Statements of Faith & Core Beliefs

Father, Son, Holy Spirit

There is only one living and true God, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible.

We believe in Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, who was with God in the beginning 

We believe the Holy Ghost is a gift to the believer, the spirit of truth which proceeds from the Father and His son Jesus.

Scripture: John 1:1-2, 14; I John 1:1-2; I John 5:7; Luke 11:13; John 14:16-17; John 14:26; John 15:26; Acts 1:4-5; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:17-18, 33, 39.

Virgin Birth

We believe in the virgin birth of Jesus Christ and that He suffered, was crucified, died and buried, the third day He arose again, He ascended into Heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of the Father; and His return is imminent in order to judge the quick and dead.

Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25; Mark 16; Luke 23:32-29; Luke 24; Matthew 24:29-31; Matthew 25:31-46; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10; I Peter 4:5-6; Revelations 1:1-7; Daniel 7:13-14; Zechariah 14:1-5; Revelations 19:11-21; Revelations 20:11-15.

Man

Man was created in the image of God and sinned, bringing death to all mankind in his fall.

Scripture: Genesis 1:26-27, 2:7, 3:1-19; Romans 5:12-14; 1 Corinthians 15:21-22.

Salvation

We believe in repentance from sin, in the atonement by the substitutionary death and shed blood of Jesus Christ for the propitiation of the sins of the world

Scripture: Matthew 4:17; John 19:34; Romans 5:6-10; 2 Corinthians 5: 14-15, 17-19; Hebrews 9:14-22; 1 Peter 1:18-21.

Salvation is by grace through personal faith in Jesus Christ, thereby experiencing the new birth.

Scripture: Ephesians 2:8; John 1:11-13, John 3:1-17; 1 Peter 1:18-23.

Baptism

We believe in baptism by immersion in water.

Scripture: Matthew 3:13-17, Matthew 28:19, Mark 16:15-16, John 3:22-26, Acts 2:38.

We believe in the baptism, filling and indwelling of the Holy Spirit.

Scripture: Matthew 3:11-12; Mark 1:8; Luke 3:16-17; John 7:38-39; John 14:16-17, 26; Acts 1:4; Joel 2:28; Acts 2:1-4, 17-18, 38-39; Acts 4:31; Acts 8:14-17; Acts 10:44-48; Acts 19:1-7.

Spiritual Gifts

We believe in the operation of the gifts of the Holy Spirit in the church.

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:4-7; 2:4-5, 4:20, 12:4-14; Romans 15:13, 18-19; Ephesians 4:8; 2 Timothy 1:6.

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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