What We Believe
We believe the Old
and New Testaments to be the inspired and only infallible and authoritative
Word of God.
We believe that
there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: God the Father,
God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
We believe in the
deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His bodily resurrection,
in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal
return to this earth in power and glory to rule until there is a new
heaven and earth.
We believe that
God's Plan of Redemption centers in the substitutionary death of Jesus
Christ for a fallen human race and that without the saving benefits
and the grace of God in Christ's work of atonement, we are forever lost.
We believe in the
shed blood of Christ, and that the only means of being cleansed and
forgiven of sin is through repentance and faith in the precious blood
of Chist.
We believe that
regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for personal
salvation.
We believe that
the redemptive work of Christ on the cross and through His resurrection
and His glorification with the Father provides deliverance from the
bondage of Satan and healing for the total person - spirit, soul and
body.
We believe that
all the power of the Holy Spirit is given through a baptism with the
Holy Spirit, according to Acts 2:4, and is given to all who ask for
it that Christ might be glorified through the believer's life and witness.
We believe in the
perfecting work of the Holy Spirit in all who pursue the calling of
God and are consecrated through His Word.
We believe in the
resurrection of both the saved and lost; the one to everlasting life
and the other to everlasting damnation.
We believe in the
Church, the Body of Christ, as a distinctive people called, redeemed,
sanctified and chosen to be a people to the praise of God's Glory, set
apart to bear witness to the Lordship and saving Grace of Jesus Christ,
and ministering to one another through faith and love in the upbuilding
of the Body through principles of God's revealed Word.
We believe in the
disciplined Christian life, seeking always the pleasure of the Heavenly
Father, the winning of the lost, the edification of the Body, and consecrated
to following Jesus Christ where He leads.