Statement of Faith

OpenBible_0.pngWe believe the Bible to be an inspirational, authoritative word of God (Peter 1:21)

We believe God head consists of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. (2 Corinthians 13:14) Three in one, one in three.

We believe in the Deity of Jesus Christ, his virgin birth, his atoning death, his bodily resurrection and his ascension to the right hand of the father. (1 Timothy 3:16)

We believe in evangelistic and missionary fervor and endeavor. (Acts 1:8 and Mark 16:15-18)

We believe in salvation through the redeeming blood of Christ (Hebrew 9:22)

We believe in the keeping power of God and a holy walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit (Jude 24 and Romans 8:4)

We believe in the baptism in the Holy Ghost according to Acts 2:4, Acts 10:46, and Acts 19:6 and the present ministry of the spirit in the through the believer as manifest in the ministries, gifts and fruits of the Spirit (Ephesians 4:11, 1 Corinthians 12:8-11 and Galatians 5:22-23)

We believe divine healing is obtained on the basis of the atonement (1 Peter 2:24)

We believe in Christ’s' bodily return in power and great glory (Acts 1:11, Revelation 20:4 and Daniel 7:14)

We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and lost they that are not saved unto the resurrection of eternal punishment. (John 5:28-29 and Revelation 20:15).

We believe in the believer’s baptism in the water by immersion, we believe that such a baptism is a testimony to the word of an inward work of grace. This is a confession of ones personal experience of salvation. We do not consider baptisms which take place prior to the individuals personal experience of salvation as scriptural (Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38; Acts 10:48; Acts 22:16; Romans 6:3; 1 Corinthians 12:13; Galatians 3:27; Colossians 2:12, and Peter 3:21. Examples of believers’ baptisms - Acts 2:41; Acts 8:12; Acts 8:38; Acts 9:18; Acts 16:33; Acts 18:8; and Acts 19:5.

We believe in Holy Matrimony. We believe in the sanctity of marriage. We believe that scriptural teaching is that of monogamy, between a man and a woman. (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 5:32; Mark 10:7-9; Romans 7:2; 1 Corinthians 7:10; 1 Timothy 3:12; and Hebrew 13:4.

We believe in the dedication of the infants. It is our belief that Christian parents should dedicate their children to the lord.

We believe in the fellowship of the Lords Supper (Matthew 26:26; Mark 14:22; Luke 22:19; 1 Corinthians 10:16; and 1 Corinthians 11:23-27)

We believe in one universal church which is the body of Christ and which all born again believers belong and there must be respect for one another's convictions, each considering the others for the sake of the whole body. (John 17:21-23).

" For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and loose his own soul" Mark 8:36