What we Believe
1. WE BELIEVE...The
Scriptures are Inspired by God
and declare His design and plan for mankind.
2. WE BELIEVE...There
is only One True God–revealed
in three persons...Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (commonly
known as the Trinity).
3. WE BELIEVE...In
the Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ.
As God's son Jesus was both human and divine.
4. WE BELIEVE...though originally good,
Man Willingly Fell to Sin–ushering
evil and death, both physical and spiritual, into the
world.
5. WE BELIEVE...Every
Person Can Have Restored Fellowship with God Through
'Salvation'
(accepting Christ's offer of forgiveness for sin).
6. WE BELIEVE...and practice two ordinances—(1)
Water Baptism by Immersion
after repenting of one's sins and receiving Christ's gift
of salvation, and (2)
Holy Communion
(the Lord's Supper) as a symbolic remembrance of Christ's
suffering and death for our salvation.
7. WE BELIEVE...the
Baptism in the Holy Spirit is a Special Experience
Following Salvation
that empowers believers for witnessing and effective
service, just as it did in New Testament times.
8. WE BELIEVE...
The Initial Physical Evidence of the Baptism in the Holy
Spirit is ‘Speaking in Tongues,’
as experienced on the Day of Pentecost and referenced
throughout Acts and the Epistles.
9. WE BELIEVE...Sanctification
Initially Occurs at Salvation
and is not only a declaration that a believer is holy,
but also a progressive lifelong process of separating
from evil as believers continually draw closer to God and
become more Christlike.
10. WE BELIEVE...The
Church has a Mission
to seek and save all who are lost in sin. We believe 'the
Church' is the Body of Christ and consists of the people
who, throughout time, have accepted God's offer of
redemption (regardless of religious denomination) through
the sacrificial death of His son Jesus Christ.
11. WE BELIEVE...A
Divinely Called and Scripturally Ordained Leadership
Ministry Serves the Church.
The Bible teaches that each of us under leadership must
commit ourselves to reach others for Christ, to worship
Him with other believers, and to build up or edify the
body of believers–the Church.
12. WE BELIEVE...Divine
Healing of the Sick is a Privilege for Christians
Today
and is provided for in Christ's atonement (His
sacrificial death on the cross for our sins).
13. WE BELIEVE...in
The Blessed Hope—When Jesus Raptures His Church Prior to
His Return to Earth
(the second coming). At this future moment in time all
believers who have died will rise from their graves and
will meet the Lord in the air, and Christians who are
alive will be caught up with them, to be with the Lord
forever.
14. WE BELIEVE...in
The Millennial Reign of Christ
when Jesus returns with His saints at His second coming
and begins His benevolent rule over earth for 1,000
years. This millennial reign will bring the salvation of
national Israel and the establishment of universal peace.
15. WE BELIEVE...A
Final Judgment Will Take Place
for those who have rejected Christ. They will be judged
for their sin and consigned to eternal punishment in a
punishing lake of fire.
16. WE BELIEVE...and look forward to the perfect
New Heavens and a New Earth
that Christ is preparing for all people, of all time, who
have accepted Him. We will live and dwell with Him there
forever following His millennial reign on Earth. 'And so
shall we forever be with the Lord!'