About Us

HOLY BIBLE:  We believe the Holy Bible to be the inspired and only infallible       authoritative Word of God

GOD:  We believe that there is only one God

CREATION:  We believe in the scriptural account of creation, that God, Himself, created       the heavens and the earth. 

SALVATION:  We believe in the salvation of sinners by grace, through repentance and       faith in Christ and His precious blood by which we obtain remission of sins, not by       works, but by His mercy and the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy       Spirit.

REDEMPTION:  We believe that Christ gave himself for us, that he might redeem us              from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works,              and that the redemptive work of Christ on the cross provides healing of the human              body in answer to believing prayer.

WATER BAPTISM:  We believe in water baptism by immersion (buried) as an act of       obedience by every believer.  This is an ordinance of the church and constitutes       being baptized into the Lord Jesus Christ.

THE PERSON AND WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT:

       a.         We believe that the Holy Spirit is a person who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment.

       b.         We believe that He is the Divine Teacher who assists believers to understand and appropriate the Scriptures.

       c.         We believe that it is the privilege and duty of all believers to be initially and continually filled with and controlled by the Holy Spirit.   This experience should also be accompanied by the evidence of speaking in other tongues as recorded in Scripture

SANCTIFICATION:  We believe in the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit by whose       indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a Spirit-filled life, perfecting holiness in       the fear of God, as determined by the standard of God's Word and not by the       standards of the world. We believe that all the saved should live in such a manner       as not to bring reproach upon their Savior and Lord; and, that separation from all       religious apostasy, worldly and sinful pleasures, practices and associations is       commanded of God.

RESURRECTION:  We believe in the resurrection of both the believers and the       unbelievers:  The believers to everlasting life and the unbelievers to everlasting       punishment.  We believe that the souls of the redeemed are, at death, absent from         the body and present with the Lord, where in conscious bliss they await the first       resurrection, when spirit, soul, and body are reunited to be glorified forever with       the Lord.

SATAN:  We believe that Satan is a person, the author of sin which is the cause of the Fall       of Man; that he is the open and declared enemy of God and man; and, that his main       objective is to steal, kill and destroy.

BODY OF CHRIST:  We believe that there is one body of Christ, the Church, which is              composed of many members in particular, all having been baptized into the one              body by one Spirit.  These members are set in the body as it pleases God, and every              member has his/her own particular function with Christ as the head.                         

UNITY:  We believe that it is absolutely essential to promote the Unity of the Spirit       within our local church and among the other members of the body of Christ.

EQUIPPING MINISTRIES:   We believe that God gives to the Church today apostles,       prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers for the equipping of the saints for the       work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, until we all come to the       unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God.

MANIFESTATIONS OF THE SPIRIT:  We believe in the operation of all the       manifestations of the Spirit in the local church.  These manifestations are listed as       gifts, administrations, operations, and ministries, and the Holy Spirit divides to       every man as He wills.  All do not have the same gifts or office.

CHRIST-LIKE CHARACTER:  We believe that the development of Christ-like       character in each Christian's life is a fundamental principle of the Kingdom of God       and that it is the biblical foundation for all gifts, ministries and activities of the       church .

MORAL STANDARD:  We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual       activity should be engaged in outside of marriage between a man and a woman.        Anything outside of this is a sinful perversions of God's original idea of what sex       was intended for

ABORTION:  We believe that human life begins at conception and that the unborn child       is a living human being.  Abortion constitutes the unjustified, unexcused taking of       unborn human life.  Abortion is murder.  We reject any teaching that abortions of       pregnancies due to rape, incest, birth defects, gender selection, birth or population       control, or the mental well-being of the mother are acceptable.

GOD'S ORDER OF GOVERNMENT:  We believe that the local church is to be       governed by elders, called and ordained of God, who serve with the presiding elder       or senior minister to oversee the flock and its activities.  Deacons are appointed to       assist the elders in that ministry in both spiritual and practical matters as may be       deemed necessary

WORSHIP:  We believe the essence of worship is basically a voluntary response to God       whereby we lovingly acknowledge His supreme worth as the one and only eternal       God.  It is an attitude of being totally surrendered and submitted to God and       consumed by Him and His purposes.  Worship is primarily a "state of the heart"       and, secondarily, a "state of the art" in which various forms of Biblical musical       expressions are involved in a corporate gathering.  Our participation, in faith, in the       flow of the worship service prepares our hearts to be more sensitive and responsive       to God's presence in our lives.

COMMUNION:  We believe in the frequent partaking of Communion by all believers as       a command of Jesus Christ and the Apostle Paul, that in partaking we do show       (proclaim) the Lord's death (work and benefits of Calvary) till He comes, and that       it is practiced in remembrance, not of our sins, but in remembrance of Jesus, the       Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world by His own personal body       sacrifice and shed blood.

LAYING ON OF HANDS:  We believe in the laying on of hands for blessing, for       healing, for receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit, for prophecy by the presbytery, for       special commission or ordination.

 

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