Statement of Faith
- We believe the Bible to be the inspired, infallible, authoritative, and
inerrant Word of God (II Timothy 3:15-17, II Peter 1:21).
- We
believe there is one God, eternally existing in three persons: the
Father, Son and Holy Spirit (Genesis 1:1, Deuteronomy 6:4, Matthew
28:19, John 10:30).
- We believe in the deity of Christ (John 10:33); His virgin birth (Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23, Luke
1:34-35); His sinless life (Hebrews 4:15, 7:26); His miracles (John
2:11); His vicarious and atoning death (I Corinthians 15:3, Ephesians
1:7, Hebrews 2:9); His resurrection (John 11:25, I Corinthians 15:4);
His ascension to the right hand of the Father (Mark 16:19); His
personal return to earth in power and glory (Acts 1:11, Revelation
19:11-16).
- We believe in the absolute necessity of
regeneration by the Holy Spirit for salvation because of the exceeding
sinfulness of the human nature, and that all are justified on the
single ground of faith in the shed blood of Christ, and that only by
God's grace through faith alone are we saved (John 3:16-19; 5:24,
Romans 3:23; 5:8-9, Ephesians 2:8-10, Titus 3:5).
- We
believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; those who
are saved unto the resurrection of life, and those who are not unto the
resurrection of damnation (John 5:28-29).
- We believe in
the spiritual unity of the believers in our Lord Jesus Christ (Romans
8:9, I Corinthians 12:12-13, Galatians 3:26-28).
- We
believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by Whose indwelling
the Christian is enabled to live a godly life (Romans 8:13-14, I
Corinthians 3:16, 6:19-20, Ephesians 4:30; 5:18).
- We
believe that we as Christians are examples of the love of God in this
world. It is this (agape) love that we desire to possess and without
which we have no right to call ourselves Christians (I John 4:16-17).
- We
believe it is the mandate of the whole Church to go into the whole
world and to preach the Gospel to every living creature. (Mark 16:15,
Matthew 28:19-20)
