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statement of faith (what we believe) |
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We believe the Scriptures, both
Old and New Testament, are verbally inspired by God;
the revelation of God to man; the infallible,
authoritative rule of faith and conduct. (2 Tim.
3:15-17)
We believe in the Eternal Godhead
who has been revealed as One God existing in three
persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit;
coeternal, coequal; distinguishable but indivisible.
(Matt. 28:19)
We believe in the creation and
fall of mankind. We believe in mankind’s total
spiritual depravity and inability to attain to
Divine Righteousness. (Rom. 5:12,18)
We believe that Jesus Christ was
conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin
Mary, fully God and fully man. We believe that he
died on the cross, was buried and on the third day
was bodily resurrected. We believe that He
personally appeared to the disciples and bodily
ascended into heaven to the right hand of His
Father. (John 1:18; Isaiah 7:14; 1 Cor. 15:1-4; Rom.
4:25)
We believe in salvation by grace
through repentance and faith in the perfect and
sufficient work of the cross of Calvary. Eph. 2:8-9;
Heb. 9:12, 22; Rom. 5:21
We believe that the purposes of
the Church are as follows: being a corporate body in
which man may worship God, being a channel of God’s
purposes in the earth and being an organism for
training and equipping the Body of Christ for
evangelism, service and other works of ministry.
(1Cor. 12:13; Matt. 28:19-20; Mark 16:15-16; Acts
1:8; Eph. 4:11-16; 1 or. 12:28; 1 Cor. 14:12)
We believe in the present
supernatural ministry of the Holy Spirit, including
the indwelling, inner workings and baptism of His
person in the believer. We believe in the
Spirit-filled life, a life of separation from the
world and perfecting of holiness in the fear of God
as an expression of Christian faith. We believe in
the multiplicity of spiritual gifts and supernatural
signs that follow those who believe. Some of which
include: words of wisdom, words of knowledge, faith,
gifts of healing, working of miracles, prophecy,
discerning of spirits, various kinds of tongues and
their interpretation. (2 Cor. 7:1; Acts 4:30;
Rom.12:1-2; Rom. 8:11; Heb.2:3-4; Acts 2:1-4; 1 Cor.
12-14)
We believe in the resurrection of
believers into everlasting life and blessing in
Heaven and the resurrection of unbelievers into
everlasting punishment in the torments of Hell.
(John 3:16; John 5:24; Mark 9:43-48; 2 Thess. 1:9;
Rev. 20:10-15; John 5:28-29; 1 Cor.15:51-52)
We believe in the personal,
literal and bodily return of Jesus Christ in power
and glory as the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. (1
Thess. 4:13-18; Zech. 14:5; Matt. 24:27, 30;
Rev.1:7; Rev. 19:11-14; Rev. 20:1-6)
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 02 March 2008 )
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