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What We Believe
2).We believe in the triune Godhead as eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
(II Cor. 13:14)
3).We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious death and atonement through His shed Blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His present priestly ministry.
(I Tim. 3:16; Rom. 3:25,26)
4).We believe in evangelistic and missionary fervor and endeavor. (Acts 1:8; Mark 16:15-18)
5).We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential. We further believe in the keeping power of God.
(Heb. 9:22; Jude 24,25)
6).We believe that sanctification, holiness and the overcoming life is God's design for the Church, which is the Bride of Christ.
(Eph. 5:25-27)
7).We believe in the Baptism in the Holy Spirit as on the day of Pentecost and in the continuing ministry of the Holy Spirit as evidenced in charismatic gifts and ministries, and in the fruit of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer.
(Acts 2:4; Acts 10:46; Acts 19:6; Eph. 4:11; I Cor. 12:8-11; Gal. 5:22,23)
8).We believe that divine healing is obtained on the basis of the Atonement.
(I Pet. 2:24; Matt. 8:17)
9).We believe in Christ’ imminent personal return in power and great glory, and in His present and everlasting dominion.
(Acts 1:8; Rev. 1:7; Dan. 7:14)
10).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.
(Jn 5:28-29, Rev. 20:15)
11).We believe that Jesus Christ instituted and directly commanded the perpetual practice of only two official sacraments for the modern Church to obey and employ as specific testimonies of his person and work: The Lord's Supper and Water Baptism by immersion. Concerning the Lord's Supper, we deny the doctrine of transubstantiation. Concerning Water Baptism, we affirm it to be that outward sign of the inward work of regeneration.
(Matt. 28:18-20, Mark 1:4,5, Rom. 6:3-11, I Cor. 11:23-29)
12).We believe that it is the duty and privilege of every believer to, within his ability, support the local assembly with his regular presence, giving and service.
13).We believe that tithing, accompanied by free-will offerings, is God’s ordained method to finance the spreading of the Gospel and the needs of the local assembly.
14).We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of marriage between a man and a woman. We believe that any form of homosexuality, lesbianism, bi-sexuality, bestiality, incest, fornication, pedophilia, adultery and pornography are sinful perversions of God’s gift of sex. We believe that God disapproves of and forbids any attempt to alter one’s gender by surgery or appearance.
(Genesis 2:24; 19:5; 26:8-9; Leviticus 18:1-30; Romans 1:26-29; I Corinthians 5:1; 6:9; I Thessalonians 4:1-8; Hebrews 13:4)
15).We believe that the only legitimate marriage is the joining of one man and one woman. Therefore it is the only marriage ceremony that we recognize and perform.
(Genesis 2:24; Romans 7:2; I Corinthians 7:10; Ephesians 5:22-23)