WE BELIEVE…
THE SCRIPTURES – The Bible is the inspired Word of God, the product of holy men of old who spoke and wrote as the were moved by the Holy Spirit. We accept the words of God as our infallible guide in all matters pertaining to conduct and doctrine.
(2Timothy 3:16; 2Peter 1:21)
THE GODHEAD – Our God is one, but manifested in three persons – the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, being co-existent and co-equal.
(Phil.2:6, Jn.14:28;16:28;1:4;1:18;15:26)
MAN, HIS FALL AND REDEMPTION – Man is a created being, made in the likeness of God. But through Adam’s transgression and fall, sin came into the world. Jesus Christ was manifested to undo the work of the devil and to give His life and shed His blood to redeem and restore man back to God.
(Rom.5:12-15 and Rom.3:10)
ETERNAL LIFE AND THE NEW BIRTH – Man’s first step toward salvation is godly sorrow that works towards repentance. The New Birth is necessary to all men, and when experienced, it produces eternal life.
(2Cor.7: 10; 1Jn. 5:12; Jn.3:3-5)
WATER BAPTISM – Baptism in water by immersion, 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. This is a practice that expresses an outward sign of inward change.
(Matt.28: 19; Rom.6:4 and Acts 8: 36-39)
BAPTISM OF THE HOLY GHOST – The Baptism of the Holy Ghost and fire is a gift God has promised by the Lord Jesus Christ to all believers, and is received subsequent to the New Birth. This experience is accompanied by the initial but ongoing evidence of speaking in other tongues as the Holy Spirit gives utterance.
(Matt.3:11; Jn.14:16-17; Acts1:8; 2:38-39; 2:4)
DIVINE HEALING – Healing is for the physical 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 the privilege of every believer today.
(Mk.16: 16; Jam.5:14-15, 1Pet.2:24)
RESURRECTION OF THE JUST AND THE RETURN OF OUR LORD – The angels said to Jesus’ disciples, “…this same Jesus which is taken up from you into heaven, 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 shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air…”
(Acts 1:11; 1Thess.4: 16-17)
HELL AND ETERNAL RETRIBUTION – The one who physically dies in his sins without accepting Christ is hopelessly and eternally lost in the lake of fire and therefore has no further opportunity of hearing the gospel or repenting.
(Heb.9: 27; Rev.19: 20) |