From a theological point of view, we unite together as God’s redeemed people through the work of Christ on Calvary. The theology we embrace articulates the essence of our faith and is most clearly expressed as follows:
We believe that the Bible, both Old and New Testaments has dual authorship, though written by men in their own language yet the process was supernaturally inspired by God so that i
ts words are the written true revelation of God; it is therefore inerrant. Both the words and its message are without error or mistake. It is to be understood by all through the illumination of the Holy Spirit, its meaning determined by the historical, grammatical, and literary use of the author’s language, comparing scripture with scripture. We believe in one God, infinite Spirit, creator and sustainer of all things, who exists eternally in three persons, God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. These three are one in essence but distinct in person and function. We believe that the Father is the first person of the Trinity and the source of all that God is and does. From Him the Son is eternally generated and from them the Spirit eternally proceeds. He is the designer of creation, the speaker of revelation, the author of redemption and the sovereign of history. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is the second person of the Trinity, eternally begotten from the Father. The Virgin Mary through a miracle of the Holy Spirit conceived him. He lives forever as perfect God and perfect man: two distinct natures inseparably united in one person. We believe that the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity, proceeding from the Father and the Son and equal deity. He is the giver of all life, active in creating and the ordering of the universe; He is the agent of inspiration and the new birth; He restrains sin and Satan; and He indwells and sanctifies all believers. We believe that God created all things. Angels were created as ministering agents, though some, under the leadership of Satan, fell from their sinless state to become agents of evil. The universe was created in six (6) days and is continuously sustained by God; thus in both reflects His glory and reveals His truth. Human beings were directly created in the very image of God, not evolved. As reasoning moral agents possessing free will, they are responsible under God for understanding and governing themselves and the world. We believe that Adam, the first man, willfully disobeyed God, bringing sin and death into the world. As a result, all persons are sinners from conception, which is evidence in their willful acts of sin; and they are therefore subject to eternal punishment, under the just condemnation of the Holy God. We believe that Jesus Christ offered himself as a sacrifice by the appointment of the Father. He fulfilled the demands of God by His obedient life, died on the cross in full substitution and payment for the sins of all, was buried, and on the third day He arose physically and bodily from the dead. He ascended into heaven where He now intercedes for all believers. We believe that each person can be saved through the work of Jesus Christ, through the repentance and remission of sin, and by faith alone in Him as the Savior. The believer is declared righteous, born again by the Holy Spirit, turned from sin, guaranteed by the mark of the Holy Spirit to go to heaven. We believe that the Holy Spirit indwells in all who are born again. The indwelling of the Holy Spirit is the mark of a new creature in Christ. Every believer is responsible to live in obedience to the Word of God in separation from sin; the ministry of the Holy Spirit makes it possible for the believer to be the righteousness of God in Christ. We believe that this church is a local assembly of baptized believers under the discipline of the Word of God and the Lordship of Christ, organized to carry out the commission to evangelize locally and globally, to teach and to administer the ordinances of believer’s baptism and the Lord’s Table. The Biblical officers are Pastors, Elders and Diaconates and it is a self-governing body. It functions through the ministry of gifts given by the Holy Spirit to each believer, being members of one body and Christ being the head. We believe that all believers, by the spirit, are baptized into one body, “the church.” Emphasizing the unity of all believers through Jesus Christ no matter what walk of life they come from. This spiritual union happens at the point of salvation. We believe that the return of Christ for His church is imminent. It will be followed by seven (7) years of great tribulation. Christ will come to establish His earthly kingdom for a thousand years. The unsaved will then be raised and judged according to their works and separated forever from God, sentenced to hell. The saved, having been raised, will live forever in heaven in fellowship with God. Authority of Statement of Faith
The Statement of Faith does not exhaust the extent of our faith. The Bible itself is the sole and final source of all that we believe. We do believe, however, that the forgoing Statement of Faith accurately represents the teachings of the Bible, and therefore, is binding upon all members. All literature and teaching used in the church shall be in complete agreement with the Statement of Faith.
