Statement of Beliefs

• One True God. God has revealed Himself as the Creator of all things and the Redeemer of mankind.  He is manifested as the Triune God-Father, Son and Holy Spirit  (Gen 1:1; Isa 43:11; Matt 28:19 ).

• Scripture Inspired. The Old and New Testaments are the inspired word of God.  In them we find final authority for all Christian faith and practice  (II Tim 3:15-17).

• Deity of Jesus. The Lord Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God who shares in the deity of God.  He is also truly a man who was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary.  He died on the cross as a sacrifice for sin and arose from the dead, ascending into Heaven and is now at the right hand of the Father as our High Priest and Advocate   (Matt 1:21).

• Original sin and fall of man.  Man was created in the image of God but fell into sin and is therefore lost  (Gen 1:1-13).  Only through the shed blood of Jesus Christ and by His resurrection can man have grounds for justification and salvation.  This salvation and spiritual life are obtained by regeneration through the work of the Holy Spirit (Romans 3:23-26).

• Salvation by Faith.  Man's Salvation and redemption ( a free gift of grace from God ) can only be obtained by exercising faith, not by works, and by the finishing redemptive work of the Lord Jesus Christ  (Eph 2:8-9).

• The New Man in Christ.  If any man be in Christ he is a new creature (creation) in the inward.  We are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus.  We are partakers of His divine nature  (Cor 5:17; Eph 2:10; 2 Peter 1:4).

• The Baptism of the Holy Spirit.  The ministry and the baptism of the Holy Spirit are to glorify Jesus Christ and to indwell, guide and empower believers for life and service.  This baptism brings the gifts of the Holy Spirit and their uses to the forefront of the ministry of the Body of Christ.  This experience is distinct and subsequent to the experience of the new birth  (Acts 2:4).

• Divine Healing.  The anointing work of Jesus Christ provides not only salvation but healing and prosperity for all believers  (Matt 8:16-17).

• Church, The Body of Christ.  The true church is the composition of all those who have been born again.  Through the new birth believers are united together as the body of Christ.  Jesus Christ is the Lord and head of the church  (Eph 1:22-23).

• Water Baptism.  All who believe in Jesus Christ as their Savior and have been commanded to be immersed in water as a declaration that they identify with the death of Christ and have been raised with Him in the newness of life  (Mark 16:16).