WHAT WE BELIEVE

WE BELIEVE... THE SCRIPTURES ARE INSPIRED BY GOD AND DECLARE HIS DESIGN AND PLAN FOR MANKIND

WE BELIEVE... THERE IS ONLY ONE TRUE GOD - REVEALED IN THREE PERSONS; FATHER, SON AND HOLY SPIRIT

WE BELIEVE... IN THE DIETY OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST; AS GOD'S SON, JESUS WAS BOTH HUMAN AND DEVINE

WE BELIEVE... THOUGH ORIGINALLY GOOD, MAN WILLINGLY FELL TO SIN; USHERING EVIL AND DEATH, BOTH PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL, INTO THE WORLD

WE BELIEVE... EVERY PERSON CAN HAVE RESTORED FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD THROUGH SALVATION (TRUSTING CHRIST, THROUGH FAITH AND REPENTANCE, TO BE OUR PERSONAL SAVIOR)

WE BELIEVE... AND PRACTICE TWO ORDINANCES (1) WATER BAPTISM BY IMMERSION AFTER REPENTING OF ONE'S SINS AND RECEIVING CHRIST'S GIFT OF SALVATION, AND (2) HOLY COMMUNION (THE LORD'S SUPPER) AS A SYMBOLIC REMEMBRANCE OF CHRIST'S SUFFERING AND DEATH FOR OUR SALVATION

WE BELIEVE... THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A SPECIAL EXPERIENCE FOLLOWING SALVATION THAT EMPOWERS BELIEVERS FOR WITNESSING AND EFFECTIVE SERVICE, JUST AS IT DID IN NEW TESTAMENT TIMES

WE BELIEVE... THE INITIAL PHYSICAL EVIDENCE OF THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT IS "SPEAKING IN TONGUES: AS EXPERIENCED ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST AND REFERENCED THROUGHOUT ACTS AND THE EPISTLES

WE BELIEVE... SANCTIFICATION INITIALLY OCCURS AT SALVATION AND IS NOT ONLY A DECLARATION THAT A BELIEVER IS HOLY, BUT ALSO A PROGRESSIVE LIFELONG PROCESS OF SEPARATING FROM EVIL AS BELIEVERS AND CONTINUALLY DRAWING CLOSER TO GOD AND BECOMING MORE CHRISTLIKE

WE BELIEVE... THE CHURCH HAS A MISSION TO SEEK AND SAVE ALL WHO ARE LOST IN SIN. WE BELIEVE "THE CHURCH" IS THE BODY OF CHRIST AND CONSISTS OF THE PEOPLE WHO, THROUGHOUT TIME, HAVE ACCEPTED GOD'S OFFER OF REDEMPTION (REGARDLESS OF RELIGIOUS DENOMINATION) THROUGH THE SACRIFICIAL DEATH OF HIS SON JESUS CHRIST

WE BELIEVE... A DIVINELY CALLED AND SCRIPTURALLY ORDAINED LEADERSHIP MINISTRY SERVES THE CHURCH. THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT EACH OF US UNDER LEADERSHIP MUST COMMIT OURSELVES TO REACH OTHERS FOR CHRIST, TO WORSHIP HIM WITH OTHER BELIEVERS, TO BUILD UP OR EDIFY THE BODY OF BELIEVERS - THE CHURCH AND TO MEET HUMAN NEED WITH MINISTRIES OF LOVE AND COMPASSION

WE BELIEVE... DIVINE HEALING OF THE SICK IS A PRIVILEGE FOR CHRISTIANS TODAY AND IS PROVIDED FOR IN CHRIST'S ATONEMENT; HIS SACRIFICIAL DEATH ON THE CROSS FOR OUR SINS

WE BELIEVE... IN THE BLESSED HOPE - WHEN JESUS RAPTURES HIS CHURCH (THE SECOND COMING). AT THIS FUTURE MOMENT IN TIME, ALL BELIEVERS WHO HAVE DIED WILL RISE FROM THEIR GRAVES AND WILL MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR, AND CHRISTIANS WHO ARE ALIVE WILL BE CAUGHT UP WITH THEM, TO BE WITH THE LORD FOREVER

WE BELIEVE... IN THE MILLENNIAL REIGN OF CHRIST WHEN JESUS RETURNS WITH HIS SAINTS AT HIS SECOND COMING AND BEGINS HIS BENEVOLENT RULE OVER THE EARTH FOR 1,000 YEARS. THIS MILLENNIAL REIGN WILL BRING THE SALVATION OF NATIONAL ISRAEL AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF UNIVERSAL PEACE.

WE BELIEVE... A FINAL JUDGEMENT WILL TAKE PLACE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE REJECTED CHRIST. THEY WILL BE JUDGED FOR THEIR SINS AND CONSIGNED TO ETERNAL PUNISHMENT IN A PUNISHING LAKE OF FIRE

WE BELIEVE... AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE PERFECT NEW HEAVENS AND NEW EARTH THAT CHRIST IS PREPARING FOR ALL PEOPLE, OF ALL TIME, WHO HAVE ACCEPTED HIM. WE WILL LIVE AND DWELL WITH HIM THERE FOREVER FOLLOWING HIS MILLENNIAL REIGN ON EARTH. "AND SO SHALL FOREVER BE WITH THE LORD!"