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STATEMENT OF BELIEF

ETERNAL GODHEAD:

WE BELIEVE in the unity of the true and living God who is the eternal, self-existent one, who has revealed Himself as one being in three persons – Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and who is the Creator and preserver of things visible and invisible.

HOLY SPIRIT:

WE BELIEVE in the Holy Spirit, the third person of the triune Godhead, who proceeds from the Father and the Son and is ever present and active in the work of convicting and regenerating the sinner, and sanctifying and guiding the believer into all truth. WE BELIEVE in the working of miracles, signs and wonders. WE BELIEVE in being filled with the Holy Spirit and fire with the evidence of speaking in tongues. 

SALVATION OF MAN:

WE BELIEVE salvation is received through repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. This experience is also known as the new birth and is an instantaneous and complete operation of the Holy Spirit whereupon the believing sinner is regenerated, justified, and adopted into the family of God and becomes a new creation in Christ Jesus,  and heir of eternal life.

WATER BAPTISM:

WE BELIEVE that baptism, by single immersion, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, is enjoined upon all who have repented and have believed in Christ as Savior and Lord, and that it is symbolic of our identification with Christ in His death, burial and resurrection. 

BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT:

WE BELIEVE that the baptism in the Holy Spirit is the bestowing of the believer with power to be an effective witness for Christ spirit living within. This experience is distinct from, and subsequent to, the New Birth; is received by faith, and is accompanied by the manifestation of speaking in tongues as the Spirit gives utterance, as the initial evidence.

JESUS CHRIST:

WE BELIEVE in the Lord Jesus Christ, the second person of the triune Godhead, who was and is the eternal Son of God; WE BELIEVE that Jesus Christ is the Messiah, became flesh, born of the Virgin Mary, came to earth and gave his life so that we may attain everlasting life. WE BELIEVE in His sinless life, miraculous ministry, substitutionary atoning death, bodily resurrection, glorious ascension, and abiding intercession. WE BELIEVE that Jesus is the ONLY way to the father, the ONLY way by which humanity can be saved.

HOLY SCRIPTURES:

WE BELIEVE in the verbal, plenary inspiration of the Holy Scriptures, namely the Old and New Testaments in their original writings. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is infallible, inerrantly revealing the will of God concerning us in all things necessary to our salvation, and is absolutely supreme and sufficient in authority in all matters of faith and conduct. The Bible does not simply contain the Word of God, but is, in reality, the complete revelation of God himself.

THE CHURCH:

WE BELIEVE the Church is the Body of Christ, the habitation of God through the Spirit, with divine appointments for the fulfillment of her Great Commission. Each believer, born of the Spirit, is an integral part of the General Assembly and Church of the First-born which are written in heaven.

THE LORD’S SUPPER:

WE BELIEVE the Lord’s Supper, consisting of the elements of bread and the fruit of the vine, is the symbol expressing our sharing the divine nature of our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Peter 1:4); a memorial of His sufferings and death (1 Corinthians 11:26); and a prophecy of his second coming (1 Corinthians 11:26), and is enjoined upon all believers “until he comes”. 

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