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- We BELIEVE...The Scriptures are Inspired by God and declare
His design and plan for mankind.
- We BELIEVE...There is only One True God–revealed in three
persons...Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (commonly known as the Trinity).
- We BELIEVE...In the Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. As God's son
Jesus was both human and divine.
- We BELIEVE...though originally good, Man ( Adam & Eve) Willingly Fell to
Sin–ushering evil and death, both physical and spiritual, into the world.
- We BELIEVE...Every Person Can Have Restored Fellowship with God Through
'Salvation' (accepting Christ's offer of forgiveness for sin).
- We Believe that in order for a person that has been saved (accepted
Christ's offer of forgiveness for sin) to remain saved it is Necessary to
Continue to Repent (totally turn away from all sins we commit) and live a
sanctified life by striving to obeying ALL commandments that have
been given in the Bible to the New Testament church. This includes the Ten
Commandments and those that were later given by Christ and the Apostles.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- We BELIEVE...The Church has a Mission to seek and save all who are
lost in sin. I 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.
- 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, and to build up or edify the body of believers–the
Church.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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. At that time many in the nation of Israel will recognize and
accept Him as the Messiah, the Savior who died for them and all mankind.
- We BELIEVE...A Final Judgment Will Take Place for those who have
rejected or turned away from Christ. They will be judged for their sin
and consigned to eternal punishment in a punishing lake of fire.
- 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 there forever following His
millennial reign on Earth. 'And so shall we forever be with the Lord!'
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