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We Believe
WE BELIEVE
THAT THE HOLY SCRIPTURE IS GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF
GOD, by which we understand that the
books which form the canon of the Old and New
Testaments as originally given are entirely inspired
and free from all error in the whole and in the
part. These books constitute the written Word of
God, the only infallible rule of faith and conduct.
(Psalm 119:160; II Timothy 3:16; II Peter 1:19‑21;
Deuteronomy 29:29)
WE BELIEVE
IN THE ONE TRUE GOD infinite in glory,
wisdom, holiness, justice, power, and love, one in
His essence, but eternally subsistent in three
Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
(Psalm 83:18; Matthew 28:19; John 10:30, 15:26;
Genesis 1:1, 14)
WE BELIEVE IN THE VIRGIN BIRTH OF THE LORD JESUS
CHRIST, the only begotten Son of God the Father,
His absolute deity, His sinless humanity and perfect
life, the eternal all-sufficiency of His atoning
death, His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the
Father's right hand. (John 1:1; Matthew 1:18‑25)
WE BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT: Who is the
Third Person of the Trinity, and the divine agent in
nature, revelation and redemption; that He
regenerates, indwells, baptizes, fills, seals and
anoints all who become children of God through
Christ. (John 3:5; Ephesians 1:13‑14; Romans 8:9;
I Corinthians 12:13; Galatians 5:16‑25)
WE BELIEVE THAT MAN WAS CREATED BY A DEFINITE ACT
OF GOD in His own image and is dependent upon
and accountable to his creator. Through
disobedience, the first man sinned and fell from his
original state of moral perfection. Thus, he
brought upon himself and upon the whole human race
the penalty of sin: spiritual and physical death.
We believe that this condition of spiritual death,
or universal depravity of human nature, has been
transmitted to the entire human race; and hence that
every child of Adam is born into the world with a
nature that is inherently corrupt, and which cannot
be spiritually changed by mere reformation apart
from divine grace. (Genesis 1:25-27; Psalm 51:5;
Romans 3:22-23, 5:12-21; Ephesians 2:1-3, 12.)
WE BELIEVE IN SALVATION BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH:
that salvation is the free gift of God, neither
merited nor secured in part or in whole by any
virtue or work of man, but received only by personal
faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; that this salvation
affects the whole man; that apart from Christ there
is no possible salvation. (Ephesians 2:8, 9;
John 1:12; Titus 3:5; John 10:28; Philippians 1:6)
WE BELIEVE IN THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST
that Jesus will return bodily, visibly, and
personally to conform believers to His own image and
to establish His millennial Kingdom.
(Revelation 19:11‑16; 20:4‑7;
I Thessalonians 4:13‑18; Jude 14, 15; Hebrews 10:37)
WE BELIEVE IN FUTURE LIFE, BODILY RESURRECTION
AND ETERNAL JUDGMENT: that at death the souls
of the redeemed are made perfect in holiness and
immediately enter into the presence of Christ,
enjoying conscious fellowship with Him, there to
await the resurrection of the body. That the
spirits of the unsaved at death descend immediately
into Hades where they are kept under punishment
until the final day of judgment, at which time their
bodies shall be raised from the grave, that they
shall be judged and cast into Hell, the place of
final and everlasting punishment.
(I Corinthians 15; II Corinthians 5:8‑10;
Luke 16:19‑23; Revelation 20:11‑15)
WE BELIEVE IN THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LOCAL CHURCH:
that a New Testament church is a local assembly of
born-again baptized believers united in organization
to practice New Testament ordinances, to meet
together for worship, prayer, fellowship, teaching,
and a united testimony, and to engage actively in
carrying out the Great Commission.
(Matthew 28:19, 20; Acts 2:41, 42;
Ephesians 1:22, 23)
WE BELIEVE IN DIVINE HEALING. It is our
conviction that our Father's care has made provision
for Divine healing. While we are grateful for
scientific advancement and accept such progress as
part of God's unfolding plan, we believe healing can
also be experienced through prayer. This healing
includes both the physical and emotional needs of
humanity. (James 5:14, 15; Acts 28:8; Mark 6:13,
Psalm 103:3)
WE BELIEVE THE ORDINANCES GIVEN TO THE LOCAL
CHURCH ARE TWO, BAPTISM AND THE LORD'S SUPPER:
that baptism is by immersion of believers in water,
thus portraying the death, burial, and the
resurrection of Jesus Christ; that the Lord's Supper
is the partaking of the bread and cup by the
believer as a continuing memorial of the broken body
and shed blood of Christ. (Matthew 28:19, 20;
Acts 8:38, 39; Romans 6:3‑4;
I Corinthians 11:23, 34; Matthew 26:26‑30)
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