OUR STATEMENT OF FAITH

We believe the Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, to be the inspired Word of God, without error in the original writings, the complete revelation of His will for the salvation of men, and the divine and final authority for all Christian faith and life. (2 Timothy 3:16-17)

 

We believe in one God, Creator of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three persons – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Genesis 1:1; John 10:30; John 16:12-15; Matthew 28:19)

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We believe that Jesus Christ is true God and true man, having been conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. (Luke 1:35; Romans 1:3-4; John 3:16)

 

We believe that man, created in the image of God, 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 and are sinners. (Romans 1:18-20; Romans 3:9-23)

 

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice, and that all who believe in Him are justified by His shed blood. (Hebrews 9:28; 1 Peter 1:18-20; 1 Peter 3:18; Romans 5:12-21)

 

We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, His ascension into heaven, and His present life there for us, as High Priest and Advocate. (1 Corinthians 15:1-4; Hebrews 7:21, 25)

 

We believe that all who receive by faith the Lord Jesus Christ are born again of the Holy Spirit and thereby become children of God. (John 3:3-18; Romans 10:9)

 

We believe that the true church is composed of all such persons who, through saving faith in Jesus Christ, have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit and are united together in the body of Christ of which He is the Head. (1 Corinthians 12:12-13)

 

We believe in baptism by immersion of a believer in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, in testimony of his faith in the crucified, buried, and risen Christ, and in confession that he is dead to sin and risen in newness of life in Christ Jesus; and that the Lord’s Supper is a commemoration of the Lord’s death until he comes. (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 8:38; Romans 6:1-5; 1 Corinthians 11:23-31)

 

We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and unjust; of the believer to everlasting blessedness and joy with the Lord; of the unbeliever to judgment and everlasting punishment. (1 Thessalonians 4:15, 16; John 5:28,29; John 14:1-6; Revelation 20:4-6; 2 Thessalonians 1:8,9)

 

We believe in the glorious, certain, personal and physical return of our Lord Jesus Christ and that this Blessed Hope has a vital bearing on the entire life and service of the believer. (1 Corinthians 15:51-57; Acts 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 1 John 3:1-3)