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We believe in...
ONE God - that He only is God; that He is eternal,
invisible, infinite in wisdom, goodness, mercy, love and grace;
that He is the Maker of Heaven and earth, and that as God, He is
triune, being revealed in scripture as Father, Son and Holy
Ghost.
Jesus Christ - that He is the Son of God, the second
person in the Godhead, co-equal with and coexistent, with the
Father, and the Holy Ghost.
The Holy Spirit - that He is the third Person in the triune
Godhead; and that He is ever present and active in the Church of Christ;
convicting and regenerating those who believe in Him; dwelling
in, sanctifying, teaching, and comforting believers and guiding
them into all truth.
The Holy Bible - that it is composed of 66 books and
contains the eternal inerrant word of God.
Original sin - that it is the corruption of the nature of
all offspring of Adam by which they are all separated from
original righteousness and made sinners by nature.
Atonement - that it was made by Jesus Christ through
the shedding of His blood for the remission of sins; that it is
for the whole human race; and that whosoever repents and
believes on the Lord Jesus Christ is justified and regenerated
and saved from the dominion of sin.
Repentance - that it is a sincere change of the mind
involving a sense of personal guilt of sin and a turning away
from sin to righteousness. We further believe that the
penitent heart is graciously helped and pardoned by the spirit
of God.
Justification
- is God's judicial work done for man
whereby full pardon is granted to all who repent, believe and
receive Jesus Christ as personal savior and Lord, exonerating
him from the guilt of sin.
Regeneration - is a spiritual transformation wrought in
the heart of the penitent by the Holy Spirit through the
instrumentality of the word of God, renewing him in the spirit
of his mind; and that no accountable person may enter into the
kingdom
of God
without having this experience.
Sanctification - is the act of divine grace, whereby man is
freed from moral depravity and made holy.
Resurrection - that Christ truly rose from the dead,
ascended into heaven and is now sitting at the right hand of the
Father making intercession for us. We also believe in the
bodily resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the
unjust.
The Second Coming - that Christ will return to rapture
the church and to judge the living and the dead.
Baptism - that it is commanded by our Lord as an
ordinance in the church; and that it belongs to the believer in
the gospel of Jesus Christ and that the Bible way of
administering it is by immersion.
The Lord's Supper
- that the Lord's Supper is a New Testament ordinance, and that
it was instituted when our Lord celebrated His Last Passover
with His disciples, and that it consists of bread and wine
(unfermented), and that as often as we take it we show forth
Divine Healing - that it is a gift of God to the Church and
that the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will
raise them up.
the Lord's death till He comes again.
The Gift of the Holy Ghost
- that every true believer is heir to the Holy Ghost; that He is
the gift of God in Christ Jesus to the children of God,
sanctifying, quickening, guiding into all truth, and giving
power to obey and witness God's word. We further believe
that the receiving of the Holy Spirit is an integral part of
conversion.
Foot washing
- that it is an act of obedience in
following the example of humility given by our Lord Jesus
Christ.
Spiritual Gifts - that the spiritual gifts are set forth in I
Corinthians 12, 13, 14, and Romans 12: 3- 4.
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