Statement of Faith

  1. We believe in the plenary, verbal inspiration of the accepted canon of the Scriptures as originally given and that they are infallibly and uniquely authoritative and free from error of any sort in all matters with which they deal, including scientific and historical as well as moral and theological      (2 Tim.3:16; 1 Cor.2:13).
  2. We believe in the Eternal Godhead who has revealed Himself as ONE God existing in THREE Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; distinguishable but indivisible (Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14).
  3. We believe in the literal, special creation of the existing space-time universe and all of its basic system as indicated in Genesis.
  4.  We believe in the full historicity of the Biblical record of primeval history, including the literal existence of Adam and Eve as the progenitors of all people, the literal fall and resultant divine curse on the creation, the worldwide cataclysmic deluge, and the origin of nations and languages at the tower of Babel (Genesis 1-11).
  5. We believe in the creation, test and fall of man as recorded in Genesis; his total spiritual depravity and inability to attain to divine righteousness apart from God’s intervening grace (Roman 5:12,18).
  6. We believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, the Saviour of men, conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, fully God and fully man (Luke 1:26-35; John 1:18; Isaiah 7:14; 9:6)
  7. We believe Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again the third day, and personally appeared to His disciples (1 Corinthians 15:1-8; Romans 4:25).
  8. We believe in the bodily ascension of Jesus to heaven, His exaltation and personal, literal and bodily coming again the second time for the Church (John 14:2-3; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18).
  9. We believe in the salvation of sinners by grace, through repentance and faith in the perfect and sufficient work of Christ on the cross by which we obtain remission of sins (Ephesians 2:8-9; Hebrews 9:12, 22; Romans 5:11). The faith by which we are saved is not natural human faith, but rather the gift of God. By the work of the Holy Spirit we are regenerated,  and God at that point provides us with Faith and the ability to Repent, and as result we are Justified by Faith, and God begins a work of Sanctification that continues on throughout our Christian life, thus assuring us of our Salvation! (See John 10:25-30; Phil.1:6; 1 Pet.1:3-5).
  10. We believe in the necessity of water baptism by immersion in the name of the Eternal Godhead in order to fulfil the command of Christ (Matthew 28:19; Acts 2:38-39; 19:1-6), but not as a requirement to “be saved”!
  11. We believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit as an experience that can be subsequent to salvation and a distinct aspect of the Christian foundational experience (Acts 2:1-4; 8:14-17; 19:6). Or in other words, many fillings of the Spirit, throughout the life of a believer. We do not believe that anyone who is a Christian, who has been genuinely Born Again or Regenerated does not have the Holy Spirit, since Paul, writing in Rom.8:9 tells us that if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His (i.e., not a Christian). But we should have an ongoing life of being filled with the Spirit!
  12. We believe in the operation of the gifts of the Spirit as enumerated in 1 Corinthians 12-14 as manifested in the Early Church (so long as we are not laying again the Foundations, nor adding to the Scriptures, and everything is done decently and in order (1 Cor.14:40).
  13. We believe in the Spirit-filled life, a life of separation from the world and the perfecting of holiness in the fear of God as an expression of Christian faith (Ephesians 5:18; 2 Corinthians 6:14; 7:1).
  14. We believe in healing of the body by Divine power or Divine healing in its varied aspects as practiced by the Early Church (Acts 4:30; Romans 8:11; 1 Corinthians 12:9; James 5:14).
  15. We believe in the Table of the Lord, commonly called Communion or The Lord’s Supper, for believers (1 Corinthians 11:23-32).
  16. We believe in eternal life for believers (John 5:24; 3:16) and eternal punishment for unbelievers    (Mk. 9:43-48;  2 Thess. 1:9; Rev.20:10-15).
  17. We believe in the reality and personality of Satan and the eternal judgment of Satan and his angels (Matthew 25:41; Revelation 20:10-15).


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