Statement of Faith
1. Sola Scriptura: We believe that the Bible (Old and New Testaments – 66 Books) is the inspired Word of God. It was written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and is therefore infallible in its original manuscripts. The Bible is our supreme and final authority in all matters of faith and life (Ps. 19:7-11; 2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Pet. 1:19-21).
2. God: We believe that there is One true God (Deut. 6:4) As loving creator of the universe, God continues to personally sustain, rule, and care for all He has made (Gen. 1:1; Heb. 1:3; 2 Chr. 20:6; Matt. 7:11).
2. Father: We believe the Father, an infinite, personal Spirit (John 4:24). He is perfect in holiness (Is. 6:1-4), wisdom and justice (Gen. 18:25), power (Mat 19:26), and love (1 John 4:8). We believe that He cares about our needs, hears and answers prayer (Mat 21:22), and saves from sin and eternal death all who come to Him calling on the Name of Jesus (Romans 10:13).
3. Son: We believe that Jesus is the Messiah, God incarnate in the flesh (John 1:1). We Believe that Jesus and the Father are One (Isa. 9:6, John 14:9). He is fully God and fully man; conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary (Lk. 1:31-35). We believe that He lived a sinless life (Heb 4:15); that He paid for our sins by dying on the cross as our substitute (Rom. 5:8); that He bodily rose from the dead (1 Cor. 15:3-4, 17-20) and ascended into heaven (Acts 1:9). Further, we believe that He will personally, visibly return to earth as He has promised (Matt. 25:31-33; Acts 1:11).
4. Holy Spirit: We believe that the Holy Spirit is also fully God. He convicts people of their sin (Jn. 16:8-11), and He dwells within those who have come to salvation through Christ (Jn. 4:13; 1 Cor 3:16). Through the Baptism of the Holy Spirit believers receive power (Acts 1:8), instruction (Jn. 16:13), and clear evidence initially speaking in tongues as well as the continued evidence of Spiritual gifts (1 Cor. 12:4-7) to carry out the mission of Christ. The Spirit-controlled Christian will show evidence of an increasingly Christlike character (Gal. 5:22-26). His very presence in our lives gives us assurance that we will inherit eternal life when Christ returns (Eph. 1:13-14).
5. Mankind: We believe that God created mankind, male and female, in the image of God and free from sin (Gen. 1:27); therefore, all persons have essential dignity and worth. But the Bible also teaches that mankind fell into sin (Gen. 3:1-19); each aspect of our character is corrupted; each person is spiritually dead (Eph. 2:1), and therefore each of us is in need of salvation (Rom. 3:23; Rom. 5:12-21).
6. Salvation: We believe that the only way of salvation is by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. Salvation is a gift from God (Rom. 6:23). It cannot be earned through any human merit or works of the flesh(Eph. 2:8-9). Those who are saved acknowledge Christ as Lord (Rom. 10:9-1 2), are Baptized in the name of Jesus for the remission of Sin, walk in the Spirit and are sanctified through obedience to Christ's commandments in this lifetime (Eph. 2:10), and so have the promise of heaven for the future (Jn. 14:1-6).
7. The Church: We believe in the “universal church,” the Body of Christ, established on the day of Pentecost, the Apostolic Church, which is a spiritual body consisting of all true Christians with Christ as head (Col. 1:18). We also believe in the “local church,” which is a visible assembly of believers (Heb. 10:24-25). All members of the Body of Christ have been baptized upon a credible profession of faith in Jesus (Acts 2:38), baptized in the Holy Ghost with evidence of spiritual gifts that follow all true believers. The Body organizes themselves for the purposes of evangelism (Matt. 28:18), worship (Jn. 4:23), edifying one another (Eph. 4:16), and caring for the needy (Jam. 1:27; Acts 2:42, 46). The two ordinances of the church are the baptism of believers (Matt. 28:19) and the Lord’s Supper (1 Cor. 11:23-26).
8. Christian Conduct: We believe that the supreme task for every believer is to glorify God in his life (1 Cor. 10:31). The Christian should seek to live blamelessly before the world (1 Pet. 1:15; Rom. 12:1), to be a faithful steward of the possessions, time and abilities that God has given each of us (Lk. 16:10-13), and to seek for themselves and others the full stature of maturity in Christ (Eph. 4:11-13)