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We Believe the Bible, in the original Old and New Testament, is the inspired,
inerrant Word of God and is the final authority in matters of faith and
practice. (2 Timothy 3:16-17)
We Believe that one true God exists in three co-equal, co-eternal persons, God
the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. (Deuteronomy 6:4, Matthew
28:19-20)
We believe that Jesus Christ was born of a virgin and that He is fully God and
fully Man. (Luke 1:26-35; 2:1-7; John 1:1-14)
We believe in the deity and personhood of the Holy Spirit. (John 15:26)
We believe the world and all things in it were created by the word and will of
God out of nothing. (Genesis 1:1, 27-31)
We believe that man was created in the image of God; that he sinned and thereby
incurred physical death and spiritual death, which is separation from God. All
human beings are born with a sin nature and therefore sin in word, thought and
deed. (Genesis 1:26-27; Romans 1, 3:23, 5:12)
We believe that the Lord Jesus died for our sins as our representative and
substitute, and that all who trust in Him are justified by grace through faith
on the basis of His shed blood. We believe that this salvation was ordained
before the foundation of the world and once obtained may not be lost. (John
3:14-16, 5:24; Romans 3:24, 5:8; Ephesians 1:1-14, 2:8-9)
We believe that the Lord Jesus, after His death on the cross and burial, rose
bodily from the dead and ascended into heaven where He makes intercession for
His body, the Church. He is the only Savior through Whom sinful man can find
forgiveness, salvation and eternal life. (Acts 4:12; Romans 6:23; 1 Corinthians
15:3-4; Ephesians 1:20-21; 1 Timothy 2:5-6; John 14:6)
We believe that the Church comprises people from all time and nationality who
have been saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone as Savior. The
Church expresses itself in local congregations to bring glory to God by carrying
out the Great Commission, the commands of Holy Scripture and the ordinances of
Baptism and Communion. (Matthew 28:18-20; John 13; Acts 2:41-42; Ephesians
1:22-23, 2:8-9; Matthew 26:26-29; I Corinthians 11:23-30)
We believe that the Lord Jesus will personally and physically return to this
world to resurrect and rapture the Church. Following a seven-year period of
tribulation He will return to reign in righteousness. His coming again will be
literal, personal and visible. (John 14:1-6; Acts 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17;
2 Thessalonians 2:6-7; Revelation 3:10)
We believe in the literal and physical resurrection of the dead, the redeemed to
eternal bliss with God and the unredeemed to eternal separation from God.
(Matthew 25:31-46)
We believe in the literal and personal existence of Satan and demonic beings
whose defeat and doom are sure. (Job 1:6; Matthew 25:41; Revelation 19:20)
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