Statement of Faith

Declaration of Faith--We Believe: 

• The Bible to be the inspired Word of God.  2 Peter 1:20-21
• In one God manifesting Himself in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. I John 5:7
• That Jesus was born by a virgin birth.   Matthew 1:20-23   
• That Jesus is the only begotten Son of God.  John 3:16.   
• Jesus was crucified, and shed His own blood for our sin.   Matthew 27:35.  
• That Jesus rose from the dead on the third day and has ascended to heaven,  to the right hand of the Father.  Matthew 28:6; Hebrews 12:2
•  In the bodily return of Jesus; first, to resurrect the righteous dead and to catch away the living saints to Him in the air.  Second, to reign on the earth a thousand years.
  I Thessalonians 4:13-18; Revelations 20:6    
• In the bodily resurrection, eternal life with God in heaven for the righteous, and eternal punishment and torment in hell for the wicked.    John 14:3; Psalms 9:17    
• That all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, and for one to be saved, that they must repent of their sins, confess with their mouth, the Lord Jesus, and must believe in their heart that God has raised Him from the dead.    Romans 3:23;  Romans 10:9-10
•  That one must be born again to inherit eternal life.   John 3:3-6  
• In sanctification; by the blood, the Word, and by the Spirit.   John 17:19-22  
• In Bible Holiness.  Hebrews 12:14  
• The Baptism of the Holy Ghost and speaking in tongues as the Spirit gives utterance to be the initial evidence. Acts 2:4; Acts 2:38-39  
• In the nine gifts of the Holy Ghost for the believer.     I Corinthians 12:7-11  
• That signs shall follow them that believe.   Mark 16:16-20  
• That a Christian must have the fruits of the Spirit and love for the brethren.
   Galatians 5:22-23;  I John 3:14-15  
• In water baptism by immersion in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost through the name of Jesus.   Matthew 28:19-20 ; Acts 2:38  
• That one cannot join the church of Jesus Christ, but must be born into the church. 
   Acts 2:47
• Divine healing for the believer provided for in the atonement. I Peter 2:24
•  In the Lord’s Supper and washing of the saints feet.  I Corinthians 11:23-26; 
• John 13:4-5   
• In the deity of Jesus.  He is the Word that was made flesh.  He is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, and is alive for evermore.   John 1:14 ; Revelation 1:18