What We Believe
The Scriptures:the Bible is the inpired word of God and
only infallible and authoritative written Word of God.
The Godhead:our God is one, but manifested in three
persons-the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, coequal
Man, His Fall and Redemption:man is a created being,
made in the likeness and image of God, but through Adam's transgression and
fall, sin came into the world. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was manifested
to undo the work of the devil and gave His life and shed His blood to redeem
and restore man back to God. Salvation is the giftof God to man, seperate
from works and the law, and made operative by grace through faith in Jesus
Christ, producing works acceptable to God.
Eternal Life and the New Birth:man's first step toward
salvation is godly sorrow that works repentance. The New Birth is necessary
to all men, and when experienced produces eternal life.
Water Baptism:baptism in water is by immerson, is a
direct commandment of our Lord, and is for believers only. The ordinance is
a symbol of the Christian's identification with Christ in his Death, burial
and resurrection.
Baptism in the Holy Spirit:the baptism in the Holy Spirit
and fire is a gift from God as promised by the Lord Jesus Christ to all believers
and is received subsequent to the New Birth. This experience is accompanied by
the initial evidence of speaking in other tounges as the Holy Spirit himself
gives utterance.
Sanctification:the Bible teaches that without holiness
no man can see the Lord. We believe in the doctrine of Sanctification as a definite,
yet progressive work of Grace, commencing at the time of regeneration and continuing
until the consummation of salvation of Christ's return.
Divine Healing:healing is for the physical ills of the human body
and is wrought by the power of God through the prayer of faith and by the laying
on of hands. It is provided for in the atonement of Christ, and is a privilege
of every memeber of the Church today.
Resurrection of the Just and the Return of the Lord:the
angels said to Jesus' disciples, "This same Jesus shall so come in like manner
as ye have seen him go into Heaven." His coming is imminent. When he comes,...
"the dead in Christ will rise first;then we which are alive and remain shall be
caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air."
Hell and Eternal Retribution:the one who physically dies
without accepting Christ is hopelessly and eternally lost in the Lake of Fire
and, therefore, has no further oppurtunity of hearing the Gospel or repenting
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