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WE BELIEVE in
the authority of all sixty-six books of the Bible as the infallible,
inerrant Word of God. The Bible is the ultimate source for knowledge
about God, the only source for redemptive truth, and the definitive guide
for our daily lives.
WE BELIEVE in
the Trinity. There is one God revealed in three distinct persons:
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Each person of the Trinity is equal
with one another and has existed for all eternity in loving relationship
with each other. The triune God is self-existent, unchanging,
all-powerful, everywhere-present, all-knowing, holy, righteous, just and
loving. God is spirit and is to be worshiped in spirit and in truth.
We are in reverent awe of His wisdom, glory, and majesty.
WE BELIEVE God
directly created the universe from nothing and Sovereignly rules over His
creation, including both human and angelic beings. We believe that
God is transcendent yet immanently involved with His creation.
WE BELIEVE Jesus
Christ was sent by the Father, conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of a
virgin, lived a sinless life, and performed miracles. Jesus Christ
will remain both fully God and fully man in His person forever.
WE BELIEVE in
Jesus Christ’s bodily resurrection, ascension to the right hand of the
Father, and second coming for His church and to bring judgment upon the
world.
WE BELIEVE that
man is a spiritual and physical being. We are made in the image of
God endowed with an invisible, inner likeness to Him. We are unique
among His creation. Because of the fall of Adam, humanity is born in
sin and has suffered loss of fellowship with God.
WE BELIEVE that
man is destined to die once and after that to face judgment.
WE BELIEVE in
the immortality of the human soul and the bodily resurrection of humanity
unto life or unto death. A literal, eternal heaven for the redeemed
and a literal, eternal hell for the lost.
WE BELIEVE Jesus
Christ provided salvation by dying physically on the cross in our place,
the just for the unjust. By Christ’s finished work on the cross we
have restoration of fellowship with God.
WE BELIEVE that
man is saved by grace alone, through faith & repentance alone, in
Christ alone. Salvation is completely the free gift of God that
cannot be earned or merited by any human effort whatsoever.
Moreover, no person can earn his salvation by taking part in any church
sacrament, ceremony, custom, or activity. Let us be clear here.
While church sacraments such as water baptism and communion are important
to Christ and His Church, they do not in anyway have the capacity to save
anyone by mechanically performing them. However, works and deeds
performed under the power and guidance of the Holy Spirit are the
supernatural outworking of faith in Christ that has been freely given to
the Christian by God. Thus, we are saved unto good works;
we do not work for our salvation but from it.
WE BELIEVE that
the person of the Holy Spirit imparts new spiritual life and indwells each
believer at the moment of salvation. Throughout our Christian life
on earth we experience His infilling, empowering, and gifting for
victorious Christian living and ministry. There are different kinds
of gifts, but the same Spirit.
WE BELIEVE that
the church is God’s ordained institution headed by Christ. The church is
composed of all believers, and is organized for worship, for fellowship,
for the administration of the sacraments, for spiritual growth and
support, and for evangelizing the world in grace and truth.
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