Friday, August 1, 2003

Statement of Faith

We believe in the deity of God the Father, His Son, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.

We believe in the Holy Bible, both the Old and New Testament, as inspired by God, and is the infallible and authoritative source for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training for righteous living.

We believe in the virgin birth of Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, who lived a sinless life.

We believe in the central message of the Gospel that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, was buried and rose again on the third day according to the Scriptures, and later ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God.

We believe that salvation is a gift of God, made possible by Jesus' death on the cross, and could be appropriated by repentance of sins and faith on the finished work of Christ.

We believe that anyone who has the Son of God has eternal life, will no longer be condemned, but has crossed over from death to life.

We believe that anyone who becomes a Christian is a new creation, the old has gone, the new has come.

We believe that every Christian is marked by the presence of the Holy Spirit, which guides the believer in to all truth, convicts him of sin, and empowers the believer to live a holy life.

We believe in the universal church, the Body of Christ,composed of true believers, who have been given new birth in Christ.

We believe that the church has two-fold purposes: to grow in Christ likeness and to obey the Great Commission, which is preaching the Gospel and making disciples

We believe in the second coming our Lord Jesus Christ, the resurrection of the dead , the translation of the living, the reunion of the saints and enjoying eternity with Jesus Christ and with the saints in a perfect place He prepared for us forever and ever.

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