MISSION: Statement of Faith

    1. We believe that the Bible is the inspired word of God, equal in all its parts and without error, in its original manuscript, absolutely infallible, our source of supreme revelation from God, superior to conscience and reason, though not contrary to reason; it is therefore our infallible rule of faith and practice (2 timothy 3:16-17; 1 peter 1:23-25; Hebrews 4:12).

    2. We believe that there is one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, who have spoken finally and effectively in the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments (1 John 5:6-12).

    3. We believe in the Lordship of Jesus Christ, the word made flesh, and in: His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His vicarious atoning death through the shedding of His blood, His burial and bodily resurrection, His ascension to the right hand of the father, His sending of the Holy Spirit, and His personal return in power and glory to judge the living and the dead (The Gospels; Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John).

    4. We believe that the human race was created in the image and likeness of God, that we fell into a sinful state through willful disobedience, and that we thereby incurred spiritual, soul and bodily death. Sin has broken our relationship with God, infecting every human relationship and institution such that, apart from Christ we face eternal damnation (Genesis 1:26-32, Romans 1:18-32; Revelation 20:11-15).

    5. We believe that salvation is a free gift of God’s grace in Christ Jesus. Those who have repented and believe in Him have been born again of the Holy Spirit, having become children of God through adoption, and look forward to the resurrection and the inheritance of eternal life (Romans 3:21-26; 1 John 3:1-3; John 11:25-26).

    6. We believe that the believer should be baptized in water and be wholly submitted to the will of God and that each believer should grow in the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ by the continual work of the Holy Spirit, whereby the gifts of the Spirit become active in the life of the believer. We are to be separated from sin and fully consecrated to God’s will (Romans 8:28-39; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 12-14; Ephesians 4:1-13).

    7. We believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit and that it is given to all believers who ask for it (John 14:16-17; Acts 1:5,8, 2:4, 8:17, 10:44-46; 1 Corinthians 12-14). We believe in our unity in the Holy Spirit with all believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and that God alone is Lord of the conscience, and has left it free from the doctrines and commandments of others which are in any way contrary to His Word, or beside it (Ephesians 2:11-22; Colossians 2:6-23).