We
believe the Bible to be the authoritative Word of God (literally
God-breathed), inerrant, verbally inspired, and
infallible.
We believe there is one true God, manifested
eternally in three distinct Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
We
believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, the second person of the
Trinity, who possesses all the divine attributes
and is coequal, coexistent, and coeternal with the Father. We believe
in His virgin birth, that He was God incarnate (both God and man),
for the purpose of revealing the Father, redeeming men and ruling
over God's Kingdom. He accomplished man's redemption by the vicarious
and atoning death through His shed blood and sacrificial death
on the cross. By His literal, physical resurrection from the dead
and His ascension to the right hand of the Father, the sinner is
justified. We believe Jesus to be the mediator between God and
man who will return in glory to judge all mankind.
We believe the Holy Spirit is the third member of the
Trinity, possessing all the divine attributes with the Father and
the Son. The Holy Spirit is the super-natural and sovereign agent
in regeneration, baptizing all believers into the body of Christ
at the moment of conversion. The Holy Spirit also indwells, sanctifies,
instructs, and empowers all believers for spiritual service.
We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit
who administers spiritual gifts to each believer for the purpose
of equipping the saints and for the building up of the body of
Christ.
We believe in the bodily resurrection of both the saved
and lost, the saved to eternal life and the lost to everlasting
punishment.
We believe that all who place their faith in Jesus Christ
are placed by the Holy Spirit into the spiritual body of believers
known as the church, with Christ established as the head. The purpose
of the church is to glorify God by the teaching and instruction
of the Word, by building the faith of its members, by providing
an atmosphere of worship, by providing fellowship, and by fulfilling
the great commission to reach the world for Jesus Christ.
We believe that man is a sinner and that
the penalty for sin is eternal separation from the Father. We believe
that eternal
life is a free gift of grace bestowed upon each repentant sinner
who responds in faith to the provision of salvation in Jesus Christ.
Regeneration is instantaneous and is accomplished solely by the
power of the Holy Spirit. Genuine regeneration will manifest itself
by righteous attitudes, edifying conduct, and good works to the
extent that each believer submits himself to the control of the
Holy Spirit.
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