Our statement of faith
1. There is one God eternally existing as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
2. God revealed himself in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, the inspired work of God, without contradiction, the only reliable guidebook for life.
3. God revealed himself supremely in His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, born of a virgin, being both fully human and fully divine.
4. In the beginning God created all things by his Son. He made humanity in the divine image, with free will, moral character, and a spiritual nature.
5. Humanity fell into sin, bringing depravity and death upon the race;
as a sinner, each one of us is self-centered and self-willed, unwilling and unable to break with sin which leads to eternal separation from God.
6. On the cross Jesus Christ took our place, bore our sins, died our death; and for that reason alone God freely forgives those who repent and believe in faith.
7. The Holy Spirit convicts of sin, guides for life, and empowers for service. His supernatural work makes new life and new birth possible.
8. The church is the body of Christ, a redeemed people, obedient to God, a people of love, prayer, and healing.
9. God gave the whole church and every member of it the task of making Christ known throughout the world.
10. Gifts of the Holy Spirit are given to all who follow Christ, so that men and women, single or married, young and old, can work together to build up the church and bring the world to Christ.
11. Spiritual warfare demands spiritual weapons; the word must be preached in the power of the Spirit; and we must intercede for Christ’s victory to be established over principalities and powers of evil.
12. We must demonstrate God’s love visibly by caring for those who are deprived of justice, dignity, food, and shelter.
13. Those who repent and believe should be baptized with water as a symbol of cleansing from sin, new life and commitment to Christ.
14. The church observes the Lord’s Supper as a symbol of Christ’s broken body and shed blood, and the fellowship of his church until his return.
15. Both singleness and marriage are honored by God, who designed marriage to be the union of one man and one woman for life; homosexual practice rejects this celebration of diversity God intended.
16. Jesus Christ’s return will be visible in power and glory to consummate salvation and judgment, thus the church serves sacrificially and joyfully anticipating eternal life with God.
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