STATEMENT OF FAITH
The Bible
We believe the sixty-six (66) books of the Bible to
be the verbally inspired Word of God, without error in the
original writings, the complete revelation of His will for the salvation of
men, and the divine and final authority for all Christian faith and life. When
we say inspired and without error, we mean we believe this to be verbal,
plenary, infallible, and inerrant throughout.
God the Father
We believe in one God, Creator of all things, infinitely perfect and
eternally existing in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
God the Son
We believe that Jesus Christ is true and fully God and true and fully man, having been conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin
Mary. We believe Jesus Christ is
the eternal Son of God, who is also man, with two distinct natures in one
Person forever. He lived a sinless life and died on the cross as the sacrifice for our sins
according to the Scriptures. Further, He arose bodily from the dead, ascended
into heaven, where, at the right hand of the Majesty on High, He now sits as
our High Priest and Advocate,
and will return personally in his power and glory. We believe in the
imminent, visible and bodily return of Christ to this earth to set up His
kingdom and to judge the world in righteousness.
God the Holy Spirit
We believe in the personality and deity of the Holy Spirit, that he
performs the miracle of new birth in an unbeliever, is responsible for the
quickening from death into life and continuing of the work of sanctification in
the believer, and indwells believers, enabling them to live a godly life. We believe that the ministry of the Holy Spirit is
to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ and during this age to convict men, regenerate
the believing sinner, and indwell, guide, instruct, and empower the believer
for godly living and service. We
believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful people, regeneration by the
Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.
Mankind
We believe that man was created in the image of God but because of sin (through Adam), was
alienated from God and is therefore lost. That alienation can be removed only by accepting,
through faith, God’s gift of salvation which was made possible by Christ’s
death.
We believe that Christ commanded the Church to go into all the world and
preach the gospel to every person. Teaching all to repent and believe the good
news of the gospel, for that is why He and we were placed upon this earth (Matt
16:15, Luke 4:43).
Substitutionary Death of Christ
We believe that the substitutionary death of Jesus Christ made atonement for the sin of the world and is
complete and efficient for all who repent and believe. We believe His resurrection provides the only ground
for justification and salvation for all who repent and believe, and only such as
receive Jesus Christ by grace through faith are born of the Holy Spirit, and thus
become children of God and co-heirs with Christ.
Resurrection
We believe in the bodily resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, which
insures the resurrection of all believers who have received God’s gift of
eternal life. We believe in the resurrection and judgment of both the saved and
the lost, they that are saved unto the resurrection of life, and they that reject
the gospel and are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.
The Church
We believe that the true Church, the body of Christ, is composed of only those such persons who through personal faith in Jesus Christ have been
regenerated by the Holy Spirit,
for whom He now makes intercession in heaven and for whom He will come again, and are united together in the body of Christ of
which He is Lord and Head. We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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