SCRIPTURE/BIBLE
We believed the Scriptures, both the Old and New Testaments in their entirety, to be the verbally inspired Word of God, INERRANT and INFALLIBLE in the original writing, the complete revelation of His will for the salvation of the world, and preserved by God throughout the ages to be the DIVINE AND FINAL AUTHORITY FOR ALL FAITH AND LIFE. GOD
We believed in ONE GOD, Creator of all th
ings, infinite, perfect, and eternally existing IN THREE PERSONS: FATHER, SON, and HOLY SPIRIT. Born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, died on the cross as a sacrifice sufficient for the sins of the world, rose bodily from the dead, and ascended into heaven where He serves as our Mediator and Intercessor with the Father until He returns at the end of this age. THE HOLY SPIRIT
We believed that the present ministry of the Holy Spirit is to REVEAL THE GLORY OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST; to convict individuals of sin; to regenerate the sinner who believes; and to indwell, guide, instruct, and empower the believer for Godly living and service. SALVATION
We believed that the SHED BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST AND HIS RESURRECTION PROVIDE THE ONLY GROUND FOR SALVATION; that salvation IS BY GOD’S GRACE ALONE, complete and eternal; and that only as one receives this GIFT OF GOD THROUGH PERSONAL FAITH IN CHRIST IS ONE BORN OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND MADE A CHILD OF GOD. SANCTIFICATION
We believed that Sanctification is by GRACE a separation from that which is evil, and of dedication unto God. By the power of the Holy Spirit we are able to know more JESUS CHRIST, HIS HOLINESS, and GRACE and be like Him: "Be ye holy, for I am holy." Sanctification is realized in the believer by recognizing his identification with Christ in His death and resurrection, and by the faith reckoning daily upon the fact of that union, and by offering every faculty continually to the dominion of the Holy Spirit. SACRAMENTS
We believed that WATER BAPTISM is by immersion as commanded by the Scriptures. All who repent and believe on Christ as Savior and Lord are to be baptized. I believed that HOLY COMMUNION is the Lord's Supper, consisting of the elements: bread and the fruit of the vine, is the symbol expressing our sharing the divine nature of our Lord Jesus Christ, a memorial of his suffering and death, and a prophecy of His second coming and is enjoined on all believers "till He come!". These are sacraments to be observed by the Church during the present age. HUMAN NATURE
We believed that man was created in the image of God and that his subsequent WILLFUL SIN RESULTED IN PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL DEATH and in the NECESSITY OF A NEW BIRTH FOR SALVATION. THE CHURCH
We believed that the Church is US (declaring that Jesus Christ is the Messiah), WE ARE THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. ALL PERSONS WHO HAD RE-BIRTH / SPIRITUAL RE-GENERATION through saving faith in Jesus Christ and have therefore become PART OF THE BODY OF CHRIST (not members) of which HE (Jesus Christ) IS THE HEAD. Furthermore, I believed that the fellowship of the believers of Jesus Christ is through 1. Love one another
2. Pray for one another
3. Encourage one another
4. Declaring the goodness of God
5. Studying His words
6. Singing praises
7. Worship Him in Spirit and in Truth and continuously knowing Jesus Christ. CHRIST’S RETURN
We believed in the imminent, bodily return of our Lord Jesus Christ and that this expectation should encourage the believer TO LEAD A GODLY and FRUITFUL LIFE. ETERNAL LIFE / JUDGMENT
We believed in the bodily resurrection of all the dead: of the BELIEVER to EVERLASTING BLESSEDNESS AND ETERNAL LIFE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD, and of the UNBELIEVER (people who don’t believe and put faith in Jesus Christ) to JUDGMENT AND EVERLASTING PUNISHMENT APART FROM GOD. GREAT COMMISSION
GO (preach the good news of salvation offered by God through the Lord Jesus Christ), MAKE DISCIPLES (persons who also believe and put their faith in Jesus Christ, able to share God’s message of salvation and make a disciple of Jesus Christ also)
BAPTIZE THEM IN WATER THROUGH IMMERSION IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, and lastly
TEACHING AND HELP THEM TO OBEY HIS TEACHINGS THROUGH HIS GRACE.
