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We Believe
We believe the Bible is God's Holy Word, verbally and fully inspired
in the original text, and that it is the supreme authority in all
matters of faith and conduct.
We believe that there is one God, eternally existent
in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
We believe in God the Father, perfect in holiness,
infinite in wisdom, measureless in power. We believe that He concerns
Himself mercifully in the affairs of men, that He hears and answers
prayer, and that He saves from sin and death all who come to Him
through Jesus Christ.
We believe in Jesus Christ, the divine, eternal and
only begotten Son of God. We believe that in His earthly life He
was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin and lived a
sinless life. We believe in His vicarious and atoning death for
the sins of the world. We believe in His bodily resurrection from
the dead, His ascension to the right hand of the Father to make
intercession for the saints, and in His personal, visible return
to the world in power and glory.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, in His personality
and deity, that He was sent forth from the Father to convince the
world of sin, of righteousness and of judgment. We believe that
He is come to regenerate, indwell, sanctify, instruct and comfort
the saints.
We believe that all men are, by nature and by choice,
sinners, destitute of all power to save themselves. We believe,
therefore, that the only means of salvation of sinful men is the
regenerating work of the Holy Spirit on the basis of the atoning
work of Christ through personal faith in Christ. We believe in the
bodily resurrection of all men, those that are lost unto the resurrection
of eternal damnation, those who are Christ's, to everlasting life
in Heaven with Him.
We believe in the Church --- the living spiritual
body of which Jesus Christ is the Head and of which all regenerated
persons are members. We believe that the Lord laid upon the Church
the task of persuading a lost and sinful world to accept Jesus Christ
as Savior and to enthrone Him as Lord and Master in their lives.
We believe that all Christians are ordained by the
Holy Spirit to spread the Gospel of Christ.
We believe in all gifts of the Holy Spirit.
We believe it is the primary duty of all Christians
to serve as evangelists, and to minister to others according to
the gifts they have received of the Holy Spirit.
We believe that the Love of Our Lord Jesus Christ
is the greatest gift of God the Father and His Holy Spirit, and
should be the primary message of the Christian church, taking precedence
over all differences, whether they be theological, denominational,
ideological, or physical in nature.
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