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Statement of Faith

• We believe in one God, infinitely perfect and eternally existent in three persons:  Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Romans 1:20).

• We believe in God the Father, creator of all things visible and invisible (Genesis 1, Colossians 1:15-16).

• We believe in Jesus, God’s only begotten Son, fully divine and fully human, conceived by the Holy Spirit, his virgin birth, his sinless life, his miracles, his substitutionary and atoning sacrifice through the shedding of his blood on the cross, his bodily resurrection, his ascension into heaven, his present rule at the right hand of God, and his coming return in power and glory to judge the living and the dead (John 1:1-2, John 3:16, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Ephesians 1:20-23, 1 Timothy 3:16, 2 Timothy 4:1).

• We believe in the Holy Spirit, his present ministry, his indwelling, his baptism, his empowering, his impartation of gifts for today, and his transforming power in the lives of all believers (Acts 1:8, 1 Corinthians 12:4-11, Galatians 5:22-23, 2 Peter 1:3-11).

• We believe the Bible is the inspired, authoritative, living, eternally reliable word of God and is a daily necessity in the lives of all believers (2 Timothy 3:16-17, 1 Peter 1:23-25).

• We believe that all mankind is in need of redemption from sin and is eternally separated from God apart from salvation in Jesus (Isaiah 59:2, Romans 3:32, Romans 6:23).

• We believe that salvation comes by grace through faith in Jesus.  Salvation is made effective in an individual’s life by personal repentance and surrender.  Upon surrender, we are regenerated by the Holy Spirit, enter into a process of sanctification and look forward to glorification (Acts 2:38, Romans 5:1, Romans 8:29-30, 1 Corinthians 15:51-57, 2 Corinthians 1:21-22, 2 Corinthians 7:10, 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24).

• We believe that all people are resurrected, the saved to eternal relationship with God, the unsaved to eternal destruction (1 Corinthians 15:51-57, 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10, Revelation).

• We believe in one holy universal church made up of all true believers.  Christ is the head of the church.  Every member is gifted and necessary for the building up of the church and one another.  We believe in the spiritual unity of all believers (1 Corinthians 6:15, 1 Corinthians 12:21-31, Ephesians 2:19-22, Ephesians 4:4, 11-16).

• We believe in the Lord’s supper and believer’s baptism as acts of our obedience and a testimony of our faith (Mark 3:6, Mark 16:16, Acts 2:38, 2 Corinthians 11:23-29).

• We believe in the reality and ministry of angels and in the reality and opposition of Satan and demonic forces (Job 1:7, Daniel, 2 Corinthians 11:14, Ephesians 6:10, Hebrews 1:14).