We Believe in…
- The Bible is the inspired and only infallible and authoritative Word of God. Profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness; that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. (11 Tim. 3: 15-17; 11 Pet. 1:21)
- That there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, The Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these Three are One (1 John 1:1 Deut. 6:4)
- In the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of God, and in His personal return to this earth in power and glory to rule a thousand years. (Matt. 1:23; Luke 1:31 &35; Heb. 7:26; 1 Peter 2:22; Acts 2:22; 10:38; 11 Cor. 15:4; Acts 1:9, 11; 2:33;Phil 2:9-11; Heb. 1-3; 2 Corinthians 5:21, Matthew 28:6, Luke 24:39)
- Man is a sinner by nature and by practice. Sin is the transgression of God’s Law. The use of recreational drugs, alcohol as a beverage, tobacco in any form and all pre-marital sex, adultery, all acts of homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, incest, and pornography are sin. (1John 3:4; Rom. 3:23; and Rom. 5:12-19)
- That the only means of Salvation is repentance and faith in Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, and those thus saved are members of the True Church, the Body of Christ: That Jesus Christ, through the Atonement, provides healing in answer to the prayer of faith. (Luke 24:47; John 1:29,36; 3:3; Rom. 10:13-15; Eph. 2:8,9; Titus 2:11; 3:5-7; James 5:15)
- In water Baptism by full immersion upon the evidence of confession and repentance, and that such baptism identifies the candidate with the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. (Matt. 28:19; Acts 2:37-38; Romans 6:3-5)
- That the Baptism of the Holy Ghost experienced on the Day of Pentecost when they were all filled with the Holy Ghost and began to speak with other tongues, is given to all believers who ask for it. (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4,5,8; 8:12-17; 10:44-46; 11:14-16; 15:7-9)
- In the sanctifying power of the Holy Ghost by whose indwelling a Christian can be transformed into the image of Jesus Christ. (Rom. 12:1-2;1 Thess. 5:23; Heb.12:14, 13:12; 1 Peter 1:15,16; Rom.8:1,2; 13; Phil. 2:12,13)
- In the resurrection of the saved to everlasting life and the lost to everlasting punishment. (Matt.25:46; Mark 9:43-48; Rev.19:20; 20:11-15; 21:8)
- In the Blessed Hope, when the Church is caught up to meet Christ in the air – and so shall we ever be with the Lord! (Titus 2:13; 1 Thess. 4:16-17; 1 Cor. 15:51-52)