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What We Believe - Doctrinal Statement

We believe the Bible to be the inspired, infallible, authoritative and inerrant Word of God. (2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21)

We believe God eternally exists in three persons, who are one in nature, attributes and perfection. These are God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14).

We believe Jesus Christ is both God (John 10:30, 33) and man (John 1:1-2, 14). Because of His absolute deity and His sinless humanity, His death is eternally sufficient to atone for the sins of any person who believes in Him for salvation (John 3:16; Colossians 1:13-14, 19-20).

We believe Jesus Christ rose from the dead literally and bodily, appearing to many witnesses before ascending to the right hand of the Father (1 Corinthians 15:4-6).

We believe man was originally created in the image of God (Genesis 1:26-27), man sinned through disobedience, and man is, therefore, subject to physical death and eternal separation from God. As a result of Adam’s sin, all men have a fallen nature, commit acts of sin, and therefore man by nature cannot please God (Genesis 3:1-19; Romans 8:7-8).

We believe God justifies a person only through His grace and through faith in Christ alone (John 3:16-19), and not as a result of any sacramental or good works (Ephesians 2:8-9).

We believe the Holy Spirit indwells every believer to seal him for eternity, enlighten and guide him through life, and empower him for righteous living and ministry (John 14:16-17; Romans 8:9; Ephesians 1:13-14, 5:18).

We believe in the personal, imminent and bodily return of Jesus Christ to this earth for His church (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18).

We believe in the bodily resurrection of both the saved and the lost—the saved to eternal life in the presence of God, and the lost to eternal judgment and separation from God (John 5:28-29).