What we believe!
* We believe that Jesus Christ was the son of God, is God, was born of a
virgin, was crucified for the sins of man, was resurrected on the third day,
ascended into heaven, and is coming back soon to rule and reign for
evermore.
* We believe that as the result of the fall of Adam, we are by nature
sinners, dead in trespasses and sin. We can be only justified by grace
through faith in the finished work of Christ on the cross, to receive
redemption through his blood.
* We believe that the only way to eternal salvation is through personal
belief that the blood of Jesus is all-sufficient for the penalty of sin and
an acceptance of him into your life as Lord and Saviour.
* We believe in salvation by grace alone, and that salvation is
immediate and eternal upon acceptance of Jesus as a one-time sacrifice for
your sins, and not obtained through any works, sacraments, traditions,
church membership, or merits of our own.
* We believe that once we have received that grace of salvation through
faith in Jesus Christ, that we are forever held in the palm of His hand.
Because our salvation is dependent on Him alone, we can never lose that
salvation.
* We believe that by baptism we confess our faith in the death and
resurrection of Jesus Christ, and testify of our death to sin and of our
purpose to walk in newness of life. It is by immersion in water, showing
faith in Jesus, and evidence and confession of repentance of sin. It is an
outward symbol to the world, and an inward symbol of our faith, not
necessary for salvation, but a commandment of Jesus that all believers
should follow.
* We believe in the Trinity: That God The Father, God The Son, and God
The Holy Spirit are three Persons present in one God, infinite, eternal,
omnipresent, omniscient, and omnipotent, forever worthy of worship,
adoration, and service by the whole creation.
* We believe that the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Godhead who
convicts and calls sinners to repentance. He regenerates, indwells, fills
and seals the believers in the body of Christ. That Christ baptizes
believers in the Holy Ghost according to Acts 2:4. This is the experience of
every believer, and we immediately receive the Spirit upon salvation.
* We believe that the Bible in the original manuscripts is the inspired
Word of God, inerrant, authoritative, and accurate in all matters that it
addresses, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and
for instruction in righteousness. (2 Timothy 3:16)
* We believe that those who die without Christ will have to endure an
eternal and conscious existence in agony, regret, in Hell, suffering
God's wrath.
* We believe that immediately upon death, the soul of the believer is
absent from the body, and present with the Lord. No 'soul sleep' and no
'purgatory.'
* We believe in the pre-tribulation rapture of
the church and the pre-millinial second coming of
Christ . In the resurrection of the righteous to
everlasting life and the commitment of the unrepentant sinner unto
everlasting punishment.
* We believe in the Supreme Lordship of Jesus Christ, before whom every
knee in heaven and on earth will bow, and that there is no other name under
Heaven to approach the one and only true God, except through Jesus Christ,
the one and only mediator between God and man.