Tenets of Faith

This church accepts the Holy Bible as the revealed word of God, the all-sufficient rule for faith and practice. For the purpose of maintaining general unity, the church adopts the following Statement of Fundamental Truths:

Fundamental Truths:

1. The Scriptures Inspired: The Scripture, both Old and New Testaments, are inspired of God and are the revelation by God to man, the infallible, authoritative rule of faith and conduct. (2 Tim 3:15-17; 1 Thess 2:13; 2 Pet 1:21)

2. The Godhead (also known as the Trinity): God eternally exists as the perfect love of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit and collectively possesses divine perfection. (Matt 3:16; 28:19; John 14:26, 17:21; 2 Cor 13:14; Eph 4:4-6)

3. Jesus Christ: Jesus was fully God and fully man. He was conceived in the Virgin Mary, and lived a sinless life. He died an atoning death and rose again to reconcile all people to God and to free them from the power of sin and the devil. He will return and consummate the building of His Kingdom. All who are His bride shall reign with Him. All who reject Him shall suffer eternal destruction. (Matt 1:18-25; Luke 1:26-38; John 1:10-14; Rom 5:8-10, 6:6; 2 Thess 1:8-9; 2 Tim 2:2;, Titus 2:13-14, 1 John 1:7, 4:2-3).

4. The Fall of Humanity: We believe that man was created in the image of God, but that by voluntary disobedience he fell from perfection. Since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, all need to have a saving relationship with God through Jesus Christ as Savior. Persons become children of God when they repent of their sin, place their trust in Jesus Christ, and commit their lives to Him. (Gen 1:26-27; 3:6; Acts 2:38-39; Rom 3:23, 5:17-18; 1 John 1:8)

5. The Holy Spirit: We believe that Jesus draws men to the Father by the convicting work of the Holy Spirit, who indwells them at the time of salvation. We believe that the gift of the baptism of the Holy Spirit is available for all who wish to receive, making them more effective witnesses. The Holy Spirit works in the lives of believers, transforming them into the image of Christ and empowering them for ministry. We believe in the gifts of the Holy Spirit as specified in 1 Cor 12:1-11 and believe that the Holy Spirit distributes these spiritual gifts to believers, as well as spiritual fruit, which gives evidence of a Spirit-filled life. (John 14:6, 14:26, 20:22; Acts 2:4; 38-39, Rom 8:5-9, 1 Cor 12:1-11, Eph 4:30-32, Gal 5:16-18, 22-23)

6. Resurrection: We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, the saved to everlasting life and the lost to everlasting damnation. (John 5:29, 11:25, Rom 6:23, 1 Pet 1:3)