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1. We believe the Scriptures are inspired by God and declare His design
and plan for mankind.
2. We believe there is only one true God, revealed in three persons (the
Trinity): Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
3. We believe in the Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. As God's Son, Jesus
was both human and divine.
4. We believe, though originally good, man willingly fell into sin
ushering evil and death, both physical and spiritual, into the world.
5. We believe every person can have restored fellowship with God through
salvation (accepting Christ's offer of forgiveness for sin).
6. We believe and practice two ordinances: (1) Water Baptism by
immersion after repenting of one's sins and receiving Christ's gift of
salvation, and (2) Holy Communion (the Lord's Supper) as a symbolic
remembrance of Christ's suffering and death for our salvation.
7. We believe the baptism in the Holy Spirit is a special experience
following salvation that empowers believers for witnessing and effective
service, just as it did in New Testament times.
8. We believe the initial physical evidence of the Baptism in the Holy
Spirit is speaking in tongues, as experienced on the Day of Pentecost
and referenced throughout Acts and the Epistles.
9. We believe sanctification initially occurs at salvation and is not
only a declaration that a believer is holy, but also a progressive
lifelong process of separating from evil as believers continually draw
closer to God and become more Christlike.
10. We believe the Church as a mission to seek and save all who are lost
in sin. We believe "the Church" is the body of Christ and consists of
the people who, throughout time, have accepted God's offer of redemption
(regardless of religious denomination) through the sacrificial death of
His Son Jesus Christ.
11. We believe a divinely-called and
scripturally-ordained Leadership Ministry serves the church. The
Bible teaches that each of us, under leadership, must commit
ourselves to reach others for Christ, to worship Him with other
believers, and to build up or edify the body of believers - the
Church.
12. We believe divine healing of the sick is a privilege for
Christians today and is provided for in Christ's atonement (His
sacrificial death on the cross for our sins).
13. We believe in the blessed hope when Jesus raptures His
Church prior to His return to earth (the second coming). At this
future moment in time all believers who have died will rise from
their graves and will meet the Lord in the air, and Christians
who are alive will be caught up with them, to be with the Lord
forever.
14. We believe in the milennial reign of Christ when Jesus
returns with His saints at His second coming and begins His
benevolent rule over earth for one thousand years. At that time
many in the nation of Israel will recognize and accept Him as
the Messiah, the Savior who died for them and all mankind.
15. We believe a Final Judgment will take place for those who
have rejected Christ. They will be judged for their sin and
consigned to eternal punishment in a punishing lake of fire.
16. We believe and look forward to the perfect New Heaven and a
New Earth that Christ is preparing for all people, of all time,
who have accepted Him. We will live and dwell with Him there
forever following His milennial reign on Earth. "And so shall we
forever be with the Lord!"
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