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- We believe the Bible to be the
plenary, verbally inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of
God.
II
Timothy
3:15-17
- We believe that there is one God,
eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit.
Matthew 28:19; Ephesians 4:4-6
- We believe in the deity of our
Lord
Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His
miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in
His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the
Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.
John 1:1-4;
Matthew 1:23; Philippians 2:5-11; Hebrews 1:1-4 & 4:15Acts 1:11
& 2:22-24; I Corinthians 15:3-4
- We believe that, for the
salvation
of lost and sinful man, repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ
results in regeneration by the Holy Spirit and that Jesus Christ is the
only way of salvation.
Titus 3:4-7; Luke
24:46-47; Ephesians 2:8-9;
John 14:6; Acts 4:12
- We believe in the present
ministry
of the Holy Spirit whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a
godly life.
Galatians 5:16-18; Romans
8:9
- We believe in the resurrection of
both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the resurrection of eternal
life and the lost unto the resurrection of
punishment and of final destruction.
Revelation 20:11-15; I
Corinthians 15:51-57
- We believe in the spiritual unity
of
believers in our Lord Jesus Christ and that all true believers are
members of His body, the Church.
Ephesians 1:22-23; I
Corinthians
12:12, 27
- We believe that the ministry of
evangelism is a responsibility of both the church and each Christian.
We believe that God, as Creator, is the ultimate Owner of all
possessions on earth. God has given people the authority to be stewards
of those possessions and the responsibility to faithfully manage them
according to the principles in the Word of God.
Romans 10:9-15; Acts
1:8; Matthew 28:18-20; I Peter 3:15
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