Statement of Faith
• We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God. (2Timothy 3:15-17,
2 Peter 1:21)
• We believe in one God as eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. (Deuteronomy
6:4, Matthew 28:19, 2 Corinthians 13:14, Matthew 3:16-17)
• We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ; in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His
substitution and atoning death on the cross, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father,
and in His present priestly ministry. (Philippians 2:6-11, Matthew 1:22-23, 2 Corinthians 5:21, John 3:2, Isaiah 53:4-7, 1
Corinthians 15:3-8, Acts 2:32-33, Hebrews 7:21-25)
• We believe in a personal salvation through the atoning work and shed blood of Jesus Christ. This salvation
is for all who, by God's grace, repent of sin and who, by faith, receive and confess Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and
Savior unto re-generation. (Ephesians 2:8-10, 2 Corinthians 5:17-21, Acts 3:19, Romans 10:9-10)
• We believe in sanctification, holiness of heart and the overcoming life as God's design for every believer in
Christ. (1 John 3:3-10, 2 Peter 1:3-8, 1 Peter 1:16-19, Romans 6:14-22)
• We believe in the ministry of the Holy Spirit to the church as Comforter, Guide (into all truth), and Enabler; empowering believers to be witnesses unto Christ and bestowing upon them supernatural gifts as He wills, to effectively minister both in and out of the church. We also believe in the baptism of the Holy Ghost and Fire with the evidence of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance (if someone does not speak in tongues that does not mean they have not been baptized in the Holy Ghost, other gifts may manifest before tongues). This ministry is best evidenced by the fruit of the Spirit and the Gifts of the Spirit in the life of the believer. (John 14:15-17, Acts 1:8, 2:1-4, Acts 4, 11:15-17, 1 Corinthians 12:7-11, Galatians 5:22-23)
• We believe that is the responsibility of the Church to proclaim, teach, demonstrate and spread the Gospel of
Jesus Christ as His ambassadors until His return. We affirm the ministry of the laity, who share with ordained clergy,
responsibility for building up the church and reaching out in mission and service to the world. (Matthew 28:18-20, Acts
1:8, Romans 15:17-19, 2 Corinthians 5:20, Ephesians 4:11-12)
• We believe in Baptism following repentance and faith in Christ by immersion and in the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost to represent their spiritual death and burial and resurrection with Christ at Salvation and in Jesus' name after they have received the baptism of the Holy Ghost, and in the regular observation of the Lord's Supper as ordinances to be practiced in the assembly. (Matthew 28:18-20, Acts 2:38, Acts 8:12, 1 Corinthians 11:23)
• We believe in Christ's imminent, personal return in power and great glory and in His present and
everlasting dominion. (Acts 1:11, 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18, Revelation 19:11-16, Ephesians 1:20-22)
• We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost: they that are saved unto the resurrection of
eternal life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of eternal punishment. (Matthew 25:31-46,
1 Corinthians15:51-53, John 5:28-29, Revelation 20:15, 21:8)
• We believe that sexual purity is a necessary expression for all of God’s children and requires abstinence
from adultery, fornication, incest, homosexuality, or other sexual relationships or practices forbidden by Scripture.
(Hebrews 13:4, 1 Corinthians 6:18, Leviticus 18:1-30)
• We believe that marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for a lifetime
and is a sacred institution established by God. (Matthew 19:4-6)
• We believe that since mankind is created in God’s image, human life is of inestimable worth and
significance in all its dimensions, from conception to grave. (Genesis 1:27, Psalm 139:13-14)