What We Believe

The Word of God -The Old and New Testaments are the inspired, infallible (perfect, flawless, reliable) authoritative Word     
                              of God.          

•  2 Timothy 3:16 
  
• 1 Thessalonians 2:13
  
• 2 Peter 1:20-21
  

The Trinity - There is one God, the Creator of all things, who is infinitely perfect and eternally existent in three persons; the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. 

• Matthew 3:16-17 
  
• John 15:26 
  
• John 14:26
• 1 John 5:7-8
  

Jesus Christ - In the deity of Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, His sinless life, and His miracles.  That He died on the cross as a sacrifice for the sins of all men.  He arose bodily from the dead, ascended into Heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father as our high priest and advocate.           

• Matthew 1:18-25       
• Luke 1:26-35
• Luke 3:21-22
• Philippians 2:5-11
  

Salvation and Restoration - That man is a created being – made in the image of God.  When Adam fell into sin, it resulted in man’s spiritual death and separation from God.  Only through the regeneration (being “born again”), by the Holy Spirit can salvation be obtained.  This process of regeneration, takes place through a combination of faith and confession. 

• John 3:16; 
• Romans 6:6-11 & 23
• Colossians 2:13-14                                                                                                                                    

Justification by Faith - Salvation is free, given to us by grace (unmerited, undeserved) and apart from any work of man. 
 

• Ephesians 2:8-9 5:5 
• Romans 5:1

Water Baptism - In water baptism by immersion, thereby, publicly 
identifying with the death, burial and resurrection of 
Jesus Christ.  

• Romans 6:3-6
  
• Colossians 2:11-14
  
• Acts 2:38
  

Sanctification - In the doctrine of sanctification (a state of separation unto God) as a definite, yet progressive work of grace. 

• Hebrews 12:14
  
• 1Thessalonians 5:23
  
• 2 Peter 3:18
  
• 2 Corinthians 3:18
  
• Philippians 3:12-14
  

Holy Spirit - Is at work within the church today. The gifts of the Spirit are given to every believer and must be activated and exercised to fulfill their divine purpose to be a blessing to the Church. The baptism of the Holy Spirit is a gift to each believer with their own private prayer/praise language to edify them. Such a baptism empowers the believer to be effective for Christ. 

• Acts 2:38-39
  
• 2 Timothy 1:6
  
• 1 Corinthians 14:2, 12:8-10 
  

Prophecy - God speaks today. Hearing from God, both individually and corporately as a church, through prophecy or any other biblical means chosen by God to communicate, is essential to our faith and walk with God. Prophecy and prophetic utterance is only one method of discerning God’s will and direction and it is recognized that none of the methods or channels of prophecy will always be 100 percent accurate and actions should not be taken on the basis of prophetic words alone without other confirmation. Prophetic presbytery serves the purpose in the Body of Christ in activating, establishing, releasing, commissioning, and ordaining gifts to their office, function, and place of relationship and/or leadership. 

• 1 Corinthians 12-14  
  
• Ephesians 4:11 
  
• Timothy 4:14 
  
• Acts 13:1-3