We Believe:
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The Bible
We believe the Bible, as originally given, to be without error, to be the fully inspired and infallible Word of God, and to be the supreme and final authority in all matters of faith and conduct. The Trinity We believe that the God-head exists co-equally and co-eternally in three persons - God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, and that these three are one God, sovereign in creation, providence and redemption. The Savior We believe in the true and proper deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His real and complete humanity, in His sinless life, in His authoritative teaching, in His substitutionary and atoning sacrifice through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, in His heavenly ascension, and in His second advent to receive His Church. The Holy Spirit We believe in the deity of the Holy Spirit who proceeds from the Father and the Son, and in the necessity of His work in conviction of sin, in repentance, regeneration and sanctification, and that the believer is also promised an endowment of power as the gift of Christ through the baptism in the Holy Spirit with signs following. Through this endowment, the believer is empowered for fuller participation in the ministry of the Church, its worship, evangelism and service. Mankind We believe that God created Adam and Eve in His image, but they sinned when tempted by Satan. In union with Adam, human beings are sinners by nature and by choice, alienated from God, and under His wrath. Only through God’s saving work in Jesus Christ can we be rescued, reconciled and renewed. The Work of Christ We believe that Jesus Christ, as our representative and substitute, shed His blood on the cross as the perfect, all-sufficient sacrifice for our sins. His atoning death and victorious resurrection constitute the only ground for salvation. |
The Church
We believe that the true church comprises all who have been justified by God's grace through faith alone in Christ alone. They are united by the Holy Spirit in the body of Christ, of which He is the Head. The true church is manifest in local churches, whose membership should be composed only of believers. The Lord Jesus mandated two ordinances, baptism and the Lord’s Supper, which visibly and tangibly express the gospel. Though they are not the means of salvation, when celebrated by the church in genuine faith, these ordinances confirm and nourish the believer. The Ministry We believe in the ministries that Christ has set in His Church, namely, apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers, and in the present operation of the manifold gifts of the Holy Spirit according to the New Testament. The Ordinances We believe in the baptism of believers in water in obedience to the command of Christ and the commemoration of Christ’s death by the observance of the Lord’s Supper until His return. The Commission We believe that the Gospel embraces the needs of the whole man and that the Church is therefore commissioned to preach the Gospel to the world and to fulfill a ministry of healing and deliverance to the spiritual and physical needs of mankind. The Coming King We believe in the personal, physical, and visible return of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Future State We believe that God commands everyone everywhere to believe the gospel by turning to Him in repentance and receiving the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe that God will raise the dead bodily and judge the world, assigning the unbeliever to condemnation and eternal conscious punishment and the believer to eternal blessedness and joy with the Lord in the new heaven and the new earth, to the praise of His glorious grace. |