WHAT WE BELIEVE




                                                                   

   We believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God, the infallible rule of faith and conduct, and that holy men wrote it as the Holy Spirit moved them.

       2 Timothy 3:16-17



      
We Believe there is one God eternally manifested in the persons of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.

      Genesis 1:1    Isaiah 43:10     Matthew 1:23

     John 15:26     I Timothy 2:5


    We Believe that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us as atonement for sin.  All who call upon His name by simple faith and acceptance of the Lord Jesus Christ shall be saved by the atoning blood of Jesus Christ, and that salvation is through grace and not by merits of our own.

     John 1:29      Romans 6:23    Ephesians 2:8&9

     1 Peter 1:18-20     2 Corinthians 5:17

 
    
We Believe in the new birth as a definite experience of salvation and conversion from a life of sin to a life of righteousness and holiness in Christ Jesus, the Redeemer of all mankind.

      John 3:3     Romans 6:11&18     1 Cor. 1:30     1 Cor. 5:17

 

    We Believe that water baptism by immersion in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, a command of our Lord; that it is an outward sign of an inward work; as Christ was raised     from the dead by the Glory of the Father, so we should walk in newness of life.

      Matthew 28:19-20     Romans 6:4 

 

   We  Believe that the baptism of the Holy Spirit is a definite experience subsequent to the new birth.  This endowment of power may be expected after the same manner as that in which He came upon the Jews and Gentiles alike in Apostolic days.  We believe that the Holy Spirit has definite gifts to bestow upon the believing church of Jesus Christ.  These gifts are in order to edify and benefit the church.

Romans 12:6-9   Matthew 3:11   Acts 10:44-46     I Cor. 12:

 

     We Believe in the Second Coming of Christ; the Rapture, the Resurrection; the Millennial Reign of the Lord on earth; that Heaven is a place prepared for all those who believe upon the Lord Jesus Christ, whose reward is everlasting life and joy in the presence of the Lord; and that Hell is a place prepared for those who have rejected they mercy and redemption of the crucified Savior, whose punishment is eternal grief, regret and torment from which there is no escape.

I Cor. 15:51-52   I Thess. 4:16-17   2 Thess. 1:8-10

Titus 2:13-14     Rev. 20:10     Rev. 22:5

 

     We Believe that the church is the Body of Christ and that every believer, born of the Spirit through salvation, is a member of that Body, who names are written in heaven.

Romans 12:5   1 Corinthians 12:13   Hebrews 10:25

Ephesians 1:22-23     Ephesians 4:15-16