 e believe in one God, Creator and sustainer of all things, infinitely perfect, holy, and eternally co-existing in three persons--Father, Son and Holy Spirit, who are omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent.
e believe the Bible, both the Old and the New Testament, is the Word of God. We believe the Scriptures are the inspired, inerrant and trustworthy Word of God, the complete revelation of His will for the salvation of human beings, and the final authority for all matters about which it speaks.
e believe in God the Father, who is the infinite, personal Spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, power and love; that He mercifully concerns Himself in the affairs of mankind; that He hears and answers prayer; and that He saves from sin and death all who come to Him through Jesus Christ.
e believe Jesus Christ is God; that He is God’s only begotten Son, conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of a virgin. We believe He lived a sinless life, performed miracles and infallibly taught, lived and is the Word of God “from the beginning”. He freely laid aside His glory, humbled Himself and became incarnate as a man. We believe Jesus Christ is the only mediator between God and mankind.
e believe the Holy Spirit is God. He came forth from the Father and the Son to convict the world of sin, righteousness and judgment. (John 16:8) The Holy Spirit is the agent of regeneration and sanctification for believers in Jesus Christ. He teaches, comforts, guides, convicts and enables believers to live in honor to God. He empowers believers for ministry and indwells everyone who places their faith in Jesus Christ. We believe in the present and interactive ministry of the Holy Spirit and in all the spiritual gifts described in the Bible, which He continues to give today.
e believe in the shed blood and substitutionary death of Jesus Christ for the atonement of our sins. We believe that He was buried for three days and three nights and afterward was bodily resurrected from the grave. His sacrifice provides the only ground for justification, forgiveness and salvation to all who put their faith in Him.
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e believe that accepting and confessing Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, asking Him to forgive our sins, and putting our faith in him, we are regenerated though the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity. (Galatians 3:19; 1 John 3:9) This results in a spiritual rebirth as we become a new creation in Him.
e believe Jesus Christ physically resurrected from the dead and ascended into Heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father, forever making intercession for His people. Just as He resurrected from the dead, His resurrection is the guarantee of the resurrection unto eternal life for all who put their faith in Him.
e believe in the ordinance of baptism in water by immersion, a public expression of our faith and identification in the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT e believe in the baptism and the infilling of the Holy Spirit, which empowers, strengthens and comforts, and is usually accompanied by the manifestation of the gifts of the Holy Spirit in the believer’s life. These gifts are available to all who believe. We accept, acknowledge, encourage and seek all of the Biblical gifts and ministries of the Holy Spirit. They are present, active and vital in aiding the Church and the advancing of the glorious Kingdom of God.
e believe in the literal, physical, personal and visible return of Jesus Christ to the earth and the establishment of His earthly Kingdom. We believe in the resurrection of the body, the final judgment and the eternal blessing of the righteous, as well as, the endless suffering for the wicked. Only those who have made Jesus Christ their Lord and Savior and are born of the Holy Spirit are members of the Body of Christ, and will spend eternity with Christ.
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