Statement of Beliefs

THE SCRIPTURES INSPIRED
The Scriptures, Old and New Testaments, are verbally inspired of God and are the revelation of God to man, the infallible, authoritative rule of faith and conduct. SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: 2 Timothy 3:15-17, 1 Thessalonians 2:1, 2 Peter 1:21

​THE ONE TRUE GOD
The one true God has revealed Himself as the eternally self-existent “I AM,” the Creator of heaven and earth and the Redeemer of mankind. He has further revealed Himself as embodying the principles of relationship and association as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: Deuteronomy 6:4, Isaiah 43:10, Matthew 28:19, Luke 3:22​

THE DEITY OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
The Lord Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God. The scriptures declare:
His virgin birth (Matthew 1:23, Luke 1:31,35)
His sinless life (Hebrews 7:26, 1 Peter 2:22)
His miracles (Acts 2:22, 10:38)
His “substitutionary” work on the cross (I Corinthians 15:3, 2 Corinthians 5:21)
His bodily resurrection from the dead (Matthew 28:6, Luke 24:39, I Cor. 15:4)
His exaltation to the right hand of God (Acts 1:9,11, Acts 2:33, Philippians 2:9, Hebrews 1:3)​

THE FALL OF MAN
Man was created good and upright; for God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness.” However, man, by voluntary transgression, fell and thereby ensured not only physical death, but also spiritual death, which is separation from God. SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: Genesis 1:26,27, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:6, Romans 5:12-19

​THE SALVATION OF MAN
Man’s only hope of redemption is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ the Son of God. Conditions of Salvation: Salvation is received through repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost, being justified by grace through faith, man becomes an heir of God according to the hope of eternal life. SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: Luke 24:47 John 3:3, Romans 10:13-15, Ephesians 2:8, Titus 2:11,, Titus 3:5-7.

The Evidence of Salvation: The inward evidence of salvation is the direct witness of the Spirit. The outward evidence to all men is a life of righteousness and true holiness. SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: Romans 8:16, Ephesians 4:24, Titus 2:12

THE ORDINANCES OF THE CHURCH
Baptism in Water: The ordinance of baptism by immersion is commanded in the scriptures. All who repent and believe on Christ as Savior and Lord are to be baptized. Thus, they declare to the world that they have died with Christ and that they also have been raised with Him to walk in newness in life. SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: Matthew 28:19, Mark 16:16, Acts 10:47-48, Romans 6:4

Holy Communion: The Lord’s Supper, consisting of the elements, bread and the fruit of the vine, is the symbol expressing our sharing the diving nature of our Lord Jesus Christ; a memorial of His suffering and death; and is enjoyed by all believers “till He comes!” SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: 2 Peter 1:4, 1 Corinthians 11:26​

THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
All believers are entitled to and should ardently accept and earnestly seek the promise of the Father, the baptism in the Holy Ghost and fire, acion from conception through natural death. We are therefore called to defend, protect and value all human life (Psalm 139).

We believe that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person as male or female. These two distinct, complementary genders together reflect the image and nature of God. (Genesis 1:26-27) Rejection of one’s biological sex is a rejection of the image of God within that person. We believe the term “marriage” has only one meaning: the uniting of one man and one woman in a single, exclusive union, as delineated in Scripture (Genesis 2:18-25). We believe that God intends sexual intimacy to occur only between a man and a woman who are married to each other (1 Corinthians 6:18, 7:2-5; Hebrews 13:4). We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of a marriage between a man and a woman. We believe that any form of sexual immorality (including adultery, fornication, homosexual behavior, bisexual conduct, beastiality, incest, and use of pornography) is sinful and offensive to God. (Matthew 15:18-20; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10; I Timothy 1:9-11) We believe that in order to preserve the function and integrity of cording to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ. This was the normal experience of all in the early Christian Church. With it comes the endowment of power for life and service, the bestowing of the gifts and their uses in the work of the ministry. SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: Luke 24:49, Acts 1:4-8, I Corinthians 12:13-31

This experience is distinct from and subsequent to the experience of the new birth. With the baptism in the Holy Ghost come such experiences as an overflowing fullness of the Spirit, a deepened reverence for God, and intensified consecration to God and dedication to His work, and a more active love for Christ, for His Word and for the lost. SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: Acts 8:12-17, 10:14-16, 15:7-9; John 7:27-29, Acts 4:8, Acts 2:43, Hebrews 12:28, Acts 2:42, Mark 16:20

THE NEW HEAVEN AND THE NEW EARTH
We, according to His promise, look for a new heaven and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: 2 Peter 3:13, Revelation 21:22

SANCTIFICATION
Sanctification is an act of separation from that which is evil, and of dedication unto God. SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: Romans 12:1-2, Hebrews 13:12, I Thessalonians 5:23.