STATEMENT OF FAITH

  • STATEMENT OF FAITH

    • We believe in the Bible (both the Old and New Testaments) as the inspired and infallible word of God.
        (II Timothy 3:16; II Peter 1:21)

    • We believe in one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
        (Genesis 1:1; John 10:30, 37-38; John 15:26)

    • We believe in the virgin birth of Jesus Christ, His vicarious, atoning death, bodily resurrection, and ascension.
        (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23; Luke 1:35; Hebrews 4:15; Hebrews 7:25; I John 2:1; Hebrews 9:12; Colossians 1:14;
         John 11:25; Acts 1:11; Revelation 19:11-16)

    • We believe man was created good and upright, however, man, by voluntary transgression, fell and therefore
       incurred not only physical death but also spiritual death, which is separation from God.
        (Genesis 1; Genesis 2:4-7; Genesis 5:1-2)

    • We believe in salvation through the shed blood of Jesus Christ.
        (Genesis 3:1-7; Romans 3:19 & 23; John 3:16-19; John 5:24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Titus 3:5-6)

    • We believe in water baptism through immersion.
        (Mark 16:16; Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 2:41)

    • We believe in divine healing through the redemptive work of Christ on the cross.
        (Psalms 103:2-3; Isaiah 53:4-5; I Peter 2:24; James 5:14-15)

    • We believe in the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit who enables a believer to live a holy life.
        (Ephesians 4:30; Ephesians 5:18; I Corinthians 6:19-20)

    • We believe in the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
        (John 5:28-29)

    • We believe that the Church is the Body of Christ, the habitation of God through the Spirit, with divine
       appointments for the fulfillment of the Great Commission.
        (Romans 12:4-5; I Corinthians 12:12; Colossians 1:24)

    • We believe that divinely called and scripturally ordained ministry has been provided by our Lord for the threefold
       purpose of:
        (Romans 8:9; I Corinthians 12:12-13; Galatians 3:26-28)

        Evangelization of the world
        Worship of God
        Building of the body of saints

    • We believe in the millennial reign of Christ with His saints for 1,000 years.
        (Isaiah 11:4; Romans 8:17)