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What Do We Believe?

 

   We believe that the Bible is our all-sufficient rule for faith and practice.  This statement of Fundamental Truths is intended

simply as a basis of fellowship among us (i.e., that we all speak the same thing, 1 Corinthians 1:10; Acts 2:42).  The phraseology employed in this statement is not inspired or contended for, but the truth set forth is held to be essential to a full-gospel ministry.   No claim is made that it contains all Biblical truth; only that it covers our need as to these fundamental doctrines.

 

  •    We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament are inspired by God, that they are the revelation of God to man and are the supreme and final authority in both faith and practice. 2 Timothy 3:16-17, 2 Peter 1:21
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  •    We believe in one God, eternally self-existing in three Persons: the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Deuteronomy 6:4,        Matthew 28:19, Luke 3:22
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  •    We believe that Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God, begotten of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary; that He is fully God and fully man. Romans 1:4, Matthew 1:23, John 1:14, Colossians 2:9.
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  •    We believe man was created in the image of God; that he sinned and thereby incurred not only physical death but also spiritual death which is separation from God; that all human beings are born with a sinful nature, and, in the case of those who reach moral responsibility, becomes sinners in thought, word and deed. Genesis 1:27, Romans 5:12-19
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  •    We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins and has become our representative and substitutionary sacrifice; that He was bodily raised from the dead for our justification; that He is ascended into heaven as our High Priest and Advocate; that we are redeemed and born again as sons and daughters of God on the ground of our faith in the atonement provided by His shed blood; that the inward evidence of salvation is the direct witness of the Spirit and the outward evidence is a life of righteousness and true holiness before God and mankind. Luke 24:46-47, Romans 10:9-13; Romans 8:16, Titus 2:11-14
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  •    We believe in the ordinance of baptism by immersion for all who repent and believe on Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord; that we are declaring to the world our identification with Christ’s death and our being raised to newness of life in Him. Matthew 28:19,      Acts 8:36-38, Romans 6:4
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  •    We believe in the ordinance of the Lord’s Supper consisting of the elements of bread and the fruit of the vine. It is the symbol expressing our sharing the divine nature of our Lord Jesus Christ; a memorial of His suffering and death; a prophecy of His second coming; and is enjoined on all believers “till He comes!” 2 Peter 1:1,3,4, 1 Corinthians 10:16, 17, 21, 1 Corinthians 10:26
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  •    We believe that the Holy Spirit empowers believers for Christian witness and service. Being indwelt by the Holy Spirit and being baptized in the Holy Spirit are theologically distinct experiences, though the latter may occur in close proximity to the former. The promise of the Father is freely available to all who believe in Jesus Christ, thereby enabling them to exercise the powers of the age to come in ministry and mission. As portrayed in the Book of Acts, speaking in tongues is a common and immediate evidence, but not a necessary evidence, that the gift of the Holy Spirit has been received. The Holy Spirit desires to continually fill each believer with power to witness, and imparts his supernatural gifts for the edification of the Body and the work of ministry in the world. All the gifts of the Holy Spirit at work in the church of the first-century are available today and are to be earnestly desired and practiced. They are essential in the mission of the Church in the world today. Acts 2:4, 38-39, Luke 11:11-13, Ephesians 5:18
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  •    We believe that the manifestations of the gifts of the spirit is operative in the church today; that these gifts are to be sought after and desired by all believers in the Lord Jesus Christ for the edification of His body. 1 Corinthians 12:4-11
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  •    We believe sanctification is an act of separation to God and is the ongoing work of the Holy Spirit in our lives; that it produces the fruit of the Spirit on our lives; that it brings us under the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 6:1-14, 12:1-2,                     2 Timothy 2:19-21
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  •    We believe that the church is the body of Christ and is made up of believers in Christ; that in its local manifestation, it is an autonomous assembly of believers. Ephesians 1:22-23, Romans 12:5
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  We believe that every believer in the Lord Jesus Christ is called to serve; that we are to build up the body of Christ and to evangelize the world. Romans 12:1, 4-8, Ephesians 4:11-13

 

 

   We believe in the rapture of the church and the personal and imminent return of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ; that there will be a bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust; that there will be everlasting blessedness and joy of those who have received Christ as Savior, and everlasting punishment of those who are separated from God and remain in their sins; that there will be a new heaven and earth. 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9, 4:16-17, Titus 2:13; 1 Corinthians 15:51-52, 2 Peter 3:13, Revelation 20:11-15, 21:1-4, 8
 
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