WHAT WE BELIEVE
We believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God written by Holy men as they were instructed by God. It is the inerrant Word of God
.
We believe that man was created good and upright, for God said, "Let us
make man in our own image, after Our likeness." But man voluntarily
transgressed against God, and God has provided man his only hope of
salvation and redemption which is Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
We believe that all human life is sacred and created by God in His
image. Human life is of inestimable worth in all its dimensions,
including pre-born babies, the aged, the physically or mentally
challenged, and every other stage or condition from conception through
natural death. We are therefore called to defend, protect, and value all
human life. (Ps 139.)
We believe that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person as male or female, and that these two distinct, complementary genders together reflect the image and nature of God.
We believe that God created marriage to be exclusive the union between
one man and one woman, and that intimate sexual activity is to occur
exclusively within that union.
We believe that Jesus came as a man, was born of a virgin, and His
Father is God.
We believe that Jesus was born without the inherited sin
of Adam and during His entire life, committed no sin. Jesus was the
eternal Father made visible, apart from whom there is no God.
We believe in the personal salvation of believers through the confession
of sins, recognizing that Jesus Christ is the substitute for our sins,
through His shed blood. It is by the grace of God, through faith in
Jesus Christ and His shed blood, that we became an heir of God.
We believe that the New Birth is a direct witness of the Spirit and is
an inward confession of Jesus Christ.
We believe that following
salvation through Jesus Christ you should be baptized…as commanded by
the Lord Jesus. This was the last commandment He left His Apostles. "Go
ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them, in the name of the
Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost."
We believe in divine healing through faith and that healing is a benefit
of the atonement.
We believe in the nine gifts of the Holy Spirit and that these gifts are
given throughout the Body of Christ and are in operation today.
We believe in the imminent return, second coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ for His church. (His bride)
We believe that there is a heaven and a hell. Heaven is a place of
eternal rest for the righteous (those who have accepted Jesus Christ as
atonement for their sins) and hell is a place of eternal damnation for
the unrighteous (those who do not accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and
Savior).
We believe in the millennial reign of Jesus - the revelation of the Lord
Jesus Christ from heaven, and the millennial reign of Christ and His
followers on earth
We believe in the Great Commission - to minister God's saving grace and to reach out to the poor and lost in spirit. And foremost, to honor and obey God's command, "take the Gospel into all the world."