We believe in one God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—who is the Creator of all things. • Deuteronomy 6:4 – “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.” • Genesis 1:1 – “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” • Matthew 28:19 – “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, was crucified, died, was buried, was raised on the third day, ascended into heaven, and is now seated at the right hand of God the Father. He is fully God and fully man. • John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.” • Luke 1:35 – “The angel answered her, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.’” • 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 – “For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.” • Mark 16:19 – “So then the Lord Jesus, after He had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.” • Colossians 2:9 – “For in Him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily.” We believe the Bible in its entirety to be the inspired, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God, the infallible rule of faith and conduct. • 2 Timothy 3:16-17 – “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.” • 2 Peter 1:21 – “For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.” We believe in the resurrection of the dead—the eternal joy of the saved and the eternal punishment of the lost. • John 5:28-29 – “Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear His voice and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.” • Revelation 20:12-15 – “And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.” • Matthew 25:46 – “And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” We believe that salvation is by grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone, accomplished through His shed blood and atoning death. • Ephesians 2:8-9 – “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.” • Romans 5:9 – “Since, therefore, we have now been justified by His blood, much more shall we be saved by Him from the wrath of God.” We believe in sanctification through the Word of God and by the Holy Spirit, calling believers to personal holiness, purity of heart, and godly living. • John 17:17 – “Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.” • 1 Thessalonians 4:3-4 – “For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor.” We believe in divine healing, which comes through faith in the Name of Jesus Christ and is included in the atonement. • Isaiah 53:5 – “But He was pierced for our transgressions; He was crushed for our iniquities; upon Him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with His wounds we are healed.” • James 5:14-15 – “Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up.” We believe in water baptism, the baptism in the Holy Spirit as distinct from the New Birth, and speaking in tongues as the Spirit gives utterance. We affirm the gifts of the Spirit and the fruit of the Spirit as evidence of a Spirit-filled life, all of which are available to believers today. • Matthew 28:19 – “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” • Acts 2:4 – “And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.” • 1 Corinthians 12:7-11 – “To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good… to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.” • Galatians 5:22-23 – “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.” We believe in the Blessed Hope—the imminent, personal return of the Lord Jesus Christ. • Titus 2:13 – “Waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.” • 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 – “For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.”
