STATEMENT OF FAITH
1. We believe The Bible to be inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God, and
that it is supreme and the final authority (2 Tim 3:16, 17).
2. We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His
miracles, in His vicarious death and atonement through His shed blood, in His bodily
resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His present priestly
ministry (1 Tim 3:16, Rom 3:25, 26).
3. We believe in the trinity as eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit (1 John 5:7).
4. We believe in evangelistic and missionary fervor and endeavor (Acts 1:8, Mark
16:15-18).
5. We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is
absolutely essential. We further believe in the keeping power of God (Hebrews 9:22,
Jude 24, 25).
6. We believe in sanctification and holiness and the overcoming life in God’s design for the
church, which is the Bride of Christ (Eph 5:25-27).
7. We believe that sexual purity is a necessary expression for all of God’s children and
requires abstinence from adultery, fornication, incest, homosexuality, or other sexual
relationships or practices forbidden by Scripture (Romans 1:26, 27, Hebrews 13:4-6).
8. We believe marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment
for a lifetime and a sacred institution established by God (Matt 19:4-6).
9. We believe Baptism is an outward expression of an inward acceptance of Jesus (Acts
10:47-48).
10. We believe that Baptism is for believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and to be administered
by immersion, thus bearing witness to the Gospel of Christ’s death, burial, and
resurrection for us and our new life in Him (Matt 28:19, Rom 6:4).
11. We believe in the Baptism in the Holy Spirit as on the day of Pentecost and in the
continuing ministry of the Holy Spirit as evidenced in tongues, charismatic gifts and
ministries, and in the fruit of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer (Acts 2:4, 10:46,
19:6, Eph 4:11, 1 Cor 12:8-11, Gal 5:22, 23).
12. We believe that divine healing is obtained on the basis of atonement (1 Peter 2:24, Matt
8:17).
13. We believe that the resurrection of the church (rapture) will occur prior to the second
coming of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ (1 Thess 5:9, Rev 3:10).
