The Bible is the inspired and only infallible and authoritative written Word of God. (2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1: 21)
There is one God, eternally existent in three Persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Distinguishable but indivisible. (Matthew 28: 19; 1 Peter 1:2)
We believe in the full deity and full humanity of our Lord Jesus Christ; in His virgin birth and sinless life; in His complete and finished work on the cross and His bodily resurrection from the dead. (Luke 1:26-35; Hebrews 2:14-15, 9:12, 10:11-12; John 1:12)
The only means by which we can be forgiven is to turn to Jesus and personally accept His sacrificial and finished work on the cross as payment for our own penalty. In doing this, we receive Him as Savior and Lord. Further, We believe that anyone who believes in and accepts Christ as Savior becomes the recipient of God's Holy Spirit, by which he/she is born again. (John 3:3-9; 20:22; Acts 4:12; Ephesians 2:8-9)
We believe in water baptism by immersion—not for salvation but because of salvation—to fulfill the command of Christ. (Matthew 28:19; Acts 2:34-36)
We believe there is a work of the Holy Spirit, separate from the new birth, enabling the believer to enter into a new and powerful realm of service, praise, worship, personal edification, and witnessing. (Acts 1:4-5, 8; 2:4; 10:44-46; 19:2-6; 1 Corinthians 14)
We believe in the operation of the gifts of the Spirit as manifested in the early Church and recorded in the book of Acts and various letters of the New Testament. (1 Corinthians 12:1-14)
We believe there is found through Christ hope for the broken—physically, spiritually and emotionally. (Psalm 147:3; Luke 9:42; James 5:14-15)
We believe the Church is the Bride of Christ and will be translated (raptured) to meet the Lord in the air. (This includes believers who have died in Christ as well as those living on the earth at that time.) We believe the Church will be hidden with Christ during the Great Tribulation which will come upon the whole earth and then return with Him after that time in what the Bible refers to as “the Second Coming.” We believe in the thousand year reign of Christ upon the earth, the final resurrection and judgment, eternal life for believers and eternal punishment for unbelievers. (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Revelation 20:2-6; John 3:36)
The Church is the Body of Christ on the earth and God’s chosen instrument to proclaim the Gospel of Christ and be a restraint to sin. By this statement, we proclaim our alliance with and prayerful support of every Bible-believing, Christ-honoring fellowship worldwide. (Matthew 16:18; Matthew 5:13-14; John 13:35)
We believe marriage was created by God for the good of mankind, the propagation of the human race, and the expression of His image on earth. Furthermore, we believe that the union of a man and a woman in marriage depicts the spiritual relationship between Christ and His Bride—the Church. Marriage is a union into which one man and one woman may enter for the glory of God and is only broken, according to the scriptural ideal, by death. This understanding of marriage is revealed in Holy Scripture as God's intention for marriage, the truth of which is clearly affirmed by our Lord Jesus Christ in the Gospels. As such, this biblical definition of marriage may not be amended, reinterpreted or redefined by society or the governments of men. (Genesis 1:26-28, Genesis 2:18-25, Matthew 19:4-6, Matthew 19:8-12, Mark 10:4-9, Romans 7:2)
This Statement of Faith does not exhaust the extent of our beliefs.
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