Our Beliefs
1. We believe in one God, Creator of Heaven and Earth, eternally existing in three persons‚ The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit.
2. We believe in Jesus Christ, The Son of God, conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, and who lived a sinless life as a man. He was crucified for our sins and rose on the third day. He ascended into Heaven, where he reigns today at the right hand of the Father. We believe that he is coming again -- personally, visibly, and soon -- to judge all people.
3. We believe in the Holy Spirit, who convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment. He baptizes believers in Christ, dwells in them and fills them with his power for Christian living and service.
4. We believe that Satan exists and is working in this world to destroy people’s souls. In the end, his destruction is certain through Jesus Christ who also gives us the power to resist Satan.
5. We believe that man was created in the image of God, that he fell into sin and therefore is not deserving of fellowship with God and is in need of salvation.
6. Salvation is an undeserved gift from God coming only through Jesus Christ who died that our sins may be forgiven. If we believe in Christ, our soul shall never die, and we will live with Him forever.
7. We believe the true church is the body of Christ composed of all true believers of the present age. When we depend on, encourage, love, accept, and forgive each other and rely solely on our faith in God as our way of life, we become Christ in the world. Our head is Jesus Christ and our guides are the Word of God and the Holy Spirit.
8. We believe the written Word of God to be our guide to direct our faith and life. Given in human words in history, the Scriptures of both the Old and the New Testament are the inspired Word of God, authoritative, trustworthy, god-breathed and true in every respect. As an expression of grateful love to God, we believe and obey the Scriptures, for the written Word reveals to us Jesus Christ the Living Word.
9. We believe that biblical marriage was instituted by God (Gen 2.18-25) as between those born biologically male and female, and that any sexual activity is to be enjoyed between a husband and wife, married to each other, only (Heb 13.4).
These beliefs are from Article III of our bylaws…