Statement of Faith:
Holy Scriptures: We believe the Scriptures, both Old and New
Testaments to be verbally inspired Word of God, written by men under God’s
control. Inerrant and infallible in the original manuscripts and the final
authority for faith and practice. (2 Timothy 3: 15-17, 2 Peter 1: 20-21, Psalm
19: 7-9)
The Godhead: We believe in one God, eternally existing in three
persons:
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, These three being identified in essence,
equal in power and glory, and possessing precisely the same attributes and
perfections.
(Deut. 6:4, Matthew 28: 19-20, 2 Cor. 13:14)
The Condition of Man: We believe that man was created in the image and
likeness of God, in innocence and without sin. However, in Adam’s sin the race
fell, inherited a sinful nature, became spiritually dead and alienated from
God.
(Gen. 1:26, 3: 1-24, Romans 3: 10-18,
The Person and Work of Christ: We believe
that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal son of God, became man without ceasing
to be God, having been conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of a virgin, in
order that he might reveal God and redeem sinful man. He accomplished this redemption by
voluntarily giving Himself as a sinless substitutionary sacrifice on the cross,
thus satisfying God’s righteous judgment against sin. After his bodily resurrection from the grave,
He ascended to the right hand of His Father, where he intercedes on behalf of
those who trust Him. ( I John 1:1,2,14,18; Luke 1:34, Romans 3:24-26)
The person and work of the Holy Spirit:
We believe that the Holy Spirit is the Divine Person who convicts the
world of sin, that he alone brings new life that he places all believers into
one true church, which is the body of Christ that he indwells them permanently,
and fills those who are yielded to Him. (John 3: 5-8, 16; 7-11, I Cor. 12:13,
Eph. 4:30)
Salvation: We believe that
salvation is the gift of God’s grace, apart from human works, and freely
bestowed upon all who put their faith in the finished work of Christ at
Security, Assurance, and Responsibility: We believe that
all the saved are kept by God’s power and are thus secure in Christ
forever. It is their privilege to
rejoice in that assurance. This
assurance must not be the occasion for sin.
For God in his holiness cannot tolerate persistent sin in His children,
and in His love he corrects them. True
faith in Christ must be expressed in fruitful, God-pleasing living. (Romans
8:29-39, I John 5:14, Hebrews 12:6, James 2:20)
The church; We believe that the true Church, called in Scripture, the Body of
Christ, is a spiritual organism into which every person who has trusted Jesus
Christ for salvation in this present age has been baptized by the Holy
Spirit. The Scripture also teaches the
establishment of local churches—groups of redeemed individuals joined together
for worship, instruction, fellowship, and service. (Eph. 1;22-23, Acts 2:42,
13: 1-2)
The Ordinances We believe
that there are two ordinances instituted by our Lord Jesus Christ, which should
be observed by all believers until His return:
Baptism: is the outward
testimony of the spiritual transformation in the life of one who has placed
their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ alone for Salvation. We believe baptism by immersion is the
Biblical mode portraying that which Baptism symbolizes --- death, burial and
resurrection of Christ.
(Matthew 28: 19-20, Acts 2:41, 8;12,
The Lord’s Supper in the
commemoration of His death to be observed by all self-examined believers.
(Matthew 6: 26-29, I Cor. 11: 23-30)
The second coming of Christ: We believe
in the personal, imminent pre-tribulational, pre-millennial coming of the Lord
Jesus Christ for His church.
(IThess. 4: 13-18, 19, 11-16, 20:1-6)