What we believe about…
The Bible
- The Bible is the inspired Word of God and the only infallible and authoritative guide to Christian life and service. (II Tim. 3:15, 16; I Peter 2:2)
The Trinity
- There is one, and only one, God eternally existing in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. (Deut. 6:4; Matt. 28:19; Mark 12:29; John 5:17-30)
- Jesus Christ is the son of God and the Lord of all creation. We believe in His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His atoning death, His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and His future return to this earth in power and glory to rule over the nations. (Isaiah 7:14; Heb. 7:26; Acts 2:22; I Cor. 15:3,4; Acts 1:9-11)
- The Holy Spirit is given to all who believe in Jesus Christ. The fruit of the Spirit and the gifts of the spirit are present today and are evidence of us becoming like Christ. As a normal experience of the Christian life we are to be filled and continue being filled by His Spirit. This gives us the strength and power to become more like Christ. (Ephesians 1:13; Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4,8; Galatians 5:22,23; I Corinthians 12)
People
- Adam and Eve were created good and sin free, but with a will to choose. They, and consequentially we, voluntarily sinned and thereby incurred both physical and spiritual death, which is separation from God. (Gen. 1:26-27; 2:17; 3:6; Rom. 5:12-19)
- We believe that God, by His grace, reached out to humankind to provide the only means of salvation by which we are cleansed from sin is through repentance and faith in the precious and redeeming blood of Christ. (Luke 24:47; Rom 10:13-15; Titus 2:11; 3:5-7)
- That the Scriptures teach that we should live a life of holiness. Sanctification is the process of living a life separated from evil and fully dedicated to God. All believers should earnestly pursue sanctification by walking in obedience to God’s Word; and that the Christian is able to live a godly life because of the power of the Holy Spirit. (John 17:17-19, Heb. 12:14; I Peter 1:15-16; Phil. 2:12-13)
