Statement of Faith
ABOUT GOD |
We
believe there is only one true God; but manifested in three persons -
the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. We believe in the deity of the
Lord Jesus Christ. We believe that Jesus is God with the Father and the
Holy Spirit.
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ABOUT JESUS |
We
believe that Jesus was born from the Virgin Mary by the power of the
Holy Spirit. We believe He was crucified and rose from the dead on the
third day. We believe in the physical, bodily return of the Lord Jesus
Christ. We believe His coming is imminent.
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ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT |
The
infilling of the Holy Spirit gives a believer power to be a witness for
Christ. We believe the Baptism of the Holy Spirit is a gift from God,
received by faith, as a separate experience apart from salvation.
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ABOUT THE BIBLE |
We
believe the Bible to be the only inspired, infallible, authoritative
Word of God. The New Covenant, as recorded in the New Testament, we
accept as our infallible guide in matters pertaining to conduct.
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ABOUT HUMAN BEINGS |
We
believe man is a created being, made in the likeness and image of God.
Through Adam’s transgression and fall, sin came into the world and death
was the result. Man is spiritually dead and separated from God. Jesus
Christ, the Son of God was sent to give His life and shed His blood to
redeem and restore man back to God. Salvation is the gift of God to man,
separate from works and the law. It is by grace, through faith in Jesus
Christ that we are saved.
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ABOUT SALVATION |
Jesus
said every person must be born again. We believe that God does not
desire anyone to perish, but that everyone would come to repentance and
be saved. We are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ; His
death, burial, and resurrection. Salvation is a gift from God, not a
result of our good works or of any human efforts.
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ABOUT HEALING |
We
believe healing for the physical ills of the human body is available by
the power of God through the prayer of faith and by the laying on of
hands. It is provided for in the atonement of Christ and is the
privilege of every member of the church today.
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ABOUT ETERNITY |
We
believe that heaven and hell are real places. We believe the one who
physically dies without accepting Jesus Christ as Lord is eternally
lost; while believers will spend eternity in the presence of God.
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ABOUT WATER BAPTISM |
We
believe Jesus commanded all believers to be baptized by immersion in
water. This is a symbol of the Christian’s identification with Christ in
His death, burial and resurrection.
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