STATEMENT
OF FAITH
We believe in the
Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as inspired of God and inerrant
in the original writings and that they are of supreme and final
authority in faith and life. (II Timothy 3:16, II Peter 1:21)
We believe in the
Triune God; Father, Son, Holy Spirit. He is the omnipotent, omniscient
and omnipresent God who is sovereign over all. His sovereignty is seen
in acts of creation, salvation, and continual care. (I John 5:7, Psalm
2:7-8, Psalm 110:1)
We believe in the
deity of Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, sinless life, miracles,
atonement for our sins by His blood sacrifice, His bodily resurrection,
ascension, and His personal return in power and glory. (Isaiah 7:14,
John 1:1, John 1:14, John 8:58, II Corinthians 5:21, Titus 2:13)
We believe in God the
Holy Spirit who acts in and through people's lives today. (I John 2:27,
Romans 8:26, Romans 5:5, Romans 8:9)
We believe that 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. (Genesis 1:27, Genesis 2:17, Romans 5:12)
We believe that the
Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures as a
representative and substitutive sacrifice, and that all who believe in
Him are justified on the grounds of His shed blood and resurrection. (II
Corinthians 5:21)
We believe in the
resurrection of the crucified body of the crucified Lord, His ascension
into heaven, and in His present life there for us, as High Priest and
Advocate. (I Corinthians 15:4, Hebrews 4:14, I John 2:1)
We believe that all
who receive by faith the Lord Jesus Christ, are born again of the Holy
Spirit and thereby become children of God. (John 1:12, Acts 16:31, Acts
20:21, John 5:24)
We believe in the
"Blessed Hope," the personal, and imminent return of our Lord and
Savior, Jesus Christ. (Titus 2:13, Philippians 3:20)
We believe in the
bodily resurrection of the just and of the unjust, in the everlasting
joy of the saved, and the everlasting conscious suffering of the lost.
(John 5:28-29)