The Bible We believe the Bible is the Word of God,
fully inspired and without error in the original manuscripts,
written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and that it has
supreme authority in all matters of faith and practice.
Our Great God
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We believe there is one living and true
God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son and Holy
Spirit; that these are equal in every divine perfection and that
they execute distinct but harmonious offices in the work of
creation, providence and redemption.
* We believe in God, the Father, an infinite, personal
Spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, power and love. We believe
that He concerns Himself mercifully in the affairs of men, that
He hears and answers prayer and provides salvation for all who
come to Him through Jesus Christ.
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Christ, God's only begotten Son,
conceived by the Holy Spirit. We believe in His virgin birth,
sinless life, miracles and teachings. We believe in His
substitutionary, atoning death; bodily resurrection; ascension
into heaven; perpetual intercession for His people and personal
visible return to earth.
* We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Divine Comforter,
who indwells every believer in Christ as an abiding helper,
teacher and guide. We believe that He is the divine agent in
bringing individuals into relationship with Christ, and to that
end He convinces the world of the reality of sin, righteousness
and judgement. He regenerates, sanctifies, equips and empowers
all who believe in Jesus Christ.
Salvation We believe mankind was created in the image
of God, but fell from his position through disobedience, and as a
result of this, his moral nature was corrupted and physical and
spiritual death ensued. This nature was transmitted through Adam
resulting in the total depravity of all mankind. Restoration to
fellowship with God is made possible only by the new birth. The
new birth occurs when an individual, by faith, trusts Jesus Christ
as Savior and Lord.
Conduct
We believe that a Christian believer should
endeavor to live with an awareness of the sovereignty and the
grace of God. He will seek to bring glory to God, to sustain
integrity in his personal conduct both publicly and privately, to
exercise responsible stewardship of person and possessions, and to
encourage a developing relationship with Christ for both himself
and others.
The Church
We believe in the universal Church, a
living spiritual body of which Christ is the head and all
regenerated persons are members. We believe in the local church,
consisting of a company of believers in Jesus Christ, baptized on
profession of faith and associated for the purposes of worship,
fellowship, teaching and evangelism. We believe that God has
entrusted to these believers the ministry of reconciliation
with/to God through the sharing of the Gospel of Jesus Christ with
the world. We declare that this local church is to be autonomous
and self governing, functioning within the framework of the
biblical concept of religious liberty.
The Sacraments
We believe that Jesus Christ entrusted
to His Church two ordinances, baptism and the Lord's Supper. Both
are representative of the relationship believers have with Him,
and both are to be observed until His return.
* We believe that baptism is the immersion of the
believer in water, expressing that believer's identification and
union with Jesus Christ in regeneration. * We believe that the Lord's Supper is a proclamation
of the communion provided for the believer by the death of
Christ.
Last Things
We believe in the personal and visible
return of the Lord Jesus Christ to earth and the consummation of
this body. We believe in the resurrection of the body, the final
judgment, the eternal joy of the righteous, and the endless
separation of the wicked from the presence of God.
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