What We Believe

 

 God

We believe in the only true God (John17:3) - the Father, Son, & Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19-20).  He created all things (Revelation 4:11) and upholds all things by the Word of His power (Hebrews 1:3).  In Him we live and move and have our being (Acts 17:28).  He is a God of truth and without iniquity, and He is just and right (Deuteronomy 32:4)  He will judge the world (Psalm 9:8).  We believe that the Godhead eternally exists in three persons:  the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.  These three are one God, having precisely the same nature, attributes, and perfections, and are worthy of precisely the same homage, confidence, and obedience (Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 12:29; John 1:1-4; Acts 4:3-4).

 

We believe in the total deity of the Lord Jesus Christ.  We believe He is the manifestation of God in the flesh.  We believe He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary.  We believe Him to be true God and true man (John 1:1, 14, 18; 14:8-9; 1Timothy 3:16).

 

We believe that the ministry of the Holy Spirity is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ (John 16:14).  The Holy Spirit regenerates the sinner upon belief in Christ, baptizing the believer into one body of which Christ is the head.  The Holy Spirit indwells, guides, instructs, fills, comforts, and empowers the believer for godly living (Mark 13:11; John 14:26; 16:13; Romans 5:5; 1 Corinthians 3:16).  The Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin, of God's righteousness, and of coming judgment (John 16:8-11).  While we believe that the Scriptures do not teach that certain gifts have ceased, they indicate that use of the gifts vary according to the need that each gift meets (John 16:8; 13:15; Titus 3:5; Ephesians 1:22; 4:11-12; Romans 8:9-17; 12:4-8: 1 Corinthians 12:4-19; Galatians 5:25; Hebrews 4:1-4; 2 Corinthians 12:12).

 

We believe the Scriptures of the Old Testament and New Testament are verbally inspired by God and inerrant in their original writings. We believe the 66 books of the Old and New Testament are God's complete and sufficient revelation and therefore carry God's authority for the total well-being of mankind (Psalm 119:97-104, 160; Matthew 5:18; John 5:46-47; 10:35; 2 Timothy 3:15-16).