Statement of Faith
I believe ...
The Bible is the inspired, infallible,
and only authoritative word of God.
There is one true God, eternally existing in three persons-Father, Son,
and Holy Spirit-each of whom possesses equally all the attributes of
Deity and the characteristics of personality.
Jesus Christ is God, the living Word, who became flesh through His
miraculous conception by the Holy Spirit and His virgin birth. Hence,
He is perfect Deity and true humanity united in one person forever.
He lived a sinless life and voluntarily atoned for the sins of men by
dying on the cross as their substitute, thus satisfying divine justice
and accomplishing salvation for all who trust in Him alone.
He rose from the dead in the same body, though glorified, in which He
lived and died.
He ascended bodily into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God
the Father, where He, the only mediator between God and man,
continually makes intercession for His own.
Man was originally created in the image of God. He sinned by disobeying
God; thus, he was alienated from his Creator. That historical fall
brought all mankind under divine condemnation.
Man’s nature is corrupted, and he is thus totally unable to
please God. Every man is in need of regeneration and renewal by the
Holy Spirit.
The salvation of man is wholly a work of God’s free grace and is
not the work, in whole or in part, of human works or goodness or
religious ceremony. God imputes His righteousness to those who put
their faith in Christ alone for their salvation, and thereby justifies
them in His sight.
It is the privilege of all who are born again of the Spirit to be
assured of their salvation from the very moment in which they trust
Christ as their Savior. This assurance is not based upon any kind of
human merit, but is produced by the witness of the Holy Spirit, who
confirms in the believer the testimony of God in His written Word.
The Holy Spirit has come into the world to reveal and glorify Christ
and to apply the saving work of Christ to men. He convicts and draws
sinners to Christ, imparts new life to them, continually indwells them
from the moment of spiritual birth, and seals them until the day of
redemption. His fullness, power, and control are appropriated in the
believer’s life by faith.
Every believer is called to live so in the power of the indwelling
Spirit that he will not fulfill the lust of the flesh, but will bear
fruit to the glory of God. The Holy Spirit bestows gifts on believers
as He chooses. Although all gifts are valid for today, no gift is
supreme to make a believer more spiritual than those that have not been
given that gift.
Jesus Christ is the Head of the Church, His Body, which is composed of
all men, living and dead, who have been joined to Him through saving
faith.
God admonishes His people to assemble together regularly for worship,
for participation in ordinances, for edification through the
Scriptures, and for mutual encouragement.
At physical death the believer enters immediately into eternal,
conscious fellowship with the Lord and awaits the resurrection of his
body to everlasting glory and blessing.
At physical death the unbeliever enters immediately into eternal,
conscious separation from the Lord and awaits the resurrection of his
body to everlasting judgment and condemnation.
Jesus Christ will come again to the earth-personally, visibly, and
bodily-to consummate history and the eternal plan of God.
The Lord Jesus Christ commanded all believers to proclaim the gospel
throughout the world and to disciple men of every nation. The
fulfillment of that Great Commission requires that all worldly and
personal ambitions be subordinated to a total commitment to "Him who
loved us and gave Himself for us."
