OUR BELIEFS
OUR BELIEFS
We believe the Bible is the verbally inspired Word of God, infallible andย inerrant in the original writings.
There is only one Living and True God, Maker of Heaven and earth, and of all thingsย visible and invisible; and in Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, who was withย God in the beginning, (John 1:1-2, 14; 1 John 1:1-2)
We believe in the Holy Ghost, the Spirit of Truth which proceeds from the Fatherย and Son and is equal with the Father and Son (1 John 5:7), and is a gift to the believerย (Luke 11:13;ย John 14:16-17, 26; John 15:26; Acts 1:4-5; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:17-18, 33, 39; Acts 2:38-39).
We believe in the virgin birth of Jesus Christ and that He suffered, was crucified,ย died and buried, the third day He arose again, He ascended into Heaven, and sittethย on the right hand of the Father; and His return is imminent in order to judge theย quick and dead (Matthew 1:18-25; Mark 16; Luke 23:29-32; Luke 24; Matthewย 24:29-31; Matthew 25:31-46; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10; 1 Peter 4:5-6; Revelation 1:1-7; Daniel 7:13-14; Zechariah 14:1-5; Revelation 19:11-21; Revelation 20:11-15).
We believeย Satan, a fallen angel, is the adversary of God and man (Isaiah 14:12-15; Ezekiel 28:12-15; Matthew 4:1-11; 2 Corinthians 11:14; 1 Peter 5:8).
Man was created in the image of God and sinned, bringing death to all mankind inย his fall (Genesis 1:26-27, 2:7, 3:1-19; Romans 5:12-14; 1 Corinthians 15:21-22).
We believe in repentance from sin, in the atonement by the substitutionary deathย and shed blood of Jesus Christ for the propitiation of the sins of the world (Matthewย 4:17; John 19:34; Romans 5:6-10; 2 Corinthians 5: 14-15, 17-19; Hebrews 9:14-22; Iย Peter 1:18-21).
Salvation is by grace through personal faith in Jesus Christ, thereby experiencing theย new birth (Ephesians 2:8; John 1:11-13, John 3:1-17; 1 Peter 1:18-23).
We believe in baptism by immersion in water (Matthew 3:13-17; Matthew 28:19;ย Mark 16:15-16; John 3:22-26; Acts 2:38).
We believe in the baptism, filling and indwelling of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 3:11-12; Mark 1:8; Luke 3:16-17; John 7:38-39; John 14:16-17, 26; Acts 1:4-5; Joel 2:28; Actsย 2:1-4, 17-18, 38-39; Acts 4:31; Acts 8:14-17; Acts 10:44-48; Acts 19:1-7).
We believe in the operation of the gifts of the Holy Spirit in the church (1 Corinthiansย 12:4-14; Romans 15:13, 18-19; 1 Corinthians 1:4-7, 1 Corinthians 2:4-5, 1 Corinthiansย 4:20; Ephesians 4:8; 2 Timothy 1:6).
