We believe in
one God, infinitely perfect and eternally existent in three
persons - Father, Son and Holy Spirit - and that He created
everything out of nothing for His own pleasure and purpose.
We believe the
Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the verbally
inspired Word of God, the supreme and final authority in matters
of faith and life, interpreted by the Holy Spirit to each
individual believer, and the complete revelation of His will for
the salvation of mankind.
We believe that
man was created in the image and likeness of God, and when he
sinned (through disobedience) the race incurred both physical and
spiritual death; thus man became alienated from God and incapable
of remedying his sinful condition by his own means.
We believe that
the Lord Jesus Christ was begotten of the Father through the Holy
Spirit, was born of the Virgin Mary, and is true man without
ceasing to be God.
We believe that
the Lord Jesus Christ lived a sinless and perfect life that fully
pleased His Father; that He died for our sins on the cross, the
Just for the unjust, a substitutionary sacrifice bearing the
judgment demanded by God's holy justice against sin, thus making
it possible for God to remain just and at the same time to
justify those who believe in Jesus. All who believe in Him are
justified on the ground of His shed blood.
We believe that
the Lord Jesus Christ rose bodily from the dead, never to die
again, and is ascended to the right hand of the Father, where He
intercedes as High Priest and Advocate on behalf of all who
believe in Him.
We believe that
those who, by faith alone and through no merit of their own,
repent and receive the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior are
miraculously born again of the Holy Spirit, receive the free gift
of eternal life, and become, as children of God, partakers of His
divine nature.
We believe that
the Holy Spirit baptizes all true believers into the one true
Church, His Body; that He indwells them, bestows spiritual gifts
upon them, guides and teaches them, and empowers them for
effective service and holy living.
We believe that
the Scriptures have given us everything pertaining to life and
godliness, including not only salvation from the penalty of sin
but instruction in righteousness for present sanctification and
victorious living to the glory of God.
We believe that
two ordinances, neither of which is essential to salvation, are
to be observed by all believers in obedience to our Lord until
Christ's return; baptism and the Lord's Supper.
We believe that
at death the souls of the redeemed pass immediately into Christ's
presence, to remain there until the resurrection of the body at
Christ's return for the Church. We also believe that at death the
souls of the lost go to Hell, where they remain until they are
brought before Christ at the Great White Throne final judgment to
be judged and cast into the Lake of Fire, there to remain
eternally, and a eternal seperation from the presence of God..
We believe in
the bodily resurrection of the redeemed at the premillennial
return of Christ for His Church, and that believers who are alive
at that time, their bodies likewise transformed into immortality,
will be caught up together with them to meet Christ in the air,
ever to be with Him.
We believe in
the personal, bodily return of our Lord Jesus Christ to establish
His millennial kingdom, reigning over this earth from His father
David's throne in Jerusalem, and that His redeemed will reign
with Him in resurrected bodies for 1,000 years.
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