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- We believe the Scriptures of the
Old and New Testaments are the
inspired Word of God, inerrant in
the original writings, completes as
the revelation of God's will for
salvation, and the supreme and final
authority in all matters to which
they speak.
- We believe in one God, Creator
and Sustainer of all things,
eternally existing in three persons,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit; that
they are equal in every divine
perfection, and they execute
distinct and harmonious offices in
the work of creation, providence and
redemption.
- We believe in God the Father,
and infinite, personal Spirit,
perfect in holiness, wisdom, power
and love, He concerns himself
mercifully in the affairs of men and
women, hears and answers prayer, and
saves from sin and death all who
come to him through Jesus Christ.
- We believe that Jesus Christ is
God's eternal Son, and has precisely
the same nature, attributes and
perfections as God the Father and
conceived by the Holy Spirit and
born of the virgin Mary. We believe
in his sinless life, his
substitutionary atonements, his
bodily resurrection from the dead,
his ascension into heaven, his
priestly intercession on behalf of
his people, and his personal,
visible, per millennial return from
heaven.
- We believe in the Holy Spirit,
his personality and his work in
regeneration, sanctification and
preservation. His ministry is to
glorify the Lord Jesus Christ and
implement Christ's work of redeeming
the lost and empowering the believer
for godly living and service.
- We believe God created humanity,
male and female, in the image of God
and free from sin. We further
believe all persons are sinners by
nature and choice and are,
therefore, spiritually dead. We also
believe that the Holy Spirit
regenerates those who repent of sin
and trust Jesus Christ as Savior.
- We believe in salvation by grace
through faith in Jesus Christ. This
salvation is based upon the
sovereign grace of God, and was
purchased by Christ on the cross,
and is received through faith apart
from any human merit, works or
ritual. We believe salvation results
in righteous living, good works and
proper social concern.
- We believe that the church is
the spiritual body of which Christ
is the head and is composed of all
persons who through saving faith in
Jesus Christ have been regenerated
by Holy Spirit. This body expresses
itself in local assemblies whose
members have been immersed upon a
credible confession of faith and
have associated themselves for
worship, instruction, evangelism and
service. The ordinances of the local
church are believers' baptism by
immersion and the Lord's Supper. We
also believe in the interdependence
of local churches and the mutual
submission of Christians to each
other in love.
- We believe that each local
church is self-governing in function
and must be free from interference
by any ecclesiastical or political
authority. We also believe all men
and women are directly responsible
to God in matters of faith and life,
and they should be free to worship
God according to the dictates of
their consciences.
- We believe that the supreme task
of every believer is to glorify God
in life and conduct and be blameless
before the world. Each Christian
should be a faithful steward of all
possessions and seek to realize in
every area of the life.
- We believe in the bodily
resurrection of the saved and lost,
the eternal existence of all people
in either heaven or hell, in divine
judgments, rewards and punishments.
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