What We Believe
What We Believe
Our demonstration of commitment to the Lord Jesus Christ
- The Bible is the inspired and only infallible and authoritative written word of God (2 Tim 3:16)
- There is one God , eternally existent in three persons – God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit (Deut 6:4; Matt 28:19)
- 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 , in his bodily resurrection, in his ascension to the right hand of the father, in his personal future return to this earth in power and glory to rule a thousand years (John 1:1)
- We believe in the Blessed hope – the rapture of the Church at Christ coming. (Titus 2:13)
- We believe the only means of being cleansed from sin is through repentance and faith in the precious blood of Christ (John 14:6)
- We believe in regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for personal salvation. (Titus 3:5)
- We believe in water baptism by immersion. (Matt. 28:19)
- We believe the redemptive work of Christ on the cross provides healing of the human body in answer to believing prayer. (1Peter 2:24)
- We believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit with initial evidence of speaking in tongues to believers who ask for it. (Acts 2:4)
- We believe in the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a holy life. (Gal 5:16-25)
- We believe in the resurrection of the saved and the lost, the one to everlasting life and the other to everlasting damnation. (Rev. 20:11-15)
- We believe that the Lords Super is a remembrance of his death until he comes, and should be observed by believers in recognition of his broken body and shed blood. (1 Corinth 11:23-28)
- We believe in the New Heaven and the New Earth which God is preparing for his people. (2 Peter 3:13, Rev 21:22)