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We believe the Bible to be the
inspired, infallible, authoritative, and inerrant Word
of God (II Timothy 3:15-17, II Peter 1:21).
We believe there is one God,
eternally existing in three persons: the Father, Son and
Holy Spirit (Genesis 1:1, Deuteronomy 6:4, Matthew
28:19, John 10:30).
We believe in the deity of
Christ (John 10:33); His virgin birth (Isaiah 7:14,
Matthew 1:23, Luke 1:34-35); His sinless life (Hebrews
4:15, 7:26); His miracles (John 2:11); His vicarious and
atoning death (I Corinthians 15:3, Ephesians 1:7,
Hebrews 2:9); His resurrection (John 11:25, I
Corinthians 15:4); His ascension to the right hand of
the Father (Mark 16:19); His personal return to earth in
power and glory (Acts 1:11, Revelation 19:11-16).
We believe in the absolute
necessity of regeneration by the Holy Spirit for
salvation because of the exceeding sinfulness of the
human nature, and that all are justified on the single
ground of faith in the shed blood of Christ, and that
only by God's grace through faith alone are we saved
(John 3:16-19; 5:24, Romans 3:23; 5:8-9, Ephesians
2:8-10, Titus 3:5).
We believe in the resurrection
of both the saved and the lost; those who are saved unto
the resurrection of life, and those who are not unto the
resurrection of damnation (John 5:28-29).
We believe in the spiritual
unity of the believers in our Lord Jesus Christ (Romans
8:9, I Corinthians 12:12-13, Galatians 3:26-28).
We believe in the present
ministry of the Holy Spirit by Whose indwelling the
Christian is enabled to live a godly life (Romans
8:13-14, I Corinthians 3:16, 6:19-20, Ephesians 4:30;
5:18).
We believe that we as
Christians are examples of the love of God in this
world. It is this (agape) love that we desire to possess
and without which we have no right to call ourselves
Christians (I John 4:16-17).
We believe it is the mandate
of the whole Church to go into the whole world and to
preach the Gospel to every living creature. (Mark 16:15,
Matthew 28:19-20
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