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GOD
We believe in one God, eternally existing in three Persons:
Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We believe that in the beginning
God created out of nothing the world and all the things therein,
thus manifesting the glory of His power, wisdom and goodness.
Genesis 1:1,26; Matthew 28:19; John 1:1, 3; 4:24; Acts 5:3-4;
Romans 1:20; Ephesians 4:5-6; 2 Corinthians 13:14.
JESUS CHRIST
We believe that Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary and is fully God and fully man. Matthew
1:18-25; Luke 1:25-38; Romans 9:5; Titus 2:13.
HOLY SPIRIT
We believe that the Holy Spirit, the third Person of the Trinity,
was sent into the world by the Father and the Son to apply
to mankind the saving work of Christ. We believe that He enlightens
the minds of sinners, awakens in them recognition of their
need for a Savior and regenerates them. We believe that, at
the point of salvation, He permanently, and fully, indwells
every believer to become the source of assurance, strength,
and wisdom, and uniquely endows each believer with gifts for
ministry. We believe that the Holy Spirit guides believers
in understanding and applying the Scripture. We believe that
His power and control are appropriated by faith, making it
possible for the believer to lead a life of Christ-like character
and to bear fruit to the glory of the Father. John 14:16-17,26;
15:26-27; 16:8-11,13; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 2:9-14; 6:19-20;
Hebrews 9:14.
MAN
We believe that man was created in the image of God, that
he sinned and thereby incurred not only physical death, but
also spiritual death which is separation from God, and that
all human beings are born with a sinful nature, and become
guilty sinners in thought, word and deed. Genesis 1:26-27;
3:1-24; Romans 3:25; 5:12-18; I John 1:8.
THE BIBLE
We believe the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, to be the
inspired and only infallible, authoritative Word of God. The
Bible is our supreme and final authority in faith and life.
2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:20-21.
SALVATION
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according
to the Scriptures as a representative and substitutionary
sacrifice; that He rose victorious from the grave on the third
day; and that all who believe in Him are justified on the
grounds of His shed blood. Isaiah 53; Matthew 20:28; John
3:16; Romans 3:24-26; 5:1; I Corinthians 15:3; 2 Cor. 5:21;
Ephesians 1:7; I John 2:2; Matthew 28:6; Romans 10:9; I Corinthians
15:14 We believe that all who come by grace through repentance
and faith to accept the Lord Jesus Christ are born again of
the Holy Spirit and thereby become children of God. We believe
in the eternal security of each believer. John 1:12-13; 3:3,5;
James 1:18; I Peter 1:23; Ephesians 2:8-9.
THE CHURCH
We believe that there is one family of God, comprised of all
those who acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. We
believe that the Scripture commands His children to gather
together in local assemblies, called Churches, to devote themselves
to worship, prayer, the teaching of the Word, the observance
of believer’s baptism and Communion as the ordinances
established by Jesus Christ, fellowship, service to the body
through the development and use of talents and gifts and outreach
to the world. We believe that wherever God’s children
meet regularly in obedience to this command, there is the
local expression of His body and that under the watch care
of Pastors and other supportive leadership, its members are
to work together in love and unity, intent on the one ultimate
purpose of glorifying Christ by making disciples. Hebrews
10:24-25; Acts 2:42-47, Matthew 28:19-20.
CHRIST'S RETURN
We believe in the personal and imminent return of our Lord
Jesus Christ. First, Christ will return in the clouds to rapture
all those who have placed their trust in Him. Secondly, He
will return to the earth to establish a 1,000 year millennial
reign where He receives His ultimate glory due Him. Acts 1:11;
I Thessalonians 4:16-17.
ETERNITY
We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and the
unjust, the everlasting joy of the saved and the everlasting
conscious punishment of the lost. John 5:28-29; I Corinthians
15; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Matthew 25:31-46; Revelation 20:4-6,11-15.
BAPTISM
We believe that all Christians are baptized by the Holy Spirit
when they are born again. We believe that water baptism by
immersion is the Biblical testimony of the professed believer
in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Acts 2:28-41,47;
Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 8:36-40; 10:47; 18:8; Romans 6:3-4;
I Corinthians 12:13.
LORD'S SUPPER
We believe that those who partake of the Lord’s Supper
should be born-again believers, who have followed the Lord
in believers baptism and are walking in fellowship with the
Lord Jesus Christ. Acts 2:42-46; I Corinthians 11:23-29.
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