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WE BELIEVE...The Scriptures are Inspired
by God and declare His design and plan for mankind.
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WE BELIEVE...There is only One True
God–revealed in three persons...Father, Son, and
Holy Spirit (commonly known as the Trinity).
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WE BELIEVE...In the Deity of the
Lord Jesus Christ. As God's son Jesus was both human
and divine.
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WE BELIEVE...though originally good,
Man Willingly Fell to Sin–ushering evil and death,
both physical and spiritual, into the world.
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WE BELIEVE...Every Person Can Have
Restored Fellowship with God Through 'Salvation' (accepting
Christ's offer of forgiveness for sin).
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WE BELIEVE...and practice two ordinances—(1) Water
Baptism by Immersion after repenting of one's
sins and receiving Christ's gift of salvation, and (2) Holy
Communion (the Lord's Supper) as a symbolic remembrance
of Christ's suffering and death for our salvation.
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WE BELIEVE...the Baptism in the Holy
Spirit is a Special Experience Following Salvation that
empowers believers for witnessing and effective service, just
as it did in New Testament times.
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WE BELIEVE... The Initial Physical
Evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit is ‘Speaking
in Tongues,’ as experienced on the Day of Pentecost
and referenced throughout Acts and the Epistles.
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WE BELIEVE...Sanctification Initially
Occurs at Salvation and is not only a declaration that
a believer is holy, but also a progressive lifelong process
of separating from evil as believers continually draw closer
to God and become more Christlike.
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WE BELIEVE...The Church has a Mission
to seek and save all who are lost in sin. We
believe 'the Church' is the Body of Christ and consists of the
people who, throughout time, have accepted God's offer of redemption
(regardless of religious denomination) through the sacrificial
death of His son Jesus Christ.
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WE BELIEVE...A Divinely Called and
Scripturally Ordained Leadership Ministry Serves the Church.
The Bible teaches that each of us under leadership must commit
ourselves to reach others for Christ, to worship Him with other
believers, and to build up or edify the body of believers–the
Church.
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WE BELIEVE...Divine Healing of the
Sick is a Privilege for Christians Today and is provided
for in Christ's atonement (His sacrificial death on the cross
for our sins).
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WE BELIEVE...in The Blessed Hope—When
Jesus Raptures His Church Prior to His Return to Earth
(the second coming). At this future moment in time all believers
who have died will rise from their graves and will meet the
Lord in the air, and Christians who are alive will be caught
up with them, to be with the Lord forever.
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WE BELIEVE...in The Millennial Reign
of Christ when Jesus returns with His saints at His
second coming and begins His benevolent rule over earth for
1,000 years. At that time many in the nation of Israel will
recognize and accept Him as the Messiah, the Savior who died
for them and all mankind.
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WE BELIEVE...A Final Judgment Will
Take Place for those who have rejected Christ. They
will be judged for their sin and consigned to eternal punishment
in a punishing lake of fire.
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WE BELIEVE...and look forward to the perfect New
Heavens and a New Earth that Christ is preparing
for all people, of all time, who have accepted Him. We will
live and dwell with Him there forever following His millennial
reign on Earth. 'And so shall we forever be with the Lord!'
