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We Believe.....
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 following His millenial
reign on Earth. 'And so shall we forever be with the Lord!' |
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