WHAT WE BELIEVE….
WE BELIEVE THAT THE SCRIPTURES BOTH OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS ARE VERBALLY INSPIRED OF GOD AND ARE THE REVELATION OF GOD TO MAN.
(2 TIM. 3:15-17 1 THES.2:13)
WE BELIEVE THERE IS ONE TRUE GOD, ETERNALLY EXISTENT IN THREE PERSONS: GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON, AND GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT.
(1 JOHN 5:7 REV. 5:1-14)
WE BELIEVE IN JESUS’ VIRGIN BIRTH, HIS SINLESS LIFE, HIS MIRACLES, HIS ATONING DEATH, HIS BODILY RESURRECTION, HIS ASCENSION, AND HIS FUTURE RETURN TO THE EARTH AS LORD AND REIGNING KING.
(MATT. 1:23 HEB. 7:26 ACTS 2:22 1 COR. 15:3 MATT. 28:6)
WE BELIEVE THAT ALL MANKIND HAS SINNED AND THE ONLY MEANS OF BEING CLEANSED FROM SIN IS THROUGH REPENTANCE AND FAITH IN THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST AND ACCEPTING JESUS AS LORD AND SAVIOR.
(ACTS 2:38-41 1 JOHN 1:9 EPH. 1:7)
WE BELIEVE THAT REGENERATION BY THE HOLY SPIRIT IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL FOR PERSONAL SALVATION. (EPH. 1:13)
WE BELIEVE THAT THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT IS GIVEN TO BELIEVERS WHO ASK FOR IT.(ACTS 2:4 LUKE 11:10-13)
WE BELIEVE IN THE SANCTIFYING POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BY WHOSE INDWELLING THE CHRISTIAN IS ENABLE TO LIVE A HOLY LIFE. (GAL. 5:16)
WE BELIEVE IN WATER BAPTISM BY IMMERSION. (MATT. 28:19 MARK 16:16)
WE BELIEVE IN HOLY COMMUNION. (1 COM. 11:26 2 PETER 1:4)
WE BELIEVE THE CHURCH AND ITS MISSION IS GOD’S HIGHEST INSTITUTION ON EARTH – TO EVANGELIZE, WORSHIP, AND TO BUILD A BODY OF SAINTS IN THE IMAGE OF Jesus. (EPH. 1:22,23; 2:22 1 COR. 12:13 EPH. 4:11-16)
WE BELIEVE IN DIVINE HEALING BY THE ATONEMENT OF JESUS CHRIST.
(ISAIAH 53:4-5 JAMES 5:14-16)
WE BELIEVE IN THE BLESSED HOPE – THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH AT CHRIST’S COMING, HIS LITERAL RULE UPON THE EARTH, THE FINAL JUDGMENT OF MANKIND, AND THE PROMISE OF A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH.
(1 THES. 4:16; 5:2 REV. 19:11-14 REV. 20:11-15 REV. 21:22)
