STATEMENT OF FAITH
HOLY SCRIPTURES
We believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the inspired Word of God, and that they are the supreme and final authority in faith and life. (II Timothy 3: 16-17; II Peter 1:20-21)
TRINITY OF THE GOD HEAD
We believe in one God, eternal, existing in three persons; Father, Son and Holy Spirit. (I John 5:7; II Cor. 13:14; I Cor. 8:6, Isa. 43:10-11; Isa. 9:6; Matt. 28:19-20)
PERSON OF JESUS CHRIST
We believe that Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary; He is true God and true Man. (John 1:14; Luke 1:35; I John 5:20; I John 2:22-23)
PERSON OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
We believe the Holy Spirit is a Divine person; the Comforter sent by the Lord Jesus Christ to indwell, to guide, and to teach the believer and to convince the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgement. (John 14:16-18; Romans 8:11)
CREATION AND FALL OF MAN
We believe man was created in the image of God; that he sinned and thereby incurred, not only physical death, but also spiritual death which is separation from God; and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature, are separated from the life of God and can be saved only through the atoning work of the Lord Jesus Christ. (Gen. 1:26, 27; Gen. 3; Romans 3:23; and 6:23; Romans 5:12; John 3:3)
SALVATION
We believe that salvation has been provided through the death of our Lord Jesus Christ; and that all who believe in Him are justified on the gounds of His shed blood. (Acts 4:10, 12; and 20:28; I John 1:7; Titus 3:5; Romans 5:9)
ORDINANCES
We believe water baptism is a commandment for the Christian to observe. While recognizing that water baptism has no saving merit, it is our conviction that after one receives Jesus Christ as his Savior, baptism is the next step in order to portray to the world the believers union with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection.
RESURRECTION
We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, in His ascension into Heaven, and in His present life there for us, as High Priest and Advocate. (Luke 24; Hebrews 7;25-28; Hebrews 9:24; I Cor. 15)
CHRISTIAN LIFE
We believe it is the will of God that each believer should be sanctified through the agency of the Holy Spirit, being separated thereby receiving power for holy living and effective service. This is recognized as an experience wrought in the life in conversion. (John 16:7-15; II Tim. 3:1-5; Romans 12:1-2; Romans 8:9; II Cor. 6:14-18 and 7:1)
We believe the Scriptures clearly teach that all believers should manifest lives of faith and sacrifice, to give themselves continually to prayer and intercession, and especially to fulfill the great commission, to go into all the world as witnesses preaching the gospel to all nations. (Matt. 28:18-20 (great commission); Acts 1:8 (witnessing); I Tim. 2:8; I Thes. 5:17)
BODILY HEALING
We believe provision is made in the Redemption of the Lord Jesus Christ for the healing of the mortal body in accordance with His word. The anointing with oil, as set forth in James 5:14, is a privilege of the church in this present age. (John 15:7; Matt. 10:1, 7-8; James 5:13-15)
SECOND ADVENT OF CHRIST
We believe in the "Blessed Hope", the personal return of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and that this truth should be preached, showing its' relation to the personal life and service of the believer. (Titus 2:13; John 14:1-4; I Thes. 1:10 and 4:13-18; Mark 16:15; Matt. 24)
BLESSED HOPE
We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust, the everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the punishment of the lost. (John 5:28-29; Jude 6:7; Luke 23:43; Phil. 1:23; Luke 16:19-26; Matt. 25:41-46; Phil. 3:21)