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 What We Believe...
We believe in the verbal inspiration of the Bible.
We believe in one God eternally existing in three persons: the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit.
We believe all have sinned and come short of the glory of God; that repentance is commanded of God for all and necessary for forgiveness of sins.
We believe in the all-sufficient atonement of God's only Son, The Lord Jesus Christ, who was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary and who is very God and very man.
We believe Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again on the third day, and personally appeared to His disciples.
We believe in the bodily ascension of Jesus to heaven, His exaltation and personal, literal and bodily coming again the second time for the Church.
We believe in the salvation of sinners by grace, through repentance and faith in the perfect and sufficient work of the cross of Calvary by which we obtain remission of sins.
We believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit as an experience subsequent to salvation, with the scriptural evidence; namely, speaking in other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance. (Acts 2:1-4; 8:14-17; 10:44-46; Gal. 3:14-15)
We believe in the operation of the gifts of the Spirit as enumerated in I Cor. 12-14, as manifested in the early church.
We believe in justification [to be declared free of the guilt and penalty attached to sin], regeneration [moral revival], and new birth are obtained by faith in the blood of Jesus Christ.
We believe all who repent [feel remorse, contrition, self-reproach] of their sin should be baptized with water through immersion in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit.
We believe sanctification [to be set apart for God’s use; to be made holy]; after the new birth through faith in the blood of Christ through the Word by the Holy Spirit; that sanctification is a continuing process of growth and maturity.
We believe holiness [living according to a strict or highly moral religious or spiritual system] is God's standard for his people.
We believe divine healing is provided for all in the atonement [the renewing close relationship between God and human beings brought about by Jesus].
We believe in the bodily resurrection to eternal life for the righteous, and to eternal punishment for the wicked.
We believe it is the responsibility of every believer to dedicate his or her life to carrying out the Great Commission to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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