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Statement of Faith |
- CHURCH
We believe the local church is part of the
Church Universal (all who believe in the Lord Jesus
Christ, are His disciples and are one in love, character
and hope with Christ as the head of all). The local
church is an expression of the body of Christ joined
together to express God's love to a lost world and
make disciples. Our responsibility is to exercise our
spiritual gifts as we participate in the local body. Ultimately,
whether local or universal, we do not “join"
the church or “go to it", we are spiritually born into it.
- TRINITY
We believe that there is One God, the only
God, eternally existing in three equal Persons: Father,
Son and Holy Spirit, each completely and fully God.
- GOD THE FATHER
We believe the Father is fully
God, and His fatherhood is eternal and personal. He
is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ and of all who
believe in Christ,
- GOD THE SON
We believe in the deity of our Lord
Jesus Christ, in His being fully God and fully man, in
His virgin birth, in His sinless life, and in His perfect
and complete sacrifice for the sins of all people. We
believe in His life, death, bodily resurrection and ascension
to heaven where He is at the throne of the
Father interceding for us and in His imminent return
for His church and His ultimate return to earth to
reign as King of Kings.
- GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT
We believe the Holy Spirit is
equal in deity and person with the Father and the
Son. As the living Spirit, He moved the human authors
of the Bible to write God's Word. He makes people
aware of their need for Jesus Christ, performs the
miracle of new birth, and comes to live in every Christian
the moment they accept the gift of salvation
through Jesus Christ. He unites all Christians into the
one Body of Christ, providing each of them with
power for service, understanding of spiritual truths,
and comfort in life's trials.
- SCRIPTURES
We believe that the Word of God, the
sixty-six books of the Old Testament and the New
Testament, is inspired in all parts, and therefore,
wholly and without error, as originally given by God.
- SIN
We believe that sin and death came into the
world through Adam, the first man, who willfully disobeyed
God. Because of those actions we are all sinners
from birth, which is demonstrated by our sinful
actions. We are all subject to eternal punishment,
under the just condemnation of a Holy God.
- SALVATION
We believe salvation is a gift from God.
We can be saved only through the grace of Jesus
Christ, through repentance of sin and by faith alone in
Him as Savior. We cannot earn salvation through
good works or deeds. As we accept God's gift of salvation
we are, as a believer, declared righteous, born
again by the Holy Spirit and assured of heaven. The
gift of salvation cannot be taken away by anything or
anyone including ourselves.
- ETERNAL LIFE/DEATH
We believe that there is a
literal Heaven and Hell. Heaven is the place man will
live eternally with God through acceptance of Jesus'
gift of salvation. Hell is where man is eternally separated
from God through rejection of Jesus' gift of salvation.
- IMMINENT RETURN OF CHRIST
We believe in the
personal and imminent return of Christ to remove His
Church from the earth and then establish His millennial
kingdom upon the earth.
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