What We Believe

ALL SCRIPTURE IS GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF GOD.

By which we understand that the books which form the canon of the Old and New Testaments as originally given are plenary inspired and free from all error in the whole and in the part. These books constitute the written Word of God, the only infallible rule of faith and practice.

THE ONE TRUE GOD HAS REVEALED HIMSELF AS THE ETERNALLY SELF-EXISTENT.

“I AM,” the Creator of heaven and earth and the redeemer of mankind. He has further revealed himself as embodying the principles of relationship and association as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, as Triune God

MAN WAS CREATED IN THE IMAGE AND AFTER THE LIKENESS OF GOD.

That he fell by a voluntary revolt, and as a consequence lost his spiritual life and became subject to the power of Satan. We also believe that this condition of spiritual death has been transmitted to the entire human race. Christ Jesus alone being excepted; and hence that every child of Adam is born into the world with a nature that is inherently corrupt, and which cannot be spiritually changed by mere information apart from divine grace.

THE LORD JESUS CHRIST IS THE SON OF GOD, BORN OF A VIRGIN.

That He performed miracles, that He lived a sinless life, that He redeemed us by His death and resurrection, in that He descended into hell, and that He ascended to the right hand of the Father, and that He will personally return in power and glory.

OWING TO UNIVERSAL SPIRITUAL DEATH THROUGH SIN, NO ONE CAN ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD UNLESS BORN AGAIN.

We also believe that our redemption has been accomplished solely by the blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, who died as our substitute, and that the new birth comes only through faith in Christ, and that repentance is a vital part of believing.

THAT ALL BELIEVERS ARE ENTITLED TO AND SHOULD EXPECT AND EARNESTLY SEEK THE PROMISE OF THE FATHER, THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT.

According to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ. This was the normal experience of all in the early Christian church. With it comes the endowment of the power for life and service, the bestowment of the gifts and their uses in the work of the ministry. The baptism of believers in the Holy Ghost is witnessed by the initial physical sign of speaking in other tongues as the Spirit of God gives them utterance.

THAT DELIVERANCE FROM SICKNESS IS PROVIDED FOR.

In the propitiatory work of Jesus Christ, and that divine healing is the will of God for all believers.

THE CHURCH, WHICH IS THE BODY OF CHRIST, IS CALLED TO THE WORSHIP AND SERVICE OF GOD.
The observance of the sacraments of ordinances of water baptism and the Lord’s Supper, and the practice of good works. The primary task of the Church in all ages is to teach all nations and to make disciples, bring the Gospel to bear on every aspect of life and thought.

THE CONSUMMATION OF ALL THINGS INCLUDES THE VISIBLE, PERSONAL AND GLORIOUS RETURN OF JESUS CHRIST.

The resurrection of the dead, the translation of those alive in Christ, the judgment of the just and the unjust, and the fulfillment of Christ’s kingdom in the new heavens and the new earth. Satan with his hosts and all mankind outside Christ are finally separated from the presence of God, enduring eternal punishment. All who have been redeemed by Christ from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light will be in the presence of God forever, giving Him unending praise and glory.