What We Believe

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Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the  Son and of the Holy Ghost:  Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you:  and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Matthew 28:19-20

We believe that God has given the church a great commission to proclaim the Gospel to all the nations so that there might be a great multitude from every nation, tribe, ethnic group & language group who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. (Mark 16:15; Luke 24:46-48; John 20:21; Acts 1:8; II Cor 5:20)

We believe that salvation is the gift of God brought to man by grace & received by a personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, Whose precious blood was shed on Calvary for the forgiveness of our sins (John 1:12; Eph 1:7; 2:8-10; I Peter 1:18-19

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man, without ceasing to be God, having been conceived by the Holy Spirit & born of Mary- a Virgin, in order that He might reveal God & redeem sinful men through His death on the cross and literal, physical resurrection from the dead (Isa. 7:14; 9:6; Luke 1:35; John 1:1-2, 14; II Cor. 5:19-21; Gal. 4:4-5; Phil 2:5-8; I Peter 2:24; Romans 3:24-25) We believe that He ascended to Heaven & now is exalted at the right hand of God (Acts 1:9-10; Heb. 9:24; 7:25; Romans 8:34)

Godhead-We believe in one Triune God, eternally existing in three persons- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit- each co-eternal in being, co-identical in nature, coequal in power & glory & equal in every way with their own distinct works in redemption.  Three & yet only One God (Deut. 6:4; Matt 28:19; II Cor. 13:14; John 14:10, 26; I John 5:7)

Eternal Security of Believers- We believe that all the redeemed, once saved, are kept by God's power & are thus secure in Christ forever (John 6:37-40; 10:27-30; Romans 8:1; 38-39; I Peter 1:4-5)

We believe in that "Blessed Hope" the personal, imminent, visible body return of Christ in the air to "catch up" or rapture the saved of earth prior to the 7 year Tribulation period.  At the end of the Tribulation, Christ will personally & visibly return with His saints to rule and reign on the earth for a 1000 year period (I Thess. 4:16-17; Matt. 24:29-31; Rev. 20:1-4).  We believe that Jesus Christ will return to earth someday as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old & New Testament to be the verbally and plentary inspired Word of God.  They are preserved, inerrant, infallible & God-breathed and therefore are the final authority for faith & life.  The 66 books are the complete and divine revelation of God to Man. (II Tim. 3:16-17; II Peter 1:20-21; Ps. 12:6-7; Ps 119:89; James 1:25)

We believe that living the Christian life is not a "religion" of rules but rather a relationship with Jesus Christ.  The strength of this relationship will dictate the degree to which we are willing to pursue a life that is pleasing to God.

Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the  Son and of the Holy Ghost:  Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you:  and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen

Matthew 28:19-20