Statement of Faith
We believe:
1. that the Bible is the inspired and the only infallible and authoritative written Word of God (2 Timothy 3:16).
2. that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit (Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 28:19).
3. in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virginal birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father and in His personal, future return to this earth in power and glory, to reign for one thousand years (John 1:1).
4. that man by voluntary transgression fell and thereby incurred not only physical death but also spiritual death, which is separation from God (Genesis 1:26,27; 2:17; 3:6; Romans 5:12-19).
5. that man’s only hope of redemption is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ the Son of God (John 14:6).
6. in water baptism by immersion (Matthew 28:19) and that the Lord’s Supper is the symbol expressing our sharing the divine nature of our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Peter 1:4).
7. that all believers are entitled to and should ardently expect and earnestly seek the promise of the Father, the baptism in the Holy Spirit and fire, according to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 1:4,8).
8. that the baptism of believers in the Holy Spirit is witnessed by the initial physical sign of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit of God gives them utterance (Acts 2:4).
9. in the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a holy life (Galatians 5:16–25).
10. that the Church is the body of Christ, the habitation of God through the Spirit, with divine appointments for the fulfillment of the great commission (Ephesians 1:22,23).
11. that a divinely called and scripturally ordained ministry has been provided by our Lord for the fourfold purpose of leading the Church in: (1) evangelization of the world (Mark 16:15-20), (2) worship of God (John 4:23,24), (3) building a Body of saints being perfected in the image of His Son (Ephesians 4:11,16), and (4) meeting human need with ministries of love and compassion (Psalm 112:9; Galatians 2:10; 6:10; James 1:27)
12. that the redemptive work of Christ on the cross provides healing of the human body in answer to believing prayer (1 Peter 2:24).
13. in the resurrection of those who have fallen asleep in Christ and their translation together with those who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord is the imminent and blessed hope of the Church (1 Thessalonians 4:16,17; Romans 8:23; Titus 2:13; 1 Corinthians 15:51,52).
14. in the visible return of Christ with His saints to reign on the earth for one thousand years (Zechariah 14:5; Matthew 24:27,30; Revelation 1:7; 19:11-14; 20:1-6).
15. in a final judgment in which the wicked dead will be raised and judged according to their works. (Matthew 25:46; Mark 9:43-48; Revelation 19:20; 20:11-15; 21:8).
16. in the promises of God of new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness (2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21,22).