What We Believe

We believe the Holy Spirit is God, a Person who convicts the world of sin. At the moment of salvation he indwells the believer, baptizes him into the body of Christ, and seals him unto the day of redemption. John 16:8-11; Rom. 8:9; 1 Cor. 12:12-14; Eph. 1:13,14. Furthermore, We believe in the post salvitic work of the Holy Spirit in filling the believer, endowing the believer with power from on high. We also believe the Holy Spirit sovereignly bestows spiritual gifts on every believer. Heb. 2:4; 1 Cor. 12:7-11.

We believe in salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. We believe salvation is a result of God's grace and mercy and is holistic; involving the justification, sanctification, and glorification of the believer. God desires all men to be saved, and has atoned for the sins of the entire world through the Death of His Son Jesus Christ. He uses the drawing ministry of Christ and the convicting ministry of the Holy Spirit to make it genuinely possible for any member of the human race to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as Saviour.

John 12:32; 16:7-11; Acts. 10:34,35; 16:31; Isa. 45:21; Rom. 8:32; John 3:16; Rom. 5:8; 1 Tim. 2:4; 2 Pet. 2:2; 1 John 2:2.

We believe it is the command of the Lord Jesus Christ that every person who has accepted Christ as Saviour be baptized. This baptism in no way affects the salvation of the individual, but is designed to be a symbolic testimony of the identification of the believer with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection. The Scriptural mode of baptism is by immersion, being the truest picture of our Lord's death, burial, and resurrection. Matt. 28:19,20; Mark 1:5; Matt. 3:16; Acts 2:38; Acts 8:36-39.

God The Father (Theology Proper)

We believe in the only living and true God Jehovah, who reveals Himself to us as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. The Bible reveals God as triune , existing in three persons, yet without division of nature, essence, or being: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, eternal in being, identical in nature, equal in power and glory, and having the same attributes and perfections. Deut. 6:4; 2 Cor. 13:4.

God The Son (Christology)

We believe Christ is the eternal Son of God. In His incarnation as Jesus Christ He was conceived of the Holy Ghost and born of a virgin. He lived a sinless life in the form of a man. He willingly gave His life as the ultimate sacrifice for our sins. He was buried in a borrowed tomb and rose again on the third day and now sits at the right hand of the Father

Man (Anthropology)

We believe man was created in the image and likeness of God, but in Adam's sin the human race fell, inheriting a sinful nature and becoming alienated from God. Gen. 1:26,27; Rom. 3:22,23; Eph. 2:12. In the state of total depravity man is totally unable to retrieve his lost condition. Rom. 4:4,5; Tit. 3:5; Isa. 64:6.

Sin (Hamartiology)

We believe the Scriptures describe three categories of sin: Imputed Sin, Inherent Sin, and Personal Sin. (Imputed Sin) At birth every member of the human race shares in the responsibility and penalty for Adam's sin. Rom. 5:12; 5:18,19; 1 Cor. 15:22. Inherent Sin (Sin Nature): At birth every member of the human race inherits a capacity which entices and enables him to commit personal acts of sin. Rom. 6:6; 7:17,18; Eph. 4:22.

The Church (Ecclesiology)

We believe in the universal Church, which is the Body and future Bride of Christ, is a spiritual organism made up of all born-again believers, irrespective of their affiliation with Christian organizations. Eph. 1:22,23; 5:25-27; 1 Cor. 12:12-14; Eph. 4:11-16. The local church is an assembly of believers meeting together for the purposes of worship, spiritual edification, prayer, fellowship, and witnessing. Acts. 2:41-47; 1 Cor. 11:23-26. We believe God has placed within the body members and gifts for the edification and perfection of every believer.

The Lord's Supper

We believe our Lord instituted the ordinance of the Lord's Supper, which is commanded for all believers. The two elements of the Lord's Supper, the bread and wine, represent the physical and spiritual death of the Lord Jesus Christ, and remind the believer that Christ died for all men and that He will come again to receive His own. Scripture requires that a partaker of the Lord's Supper be a believer in Christ and in fellowship with the Father by means of confession of known sins to Him. Luke 22:14-10; Matt. 26:26-30; 1 Cor. 11:23-32.

Eschatology (Last Things)

We believe Christians will be taken to meet Christ in the air, the dead immediately preceding the living, to stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ; that there will be seven years of tribulation on the Earth, during part of which the Antichrist will reign; that Christ will then return physically to the Earth and conduct a 1,000 years reign; that people who reject Christ will be condemned at the Great White Throne Judgment; that there will be a final battle between Satan and his angels; that Satan and his angels will be incarcerated and finally condemned to the lake of fire.