WHAT WE BELIEVE

IN ESSENTIALS WE HAVE UNITY
“There is one body and one Spirit . . .there is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God and Father of us all. Eph. 4:4-6

IN NON-ESSENTIALS WE HAVE LIBERTY “Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters. Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls . . . So then each of us will give an account of himself to God. . . So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God.” Romans 14:1,4,12,22

OUR ESSENTIAL BELIEFS
 

1-     The Scriptures, both the Old and New Testaments, are verbally inspired, the product of holy men of old who spoke and wrote as they were moved by the Holy Spirit (2 Pet. 1 :21)

2-     God has revealed Himself as a triune being, but manifested in three personalities as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit ( Isa.48:16; Mt. 2819; Lk. 3:22)

3-     The Lord Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God, is divine, and shares in the Deity of God as the second person in the Holy Trinity ( Mt. 1:23; Jn. 5:22,23; 2 Jn. 3:Heb. 1:1-3)

4-     Man’s only hope of redemption from the stain of sin is through the shed blood of Christ, the Son of God (Lk. 24:47)

5-     The ordinances of the Church are:

a.      Baptism in water

b.      Holy communion or the Lord’s Supper

6-     That marriage is binding for life, monogamy is the uniform teaching of the bible. Matt. 19:3-9, mark 10: 2-12

7-     Every believer is entitled to, should seek for, and should expect to receive the ‘’Baptism in the Holy Spirit’’

8-     The baptism of all born again believers ‘’in the Holy Spirit’’ is always witnessed by the physical evidence of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit of God gives them utterance (Acts 2:4)

9-     Divine healing is wrought by the power of God through the prayer of faith, the laying on of hands (Mk. 16:18; Jas. 5:14-15), fervent prayer (Jas.5:16), and is the privilege of every believer who will accept it (Lk. 5:15)

10- Sanctification is a definite yet progressive work of grace, as taught in the scriptures, which leads to holiness (Rom. 6:22)

11- God by the Holy Spirit, definitely calls whom He desires, both male and female, to serve in the five fold ministry (Eph. 4:11), and qualifies the ones called with power, wisdom, and gifts pertaining to that office or offices (1 Cor. 12:28)

12- The second coming of Christ includes the “catching away” ( rapture) of the “Church” (saints) (1Thess.4:16,17), followed by the actual, visible return of Christ with His saints to reign with Him on earth for one thousand years (Zech.14:5, Mt. 24:27, 30: Rev. 1:7; 19:11-14;20:1-6)

13- There will be a final judgment in which the wicked dead will be raised and judged according to their works (Rev. 20:11-15)

14-  That hell fire is a place of everlasting punishment where sinners (all who do not have their names in the book of life) will suffer torments forever and ever. It was also prepared for the devil and his agents. Matt. 25:41; Rev. 14:10, 11; Rev. 20.10, 12-15.

15- That the new heaven and the new earth ”wherein dwelleth righteousness” will be made by God and the redeemed shall dwell with God forever. 2 Pet. 3:12-13; Rev. 21:1-7; 22:1-5