Our Doctrinal Statement
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We believe that the scriptures of the Old and the New Testament are the verbally inspired Word of God, inerrant in the original languages and the supreme and final authority in faith and life (II Peter 1:20-21 and II Timothy 3:16-17).
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We believe in one God, eternally existing in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Deut. 6:4 and II Cor. 13:14).
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We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit; born of the virgin Mary; lived among men; suffered, bled and died; was buried; raised from the dead; ascended to the right hand of the Father; intercedes for us; and is true God and true man (Luke 1:35, 2:6-7 & 52; Matt. 27:29-30, 35 & 50; Luke 23:50-56; John 2:1, 10:30; Acts 2:33-34 and I John 2:1, 4:2-3).
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We believe in the divine personality of the Holy Spirit (John 14:16-17 and 16:13).
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We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God; that man sinned and thereby incurred both physical and spiritual death; that all human beings are born with a sinful nature and are sinners in thought, word and deed (Gen. 1:26-27, Rom. 3:22-23, 5:12 and Eph. 2:1-3).
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We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures, as our representative and substitutionary sacrifice; and that all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood (I Cor. 15:3, I Peter 3:18 and Rom. 3:24-26).
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We believe that all who receive the Lord Jesus Christ by faith are born again of the Holy Spirit, and thereby become children of God; that they are indwelt and sealed by the Holy Spirit and are secure in Him until the day of redemption (John 1:12, 3:5 and Eph. 1:13).
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We believe that the church is composed of all believers; that we are baptized into one body, thus being members of one another (I Cor. 12:12-13).
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We believe that Jesus Christ instituted the Lord’s Supper to commemorate His death until He returns. We believe that water baptism is an ordained testimony, portraying our identification with Christ. We believe in and practice baptism by immersion (I Cor. 11:23-26; Matt. 28:19-20 and Rom. 6:3-4).
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We believe in “the blessed hope,” the personal and imminent coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in the air for His saints (as for the time aspect we believe that it is pre-tribulation and premillennial). We believe in the personal, the visible and the establishment of Christ’s kingdom upon the earth (Titus 2:13, I Thess. 4:13-17 and Rev. 19:11-16, 20:1-6).
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We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and unjust; the everlasting blessedness of the saved and the everlasting punishment of the lost (John 5:18, 14:1-3 and Rev. 20:11-15).
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We believe in the personality of Satan; that he is the god of this age, the adversary of Christ and His church, and that his destiny is eternal punishment (Job 1:6-7, I Peter 5:8, II Cor. 4:4 and Rev. 20:10).