WHAT WE BELIEVE

STATEMENT OF FAITH

1. We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.
2. We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and
   Holy Spirit.
3. We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His
   miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed Blood, in His bodily
   resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His present priestly
   ministry.
4. We believe in evangelistic and missionary fervor and endeavor.
5. We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful mankind, regeneration by the Holy
   Spirit is absolutely essential. We further believe in the keeping power of God.
6. We believe that sanctification, holiness, and the overcoming life is God’s design for the
   Church, which is the Bride of Christ.
7. We believe that sexual purity is a necessary expression for all of God’s children and
   requires abstinence from sexual relationships outside of marriage or practices forbidden
   by Scripture.
8. We believe that the Biblical definition of marriage, the uniting of one man and one
   woman in a covenant commitment for a lifetime, was established by God in the
   beginning and confirmed by Jesus in Matthew 19:4-6.
9. We believe that since mankind is created in God’s image, human life is of inestimable
   worth and significance in all its dimensions, from conception to the grave.
10. We believe that the ordinances of baptism by immersion in water and observance of
    communion should be regularly practiced in the local assembly.
11. We believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit to supernaturally empower the church to
    minister through the Gifts, ministries and Fruit of the Spirit in the life of the believer.
12. We believe that divine healing is obtained on the basis of the Atonement.
13. We believe in Christ’s imminent personal return in power and great glory, and in His
    present and everlasting dominion.
14. We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto
    eternal life and they that are lost unto eternal punishment.
15. We believe that is is the duty and privilege of every believer to, within his ability, support
    the local assembly with his regular presence, giving and service.
16. We believe that tithing, accompanied by free-will offerings, is God’s ordained method to
    finance the spreading of the Gospel and the needs of the local assembly.