits of Christ alone. This means that the only way that spiritually dead enemies of God can be saved is if God does it as a gift, through our trusting in the Son’s finished work on the cross, at which point God imputes His righteousness over to our account (cf. Ephesians 2:8-9; Acts 4:12; Ezekiel 36:26; Philippians 2:13; Deuteronomy 30:6; Acts 16:31; John 5:24; Philippians 3:9; Romans 4:5).

We believe that the Holy Spirit alone causes sinners to be born again so that we repent and exercise saving faith, that He not only indwells every believer, but that He also empowers us for service, giving us gifts for building up the body, and that He transforms our desires and actions so that we are made more like Christ every day (cf. John 3:3-8; 6:63; 2 Timothy 2:25; Philippians 1:29; 1 Corinthians 6:19; 12:4-11; 2 Corinthians 3:18).

The Church

We believe that there is one church – holy, apostolic, and universal across the world and throughout history. This church is the bride and body of Christ and it exists to glorify God through the uncompromising preaching of the gospel and passionate expansion of His kingdom in this age (cf. Ephesians 2:11-22; 4:4-6; Ephesians 5:22-32; 1 Corinthians 12:12-13; 6:19-20; Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 1:8).

The Last Judgement

We believe that Jesus is coming again in the glory of His Father and with His angels to bring the saints together with Him and judge the world. This is the consummation of all things in which this age passes away, and the age to come sees the wicked sentenced to everlasting judgment with the devil, and the righteous brought into everlasting fellowship and joy with God (cf. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Acts 17:31; John 5:22, 28-29; Matthew 25:31-46).

The Great Commission

Our Understanding of the Great Commission

Our Mission Statement

We exist to disciple the nations under the loving Lordship of Jesus Christ, so that all peoples, tribes, and languages will be filled with the all-satisfying and saving knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.

How Do We Engage The World?

There are very different understandings of what Jesus meant in the Great Commission. Click here to read what we believe about it.

“Without the gospel, a gathering of people, though they claim otherwise, cannot be an authentic church.”

— R. C. Sproul

Visit us

1400 N. Cole Road, Boise, ID 83704

Morning service - 10:00 am

Fellowship lunch - 12:00 pm

Kids’ catechism - 1:00 pm

Afternoon service - 1:30 pm

Lord’s Day Worship

“I was glad when they said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the Lord.’”

— Psalm 122:1

The Elders

Josh

The Lord has blessed my wife, Monica, and I with three sons: Josiah, Justus and Jonathan.
I have been pastoring at The Well since 2010, and I can’t imagine a better church family than what God has appointed for me.
I love all things Jonathan Edwards, and nearly everything I can get my hands on by the Puritans. But most of all I love Jesus Christ who has won my heart for eternity through His blood and righteousness.
Ben

Ben is a native of the United Kingdom, born in Nottingham but raised in Coventry (about as close to the middle of England as you can get).
He moved to Boise with his family, his beloved wife, Trish, and wonderful children Judah, Thea and Matthias, in March 2022. Ben first felt the Lord calling him to ministry when he was a teenager, but it wasn’t until he first visited the Well in 2016 that the Lord began to make clear that ministry was to be nearly 5000 miles from where he grew up.
Paul

God makes much of himself through redeeming wretches like me! God saved me from the wages of my sin nearly 2000 years ago, but it wasn’t until the summer between my freshman and sophomore years in college that my eyes were opened to this precious reality. Life as a Christian is simultaneously the most difficult and joyful thing imaginable.
After serving in the U.S. Navy for about 10 years, God called me to pursue theological training at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary (still in progress). It has been my joy to serve as an elder at The Well since June 2021. My dear wife Damaris and my three children, Daniel, Sarah and Anna, are gifts from God who I treasure. I cannot wait to be perfectly glorifying and enjoying my Lord in heavenly, eternal bliss.
Zach

The stories of God’s faithfulness and steering hand in Zach’s life are too many to account for here. But over the course of several moves, schooling, job changes, a military career and ministry opportunities, God led Zach and his family from Southern California to Idaho. Zach currently works in the telecommunications industry in the Treasure Valley managing, well, a lot of different things.
He is privileged to serve as an elder of the Well Church, participating in shepherding the flock and helping to guide the music ministry. Zach has varying interests and hobbies that he would love to pursue one day; but these days, he and his wife, April, are busily and happily raising their seven children, mini farming, playing music together and having family movie nights. Zach and his family look forward to inviting others into their home for good food and drink, edifying conversation and sweet fellowship in anticipation of the eternal heavenly fellowship that awaits God’s People.
Abi

Abi was born and raised in Guadalajara México, and emigrated to the US on 2003. He is married to his wife Nancy for 30 years , they have two daughters: Libna & Jehieli, and two sons: Abi & Benji. He is bi-vocational pastor, also working as a painter. Abi’s greatest passion is God, the Doctrines of Grace and expository preaching. He serves as a pastor in ‘La Fuente’, the latino ministry of The Well.
Mike