Statement of Faith
- There is one God, eternally existing in three persons - the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19)
- The Holy Scriptures are verbally inspired by God and are our only infallible rule of faith and practice. (John 1:1)
- Jesus Christ died, shedding His blood for our sins, and was bodily raised from the dead, thereby breaking the bonds of death and assuring us of eternal life. (I Corinthians 15:14-18)
- Jesus Christ will return visibly and bodily with power and great glory. (I Thessalonians 4:16)
- Man is by nature and practice a sinner separated from God and can become God's child only by personal faith in Jesus Christ, and as a result, live in submission to God's will as revealed in the Scriptures. (Romans 3:22-24)
- Those who are thus born into God's family have eternal life (John 3:16) and those who are not remain in spiritual death and will be separated from God forever in hell. (II Thessalonians 1:7-9)
- The Holy Spirit lives in the believer, enabling him to walk in purity of life and submission to the will of God. (Romans 8:13-14)
- The believer, in response to his faith in and commitment to Christ, is an active part of the local Body of Christ. (Ephesians 4:1-16
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