Statement of Faith
1.
We
believe that there is but one living and true God, an eternally
existent spiritual being of absolute knowledge, power and goodness;
creator and preserver of all things visible and invisible. That in the
unity of this Godhead, there are three persons of one
substance, power and eternity - Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
2.
We
believe that Jesus Christ is the second person of the triune
Godhead; that He was eternally of one substance with the Father; that
He became incarnated by the Holy Spirit; was born of the
virgin Mary, thus uniting in one perfect
personality forever two whole and perfect natures, Godhead and
manhood, very God and very man, the God-man
Jesus Christ.
3.
We believe in the personality and deity of the Holy Spirit; that He did
proceed from the Father and the Son and is the third person of
the Godhead, of one substance, power, and eternity with them;
that He is present
with and active in, the church, convicting the whole world of sin,
righteousness and judgment.
4.
We believe that the 66 books of the Old and New Testament
which the church has universally accepted as the Holy Scriptures were
given by divine inspiration and
constitute the revealed Word of God, as the only supreme, sufficient and
authoritative rule of faith and practice,
and that the Holy Spirit, who motivated
men of God to speak through the
written word, has providentially guarded, in its preservation, the
integrity of the message, and continues to
illumine the hearts of those who read that they may understand God's
redemptive plan.
5.
We believe that man was a special creation by God but that he forfeited his
first estate and is very far fallen from original righteous
ness; and because of the corruption of his nature, as received from
Adam, he is incline to evil and that continually.
6.
We
believe that Jesus Christ died for our sins and by the shedding
of His blood made atonement for the sins of all mankind. This
atonement is the only ground of salvation. We also believe in Christ's
bodily resurrection from the dead, that He ascended into heaven to the
right hand of the Father and is there today in intercession
for us.
7.
We
believe that every individual must accept Jesus Christ as his
personal Savior and Lord; the Holy Spirit
working in his life will
bring him to God to do this act. This same Holy Spirit
enables this previous sinner to live a godly life.
8.
We
believe that Jesus Christ fills every Christian with the Holy
Spirit and empowers him for service if he asks for this
experience.
9.
We believe in the imminent, personal return of Jesus Christ to
this world to establish His kingdom, to rule unrighteousness and to
judge all unrepentant men.
10.
We
believe in the bodily resurrection of the dead, that the bodies
of both the just and the unjust shall be reunited with their spirits, that
everlasting life is assured to all who believe in and follow Jesus
Christ; and that the non-Christian shall
go away into everlasting punishment
in hell.
11.
We
believe in the one holy universal church which is the body
of Christ and to which all true believers
belong, and in its mission to
witness concerning its Head, Jesus Christ, preaching the gospel to all
peoples.
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