WE BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ONE LIVING AND TRUE GOD, ETERNALLY EXISTING IN THREE PERSONS: THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, EQUAL IN POWER AND GLORY; THAT THIS TRIUNE GOD CREATED ALL, UPHOLDS ALL AND GOVERNS ALL. 

 

WE BELIEVE THAT THE SCRIPTURES OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS ARE THE WORD OF GOD, FULLY INSPIRED WITHOUT ERROR IN THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS AND THE INFALLIBLE RULE OF FAITH AND PRACTICE.

 

WE BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER, AN INFINITE PERSONAL SPIRIT, PERFECT IN HOLINESS, WISDOM, POWER AND LOVE; THAT HE CONCERNS HIMSELF MERCIFULLY IN THE AFFAIRS OF MEN; THAT HE HEARS AND ANSWERS PRAYER; AND THAT HE SAVES FROM SIN AND DEATH ALL WHO COME TO HIM THROUGH JESUS CHRIST.

 

WE BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, GOD'S ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, CONCEIVED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. WE BELIEVE IN HIS VIRGIN BIRTH, SINLESS LIFE, MIRACLES AND TEACHINGS, HIS SUBSTITUTIONARY ATONING DEATH, BODILY RESURRECTION, ASCENSION INTO HEAVEN, PERPETUAL INTERCESSION FOR HIS PEOPLE AND HIS PERSONAL, VISIBLE RETURN TO EARTH. IN JESUS CHRIST, GOD'S ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, CONCEIVED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. WE BELIEVE IN HIS VIRGIN BIRTH, SINLESS LIFE, MIRACLES AND TEACHINGS, HIS SUBSTITUTIONARY ATONING DEATH, BODILY RESURRECTION, ASCENSION INTO HEAVEN, PERPETUAL INTERCESSION FOR HIS PEOPLE AND HIS PERSONAL, VISIBLE RETURN TO EARTH. 

 

WE BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHO CAME FORTH FROM THE FATHER AND THE SON TO CONVICT THE WORLD OF SIN, RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUDGMENT AND TO REGENERATE, SANCTIFY AND EMPOWER FOR MINISTRY ALL WHO BELIEVE IN CHRIST; WE BELIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT INDWELLS EVERY BELIEVER IN JESUS CHRIST AND THAT HE IS AN ABIDING HELPER, TEACHER AND GUIDE.

 

WE BELIEVE IN THE PRESENT MINISTRY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND IN THE EXERCISE OF ALL THE BIBLICAL GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT.

 

WE BELIEVE THAT ALL PEOPLE ARE SINNERS BY NATURE AND CHOICE AND THEREFORE, ARE UNDER CONDEMNATION; THAT GOD REGENERATES BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, THOSE WHO REPENT OF THEIR SINS AND CONFESS JESUS CHRIST AS LORD; THAT JESUS CHRIST BAPTIZES THE SEEKING BELIEVER WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, EMPOWERING THEM FOR SERVICE.

 

WE BELIEVE IN THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH, THE LIVING SPIRITUAL BODY, OF WHICH CHRIST IS THE HEAD AND ALL REGENERATED PERSONS ARE MEMBERS.

 

WE BELIEVE THAT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST COMMITTED TWO ORDINANCES TO THE CHURCH: 1) WATER BAPTISM AND 2) THE LORD'S SUPPER. WE BELIEVE IN BAPTISM BY IMMERSION AND COMMUNION OPEN TO ALL BELIEVERS.

 

WE BELIEVE ALSO IN THE LAYING ON OF HANDS FOR THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, FOR ORDINATION OF PASTORS, ELDERS AND DEACONS AND FOR THE RECEIVING OF GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT OF HEALING.

 

WE BELIEVE IN THE PERSONAL, VISIBLE RETURN OF CHRIST TO EARTH AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HIS KINGDOM, IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY, THE FINAL JUDGMENT AND ETERNAL BLESSING OF THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE ENDLESS SUFFERING OF THE WICKED.

 

WE BELIEVE IN WHAT IS TERMED "THE APOSTLE'S CREED" AS EMBODYING FUNDAMENTAL FACTS OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.

 

I BELIEVE IN GOD, THE FATHER ALMIGHTY,

      CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH.

I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, HIS ONLY SON, OUR LORD,

     WHO WAS CONCEIVED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT

     AND BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY.

     HE SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE,

     WAS CRUCIFIED, DIED, AND WAS BURIED;

     HE DESCENDED TO HELL.

     THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE AGAIN FROM THE DEAD.

     HE ASCENDED TO HEAVEN

     AND IS SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY.

     FROM THERE HE WILL COME TO JUDGE THE LIVING AND THE DEAD.

I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT,

     THE HOLY CHURCH,

     THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS,

     THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS,

     THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY,

     AND THE LIFE EVERLASTING. AMEN.

 

WE BELIEVE IN THE IN THE PURPOSEFUL AND UNMISTAKEN CREATION OF MAN AND WOMAN AS DESCRIBED IN THE BIBLE. THAT EACH MAN AND WOMEN IF FULLY KNOWN BY GOD BEFORE CONCEPTION AND THAT THEY ARE TO FUNCTION IN LIFE AS DESIGNED BY GOD. (GENESIS 2:21-25, JEREMIAH 1:5, ISAIAH 49:5)

 

WE BELIEVE IN THE ORDINANCE AND PRESCRIPTION FOR MARRIAGE GIVEN BY GOD IN THE BOOK OF GENESIS. THAT EVERY MAN AND WOMAN WHO CLAIMS TO FOLLOW CHRIST WOULD KNOW ONLY THE FORM OF RELATIONSHIP APPROVED BY GOD IN GENESIS. (GENESIS 2:21-25)