STATEMENT OF FAITH

These are nonnegotiable tenets of faith that we adhere to.

   1.  WE BELIEVE...The Scriptures are Inspired by God and declare His design and plan for mankind.

   2.  WE BELIEVE...There is only One True God revealed in three persons...Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (commonly known as the Trinity). 

   3.  WE BELIEVE...Before the foundation of the world, God knew, loved and elected a people unto salvation.  This salvation is totally by the grace of God.

   4.  WE BELIEVE...In the Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. As God's son Jesus was both human and divine, having been born of a virgin. 

   5.  WE BELIEVE...though originally good, Man Willingly Fell to Sin, ushering evil and death, both physical and spiritual, into the world. 

   6.  WE BELIEVE...People Can Have A Restored Fellowship with God Through Believing on the Lord Jesus Christ.

   7.  WE BELIEVE...and practice two ordinances: (1) Water Baptism by Immersion  after repenting of one's sins and receiving Christ's gift of salvation, and (2) Holy Communion (the Lord's Supper) as a symbolic remembrance of Christ's suffering and death for our salvation. 

   8.  WE BELIEVE...the Baptism in the Holy Spirit is a Special Experience Following Salvation that empowers believers for witnessing and effective service, just as He did in New Testament times. 

   9.  WE BELIEVE...Sanctification Initially Occurs at Salvation and is not only a declaration that a believer is holy, but also a progressive lifelong process of separating from evil as believers continually draw closer to God and become more Christlike. 

  10.  WE BELIEVE...The Church has a Mission to seek and to win people of every kindred, tribe and nation.  We work in concert with the Holy Spirit ministering to all those that He is calling.  We believe 'the Church' is the Body of Christ and consists of the people who, throughout time, have been effectually called and drawn to Christ by the Spirit of God (regardless of religious denomination) and have been cleansed by the precious blood of Christ.

  11.  WE BELIEVE...A Divinely Called and Scripturally Ordained Leadership Ministry Serves the Church.  The Bible teaches that each of us under leadership must commit ourselves to reach others for Christ, to worship Him with other believers, and to build up or edify the body of believers: the Church.

  12.  WE BELIEVE...Divine Healing of the Sick is a Privilege for Christians Today and is provided for in Christ's atonement (His sacrificial death on the cross for our sins).

  13.  WE BELIEVE...in The Blessed Hope: When Jesus Raptures His Church Prior to His Return to Earth (the second coming). At this future moment in time all believers who have died will rise from their graves and will meet the Lord in the air, and Christians who are alive will be caught up with them, to be with the Lord forever.

  14.  WE BELIEVE...in The Millennial Reign of Christ when Jesus returns with His saints at His second coming and begins His benevolent rule over earth for 1,000 years. At that time many in the nation of Israel will recognize and acknowledge Him as the Messiah, the Savior who died for them and all His people.

  15.  WE BELIEVE...A Final Judgment Will Take Place for those who have rejected Christ. They will be judged for their sin and consigned to eternal punishment in a lake of fire.

  16.  WE BELIEVE...and look forward to the perfect New Heavens and a New Earth that Christ is preparing for all people, of all time, who have received Him. We will live and dwell with Him there forever following His millennial reign on Earth. 'And so shall we forever be with the Lord!'