What We Believe
The congregation and pastor acknowledge and accept the following doctrinal standards and shall subscribe to these in conscience as well as practice.
1.The Holy Scriptures
We believe that the Bible is the verbally, plenary, inspired Word of God, His revelation to man, inerrant in the original writings, and that it is therefore the supreme and final authority in all matters of doctrine, faith and life (II Timothy 3:16-17).
2.The Trinity of the Godhead
We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons; Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19).
3.The Preexistence, Deity, and Incarnation of Jesus Christ
We believe that Jesus Christ ever existed with the Father and the Holy Spirit, that in His incarnation was begotten by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary and is true God and true man (John 1:1-19; I Timothy 3:16).
4.The Creation and Fall of Man
We believe that man was created in the image of God, that he sinned and thereby incurred not only physical death, but also spiritual death, which is separation from God, that all human beings are born with a sinful nature and are totally depraved; that those who reach moral responsibility become accountable for thought, word, and deed, and that they must be born again to be accepted of God (Romans 5:12, 3:10, 23; John 3:1-21).
5.The Death, Resurrection, and Ascension of Jesus Christ
We believe that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures as a representative and a substitutionary sacrifice, and that all who believe in Him are justified on the grounds of His shed blood. We believe that He arose bodily from the dead on the third day in the same body in which He suffered and died. We also believe that our Lord ascended into heaven, that He is now seated on the right hand side of the Father, and is our High Priest and divine Advocate with the Father. We believe that by His finished work on the cross and His unceasing ministry of intercession in glory, Jesus Christ has procured for every believer Eternal Redemption, Eternal Salvation and Everlasting Life (I Corinthians 15:3, 4; Romans 5:9; John 3:16; John 20:27; Mark 16:19; I John 2:1; Hebrews 8:1, 9:12, 5:9, 7:25).
6.The Personality and Ministry of the Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is a person, that He convicts the world of sin, of righteousness and of judgment, and that He regenerates the sinner by the Word of God, that He permanently indwells the church and the body of each believer. He seals, enlightens, instructs and guides every born-again person, and is the efficient power for godly living, Christian service and spiritual worship (John 16:7-15, 3:5-7, 14:16, 17, 26; I Peter 1:23; Ephesians 4:30).
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