1. WE BELIEVE...The Scriptures are Inspired by God and declare
His design and plan for mankind.
2. WE BELIEVE...There is only One True God–revealed in
three persons...Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (commonly known as the Trinity).
3. WE BELIEVE...In the Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. As God's
son Jesus was both human and divine.
4. WE BELIEVE...though originally good, Man Willingly Fell to
Sin–ushering evil and death, both physical and spiritual, into the world.
5. WE BELIEVE...Every Person Can Have Restored Fellowship with
God Through 'Salvation' (trusting Christ, through faith and repentance, to be
our personal Savior).
6. WE BELIEVE...and practice two ordinances—(1) Water Baptism
by Immersion after repenting of one's sins and receiving Christ's gift of salvation,
and (2) Holy Communion (the Lord's Supper) as a symbolic remembrance of Christ's
suffering and death for our salvation.
7. WE BELIEVE...the Baptism in the Holy Spirit is a Special Experience
Following Salvation that empowers believers for witnessing and effective service,
just as it did in New Testament times.
8. WE BELIEVE... The Initial Physical Evidence of the Baptism
in the Holy Spirit is ‘Speaking in Tongues,’ as experienced on the
Day of Pentecost and referenced throughout Acts and the Epistles.
9. WE BELIEVE...Sanctification Initially Occurs at Salvation
and is not only a declaration that a believer is holy, but also a progressive
lifelong process of separating from evil as believers continually draw closer
to God and become more Christlike.
10. WE BELIEVE...The Church has a Mission to seek and save all
who are lost in sin. We believe 'the Church' is the Body of Christ and consists
of the people who, throughout time, have accepted God's offer of redemption (regardless
of religious denomination) through the sacrificial death of His son Jesus Christ.
11. WE BELIEVE...A Divinely Called and Scripturally Ordained
Leadership Ministry Serves the Church. The Bible teaches that each of us under
leadership must commit ourselves to reach others for Christ, to worship Him with
other believers, to build up or edify the body of believers–the Church and
to Meet human need with ministries of love and compassion.
12. WE BELIEVE...Divine Healing of the Sick is a Privilege for
Christians Today and is provided for in Christ's atonement (His sacrificial death
on the cross for our sins).
13. WE BELIEVE...in The Blessed Hope—When Jesus Raptures
His Church Prior to His Return to Earth (the second coming). At this future moment
in time all believers who have died will rise from their graves and will meet
the Lord in the air, and Christians who are alive will be caught up with them,
to be with the Lord forever.
14. WE BELIEVE...in The Millennial Reign of Christ when Jesus
returns with His saints at His second coming and begins His benevolent rule over
earth for 1,000 years. This millennial reign will bring the salvation of national
Israel and the establishment of universal peace.
15. WE BELIEVE...A Final Judgment Will Take Place for those who
have rejected Christ. They will be judged for their sin and consigned to eternal
punishment in a punishing lake of fire.
16. WE BELIEVE...and look forward to the perfect New Heavens
and a New Earth that Christ is preparing for all people, of all time, who have
accepted Him. We will live and dwell with Him there forever following His millennial
reign on Earth. 'And so shall we forever be with the Lord!'
