What We Believe

STATEMENT OF FAITH:
 

We believe the Bible is the verbally inspired Word of God, infallible and inerrant in the original writings:

1. We believe there is only one Living and True God, Maker of Heaven and Earth, and of all things visible and invisible; and in Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, who was with God in the beginning (St. John 1:1-2, 14; I John 1:1-2); and in the Holy Ghost, the Spirit of Truth which proceeds from the Father and Son and is equal with the Father and Son (I John 5:7), and is a gift to the believer (St. Luke 11:13; St. John 14:16-17; St. John 14:26; St. John 15:26; Acts 1:4-5; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:17-18, 33, 39).

2. We believe in the virgin birth of Jesus Christ and that He suffered, was crucified, died and was buried and rose again on the third day. He ascended into Heaven, sitteth on the right hand of the Father, and His return is imminent to judge the living and dead (Dan 7:13-14; Zech. 14:1-5: Matt. 1:18-25: 24:29-31: 25:31-46: Mark 16: Luke 23:32-29: 24: II Thess. 1:7-10; I Pet. 4:5-6; Rev. 1:1-7; 19:11-21; 20:11-15).

3. We believe that Satan, a fallen angel, is the adversary of God and man (Isa. 14:12-15; Ezek. 28:12-15; Matt 4:1-11; II Cor. 11:14; I Pet. 5:8).

4. We believe that man was created in the image of God, sinned, and brought death to all mankind in his fall (Gen. 1:26-27; 2:7; 3:1-19; Rom. 5:12-14; I Cor. 15:21-22).

5. We believe in repentance from sin, the atonement by the substitutionary death, and that the blood of Jesus Christ was shed for the propitiation of the sins of the world (Matt. 4:17: John 19:34; Rom. 5:6-10; II Cor. 5: 14-15, 17-19; Heb. 9:14-22; I Pet. 1:18-21).

6. We believe that salvation comes by grace through personal faith in Jesus Christ, thereby experiencing the new birth (John 1:11-13, 3:1-17; Eph. 2:8; I Pet. 1:18-23).

7. We believe in baptism by immersion in water (Matt. 3:13-17; 28:19; Mark 16:15-16; John 3:22-26; Acts 2:38).

8. We believe in the baptism, the filling and indwelling of the Holy Spirit (Joel 2:28; Matt. 3:11-12; Mark 1:8; Luke 3:16-17; John 7:38-39; 14:16-17, 26; Acts 1:4; 2:1-4, 17-18, 3839; 4:31; 8:14-17; 10:44-48; 19:1-7).

9. We believe in the operation of the gifts of the Holy Spirit in the church (Rom. 15:13, 1819; I Cor. 12:4-14; 1:4-7; 2:4-5; 4:20; Eph. 4:8; II Tim. 1:6).