| 1. We believe in the one true God eternally self-existing as the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. (Genesis 1:1-3; Ephesians 4:5-6)
2. We believe in the infallibility of the Holy Scripture as the Word of God inspired by the Holy Spirit and our need to preach the Word with the same inspiration of the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven, giving life to the Gospel of Jesus Christ which is the power of God unto everyone who believes.
(2 Timothy 3:16-17; Romans 1:16-17; 1 Peter 1:12; 2 Corinthians 3:2-6;
John 6:63)
3. We believe in the Lordship of Jesus Christ as the Son of God sent by God the Father to bring salvation to the world as well as a revelation of the Father and the sending of the Holy Spirit to continue the work of the Lord through the instrumentality of the Church and His people. (Mattew 16:16-18)
4. We believe in the person and work of the Holy Spirit who now guides, directs and empowers the Church to continue the relationship and ministry of teh Lord Jesus Christ and our need to personally embrace His (the Holy Spirit’s) ministry in the earth today. (Acts 2:8)
5. We believe in the virgin birth, the life and ministry, the substitutionary death and bodily resurrection of Jesus Chrst and His ultimate return. (Luke 2; Mattew 28; 1 Corinthians 15)
6. We believe in the fallen state of man through sin and his need for salvation by grace through faith as a gift from God and not of works (Romans 10:9-10; Ephesians 2:8-9), and in the power of the redemptive blood of Jesus Christ that brings justification by faith. (Romans 3:23-26)
7. We believe in the revelation is progressive and that there is much more that we will believe as it is revealed by the Holy Spirit and consistent and in harmony with the written Word of God. (Ephesians 4:11-16)
8. We believe that there is a heaven as the reward of the believer beyond death, including a bodily resurrection from the dead. Likewise, there is a hell as the reward of the unbeliever beyond death, including a bodily resurrection to live in everlasting torment and separation from God. (Luke 2; Mattew 28; 1 Corinthians 15)
9. We believe that there is a new heaven and a new earth that will take teh place of this physical planet at the return of Christ to renovate and restore all things to their original created form. (Revelation 21:1-7)
10. We believe that the Great Commission was given by Christ and is binding on every believer to go into all the world preaching the gospel of the Kingdom of God to every creature making disciples of all nations; and that every believer is a minister of reconciliation. (Mattew 28:16-20; Mark 16:15; Luke 24:47; 2 Corinthians 5:17-20)
11. We believe that the earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof. Everything which appears and has substance in the universe comes from things invisible, creating a merging of the natural and supernatural. God is God of heaven and earth and made all things for our good. When put in their divinely created order, the natural and supernatural are to work together for the meeting of man’s needs spiritually, mentally, physically, financially and in the family for the evangelization of the world for Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God, and for the fulfillment of God’s ultimate purpose. (John 1:1-12; Revelation 4:11; Hebrews 1:1-5)
12. We believe that all are born of Christ by His Spirit are the Body of Christ an constitute the true Church. (Mattew 16:18; 1 Corinthians 12:12-14; Ephesians 4:3-7)
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