What We Believe

The Bible

The Holy Bible, and only the Bible, is the authoritative Word of God. It alone is the final authority for determining all doctrinal truths. The Bible is inspired, infallible and inerrant.

(see Prov. 30:5; Rom. 16:25,26; 2 Tim. 3:16; 2 Pet. 1:20,21)

Trinity

There is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son (Jesus) and Holy Spirit. These three are co-equal and co-eternal.

 

(see Gen. 1:26; Isa. 9:6; Matt. 3:16,17; 28:19; Luke 1:35; Heb. 3:7-11; 1 John 5:7)

Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ is God the Son, the second person of the Trinity. On earth, Jesus was 100 percent God and 100 percent man. He is the only man ever to have lived a sinless life. He died on the cross for humankind and, thus, atoned for our sins through the shedding of His blood. He rose from the dead on the third day according to the Scriptures, ascended to the right hand of the Father, and will return again in power and glory.

 

(see Isa. 9:6; John 1:1,14; 20:28; Phil. 2:5,6; 1 Tim. 2:5; 3:16)

Virgin Birth

Jesus Christ was conceived by God the Father through the Holy Spirit (the third person of the Trinity) in the virgin Mary’s womb; therefore, He is the Son of God.

 

(see Isa. 7:14; Matt. 1:18,23-25; Luke 1:27-35)

Redemption

Humanity was created good and upright, but through voluntary sin, mankind fell. Humanity’s only hope for redemption is in Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

 

(see Gen. 1:26-31; 3:1-7; Rom. 5:12-21)

Jesus’ Blood

The blood that Jesus Christ shed on the cross of Calvary was sinless and is 100 percent sufficient to cleanse humankind from all sin. Jesus allowed Himself to be punished for both our sinfulness and our sins, enabling all those who believe to be free from the penalty of sin, which is death.

 

(see John 1:29; Rom. 3:10-12,23; 5:9; Col. 1:20; 1 John 1:7; Rev. 1:5; 5:9)

Salvation

We are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, His death, burial and resurrection. Salvation is a gift from God, not a result of our good works or of any human effort.

 

(see Rom. 10:9,10; Acts 16:31; Gal. 2:16; 3:8; Eph. 2:8,9; Titus 3:5; Heb. 9:22)

Baptism In The Holy Spirit

Given at Pentecost, the baptism with the Holy Spirit is the promise of the Father. The Holy Spirit was sent by Jesus after His ascension to empower the Church to preach the gospel throughout the whole earth. The initial evidence of being filled with the Holy Spirit is the believer speaking in other tongues, as the Spirit gives him or her utterance.

 

(see Joel 2:28,29; Matt. 3:11; Mark 16:17; Acts 1:5; 2:1-4,17,38,39; 8:14-17; 10:38,44-47; 11:15-17; 19:1-6)

Jesus Christ Lives In All Believers

Christians are people who have invited the Lord Jesus Christ to come and live inside them through the Holy Spirit. They relinquish the authority of their lives over to Him, thus making Jesus the Lord and Savior of their lives. They put their trust in what Jesus accomplished for them when He died, was buried and rose again from the dead.

 

(see John 1:12; 14:17,23; 15:4; Rom. 8:11; Rev. 3:20)

Repentance

Repentance is a change of thinking, recognizing that a former way of living is inconsistent with God’s will. Therefore it involves a turning away from sin.

 

(see Rom. 10:9,10; Acts 16:31; Gal. 2:16; 3:8; Eph. 2:8,9; Titus 3:5; Heb. 9:22)

Sanctification

Sanctification is the ongoing process of yielding to God’s Word and His Spirit in order to complete the development of Christ’s character in us. It is through the present ministry of the Holy Spirit and the Word of God that the Christian is enabled to live a godly life. see Rom. 8:29; 12:1,2; 2 Cor. 3:18; 6:14-18; 1 Thess. 4:3; 5:23; 2 Thess. 2:1-3; Heb. 2:11) The Church is the Body of Christ, the habitation of God through the Spirit, with divine appointments for the fulfillment of Jesus’ Great Commission. Every person born of the Spirit is an integral part of the Church as a member of the body of believers. There is a spiritual unity of all believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.

 

(see John 17:11,20-23; Eph. 1:22; 2:19-22; Heb. 12:23)

Water Baptism

Following faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the new believer is commanded by the Word of God to be baptized in water in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

 

(see Matt. 28:19; Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38; 8:12, 36-38; 10:47-48)

The Lord’s Supper

A unique time of communion in the presence of God when the elements of bread and grape juice (representing the body and blood of the Lord Jesus Christ) are taken in remembrance of Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross.

 

(see Matt. 26:26-29; 1 Cor. 10:16; 11:23-26)

Regeneration

For anyone to know God, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.

 

(see Ezek. 36:25-27, John 3:5-8, Titus 3:5)