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These
tenets of faith are taken directly from Scripture
and are our standards of faith. They are true regardless
of time and are non-negotiable.
- We
believe that the Scriptures are inspired by God
and declare His design and plan for mankind.
- We
believe that there is only One True God–revealed
in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
- We
believe in the Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ.
As God's son, Jesus was both human and divine.
- We
believe that though originally good, mankind willingly
fell into sin ushering evil and death, both physical
and spiritual, into the world.
- We
believe that every person can have a restored fellowship
with God by accepting Christ's offer of forgiveness
for sin.
- We
believe in and practice two ordinances: 1) Water
Baptism by immersion after repenting of one's sins
and receiving Christ's gift of salvation, and 2)
Holy Communion as a symbolic remembrance of Christ's
suffering and death for our salvation.
- We
believe in the baptism in the Holy Spirit is a
special experience following salvation that empowers
believers for effective service just as it did
in New Testament times.
- We
believe that the initial, physical evidence of
the baptism in the Holy Spirit is speaking in other
tongues as experienced on the Day of Pentecost
and referenced throughout Acts and the Epistles.
- We
believe that sanctification initially occurs at
salvation and is not only a declaration that a
believer is holy, but also a progressive lifelong
process of separating from evil as believers continually
draw closer to God and become more Christ-like.
- We
believe that the Church has a mission to seek and
save all who are lost in sin. We believe the Church
is the Body of Christ and consists of the people
who, throughout time, have accepted God's offer
of redemption through the sacrificial death of
His son Jesus Christ.
- We
believe that a divinely called and scripturally
ordained leadership ministry serves the Church.
The Bible teaches that each of us under leadership
must commit ourselves to reach others for Christ,
to worship Him with other believers, and to build
up the body of believers.
- We
believe that the divine healing of the sick is
a privilege for Christians today and is provided
for in Christ's sacrificial death on the cross.
- We
believe in the blessed hope. A time when Jesus
catches away His Church prior to His return to
earth. At this future moment in time, all believers
who have died will rise from their graves and will
meet the Lord in the air, and Christians who are
alive will be caught up with them, to be with the
Lord forever.
- We
believe in the millennial reign of Christ. A time
when Jesus returns with His saints at His second
coming and begins His benevolent rule over earth
for 1,000 years. At that time many in the nation
of Israel will recognize and accept Him as the
Messiah, the Savior who died for them and all mankind.
- We
believe that a final judgment will take place for
those who have rejected Christ. They will be judged
for their sin and consigned to eternal punishment
and torment.
- We
believe and look forward to the perfect new heavens
and a new earth that Christ is preparing for all
people, of all time, who have accepted Him. We
will live and dwell with Him there forever following
His millennial reign on Earth.
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