statement of faith

• The Bible is the inspired, inerrant Word of God, the written record of His supernatural revelation of Himself to men, absolute in its authority, complete in its revelation, final in its content, and without any errors in its original manuscripts (2 Timothy 3:16,17).
• All men in their natural state are lost, alienated from God, spiritually dead, “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23).
• Salvation is only by grace, a free gift of God, through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, who died for our sins according to the Scriptures (1 Corinthians 15:3). Those who receive Christ by faith have their sins forgiven (Ephesians 1:7, their hearts cleansed (Acts 15:9), are born of the Spirit, become children of God (John 1: 12,13) and are made new creatures in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17).
• God is One God (Deuteronomy 6:4), Who exists in three Persons (Genesis 1:26): Father, Son and Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19). Jesus Christ, as the Scriptures affirm, is the Son of God (Matthew 16:16) and Son of man, was born of a virgin (Luke 1:27, 31), and is Himself very God (Titus 2:13). The Scriptures also declare the deity and personality of the Holy Spirit (John 4:24).
• Our Lord Jesus rose form the dead in the same body that was laid to rest in the tomb (John 20:25-27). The bodies of all believers who die will be raised from the dead and they will receive an incorruptible body like unto His glorious body (1 Corinthians 15:53, Philippians 3:21). All other men will be raised to “resurrection of judgment” (John 5:28, 29).
• Christians, God’s new creations by the work of the Holy Spirit (John 3:8), are called to live all their lives in obedience to the precepts of God’s Word (Psalm 119:105). Salvation is unto holiness (Ephesians 1:4; 2:8-10) and the ordinary fruit of a believer’s life is to be practical holiness, defined by keeping the law of God as continuing expression of gratitude for the great salvation (Ephesians 5:8-10).
• Christian living includes not only witnessing with your words and deeds the gospel of Christ, but also doing your work and, indeed, everything to the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31).
• Jesus Christ will come again on earth the second time (Hebrews 9:38); personally (Acts 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:16); bodily (Acts 1:11; Colossians 2:9); visibly (Matthew 26:64; Revelation 1:7).