Statement of Faith

Scripture is the sufficient, infallible, inerrant, and authoritative, sole rule of faith, which contains all that is necessary to make one wise unto salvation, providing a true knowledge of God. It equips one for every good work, as the chosen means by God to communicate effectively and clearly with His people. It is the Word of God breathed out by the Holy Spirit, directing our hearts and minds to Him, where eternal life is to be found. The Bible contains sixty-six books in total, comprised of the Old Testament and New Testament. Furthermore, it is the rule of faith, not only for the individual Christian life, but the standard which guides and directs the church, making all tradition subservient to its rule. Due to its divine origin, its authority proceeds and is established by God, not the witness and testimony of man. (2 Tim. 3:15-17; 2 Peter 1:19-21; 1 Thess. 2:13; Luke 24: 44-7; John 5:39-44; Rom. 3:2)

God, as revealed in His Holy Scriptures, has existed as one being, and within the one being that is God, there exists eternally three coequal and coeternal persons, namely, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three persons share fully in the divine essence and perform different functions in the creative order; difference in function does not indicate inferiority, but rather, establishes the harmony that exists within the Godhead. (Deut. 6:4; Isa. 45:21-22; Matt. 3:13-17; John 1:1-18; John 10:30; John 14:10; Matt. 28:18-20)

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The Father, the first person of the Trinity, is the initiator of all divine activity within the created order. He created and preserves all things through His Son and by the Spirit of God, and is worthy of all praise, glory, and adoration. He makes Himself known through the person of the Son, the image of the invisible God, and by the means of His Spirit, opening the eyes of His people unto His glorious existence. (Gen. 1:1; Isa. 64:8; John 1:18; Luke 10:21-22; 1 Cor. 8:6, 15:28; Eph. 1:3-14, 4:6)
 

The Son, Jesus Christ, is the second person of the Trinity, the eternal Son of God, the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of His nature. He has existed eternally as the Creator of all things, present in both the Old Testament and New Testament Scriptures. We believe in in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His death that paid for our sin through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension/rising up to the right hand of the Father and in His personal return in power and glory. As He was sent forth by the Father, He willingly emptied Himself, taking on the form of a servant to dwell amongst man. In the incarnation, He took on a human nature, so that we may see Him as truly God and truly man, one person with two natures. He offered Himself as the willing and perfect sacrifice, the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. He laid down His life for His people, and three days later was raised to life by the power of God. He is now seated at the right hand of the Father, ruling and reigning over all things, and He must rule until all His enemies have been put under His feet. Upon the consummation of these things, He will return bodily to dwell with His people for eternity after judgment of the living and the dead. (Gen. 1-3, Gen. 18:1; Exodus 3:2; Josh. 6:2-3; Dan. 7:13-14; Matt. 26-28; John 1:1-18, John 8:58; Acts 1:6-10; 1 Cor. 15: 25-26; Col. 1:15-20; Phil. 2:5-11; Heb. 1:1-4; Rev. 5:9-10)

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The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity, fully, equally, and eternally God; He is not an impersonal force and is present in both the Old Testament and New Testament Scriptures. He is the one who has breathed out the Holy Scriptures, revealing that it is He who applies the benefits and work of Christ to an individual, causing one to be born again, bringing dead sinners to life. He indwells each born again believer, causing one to obey the statutes of God, imparting wisdom and guidance to them. In His work, He not only regenerates a sinner, but works in the hearts and minds of a believer, sanctifying and gifting them with perseverance to endure unto the end. The Holy Spirit brings the believer into union with Christ, bringing forth conviction and transformation in the life of the Christian. He is the Spirit that raised Christ from the dead and now intercedes for us in prayer, directing our thoughts and desires unto the High Priest we have in Christ. As the Son testifies of the Father, the Spirit testifies of Christ, working in perfect harmony within the Godhead, directing all glory to God. (Gen. 1:2; Ex. 31:3; Matt. 1:18; Acts 5:3-4; Rom. 8:11, 26-27; Eph. 1:13-14, 4:30; Phil. 2:13; 2 Tim. 3:16)

In the beginning, on the sixth day of creation, God created man and woman (Adam and Eve) in His image, with a soul, bestowed with knowledge and an upright will, entrusted with dominion over the rest of creation, and able to obey the command to not eat of the fruit of knowledge of good and evil. (Gen. 1:26-28, 2:7, 2:15).

Although God created man upright, through their disobedience and eating of the fruit of knowledge of good and evil, they transgressed the law of God and have fallen into a state of sin. Mankind, since the fall, is conceived in sin and brought forth in iniquity, with their will being in bondage to sin, enslaved to sin, and dead in sin. From this original corruption, mankind are utterly indisposed, disabled, and made opposite to all good. In this state of sin, man is only transferred into Christ through His redemptive work of grace and the Spirit of God’s work in regeneration. (Gen. 2:16-17; Jer. 17:9; Ps. 51:5; Rom. 3:23, 3:10-19; 5:12-21; Rom. 8:7; 1 Cor. 15:21-22; Eph. 2:1-3)

God has made His intention clear by sending forth His Son, Jesus Christ, to atone for the sins of the world, that whosoever believes in Him may have eternal life. Man is saved by grace alone, justified by faith alone, in Christ alone, not of and apart from works, so that no one may boast. Through the life, ministry, death, resurrection, ascension, and intercession of Christ, He is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God. Furthermore, the work of the Holy Spirit and the grace of God are effective in accomplishing His will, to purify a people for Himself, and therefore, He gifts His people with perseverance, pushing forward one's saving faith to endure unto the end. A truly born again believer is sealed by the blood of the Lamb and the New Covenant, unable to lose their salvation due to the faithfulness of God, resting in the saving hands of God. (Isa. 53:4-13; John 3:16-17, 6:37-44, 10:25-30; 17:6-26; Acts 2:22-24, 4:12; Rom. 3:22-24, 5:1; Eph. 1:3-14, 2:8-10; Heb. 7:25, 9:12-14, 10:1-14; Rev. 5:9-10)

We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ, that all believers are members of His body, the Church. Furthermore, Christ is not divided, hence differences in both tradition and denomination are caused and determined by differing interpretations by man. Christ has instituted two ordinances for His bride to carry out: baptism and the Lord's Supper. Furthermore, we embrace the mission of God through His church, the Great Commission, as a command to all believers, to make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (1 Cor. 1:10-17, 12:12-31; Phil. 2:1-4; Matt. 26:26-29, 28:19-20)

We believe God’s design for sexual intimacy is to be expressed only within the context of marriage. God instituted marriage between one man and one woman as the foundation of the family and the basic structure of human society. For this reason, we believe that marriage is exclusively the union of one man and one woman. (Gen. 2:24; Matt.19:5-6; Mark 10:6-9; Rom.1:26-27; 1 Cor. 6:9).