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What We Believe...
About The Bible
We believe in the inerrancy of Scripture, that the Bible,
Old and New Testaments, in the original autographs, is the
inspired, infallible Word of God, a complete and final written
revelation of God.
About God
We believe in one personal, transcendent, and holy God, the
creator of all. Who is eternal, and Who manifests Himself
in three separate persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
About Jesus Christ
We believe that Jesus Christ, though fully God, became a man
for the suffering of death, that He is the promised Messiah,
born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, provided for the atonement
of our sins by His vicarious death on the Cross, was bodily
resurrected by the power of the Holy Spirit, ascended back
to the right hand of God the Father, and ever lives to make
intercession for us.
About The Holy Spirit
After Jesus ascended to Heaven, He poured out His Holy Spirit
on the believers in Jerusalem, enabling them to fulfill His
command to preach the Gospel to the entire world, an obligation
shared by all believers today.
We believe in the person and work of the Holy Spirit who indwells,
seals, and empowers every believer, baptizing them into the
Body of Christ. We further believe that the Holy Spirit will
come upon any believer who asks in faith, enabling him/her
to preach the Gospel in power. We also believe all of the
gifts of the Holy Spirit mentioned in the Scriptures are valid
for today if they are exercised within the scriptural guidelines.
We believe that love is more important than all the gifts,
and without this love all exercise of spiritual gifts is worthless.
About Salvation
We believe that all people are by nature separated from God,
and responsible for their own sin, but that salvation, redemption,
and forgiveness are freely offered to all by the grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ. When a person repents of sin and accepts
Jesus Christ as personal Savior and Lord, trusting Him to
save, that person is immediately born again and sealed by
the Holy Spirit, all his/her sins are forgiven, and that person
becomes a child of God.
About Church Government
We believe Jesus Christ is the head of the Body, His church,
and that church government should be simplistic rather than
a complex bureaucracy. We desire to be led by the Holy Spirit
in all the functions and directions of the ministry of the
church.
About The End-Times
We believe in the pre-tribulation rapture of the church, and
we believe that the second coming of Christ with His saints
to rule on the earth will be personal, pre-millennial, and
visible. This motivates us to holy living, heartfelt worship,
committed service, diligent study of God's Word, regular fellowship,
and participation in baptism by immersion and in participation
of the Lord's Supper.
About Discipleship
We believe in teaching the Word of God in such a way that
it's message can be applied to an individual's life, leading
that person to greater maturity in Christ.
About Doctrine/Theology
We reject doctrinal viewpoints or spiritual phenomena which
are based solely on experience. We look to the Word of God
for the basis of all our faith and practice.
About Satan, Hell, and Heaven
We believe in the existence of an individual "devil"
called Satan who, along with all his evil angels, called demons,
is destined to spend eternity in hell, and who now seeks to
deceive the believers and defeat the work of God, but who
can be resisted by believers who are in-dwelt by the Holy
Spirit, protected by God, and interceded for by Jesus Christ
our Lord.
About Israel
We believe that the nation of Israel has a special place in
God's plan and that all the promises of God to Israel will
be fulfilled.
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