Beliefs
• The scriptures are inspired by God and declare His design and plan for mankind.
• There is only one true God revealed in three persons...Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (often called the Trinity).
• The deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, as God's son Jesus was both human and divine.
• Though originally good, man willingly sinned, bringing evil and death, both physical and spiritual, into the world.
• Every person can have restored fellowship with God through salvation, accepting Christ's offer of forgiveness for sin.
•Ourtwo basic practices: Water baptism by immersion after repentingandreceiving Christ's gift of salvation, and Holy communion (theLord'sSupper) as symbolic remembrance of Christ's suffering and death.
•Thebaptism in the Holy Spirit is a special experience followingsalvation,that empowers believers for witnessing and effectiveservice, just as itdid in New Testament times.
•The initial physicalevidence of the baptism in the Holy Spirit asspeaking in tongues, asexperienced and seen throughout Acts and theEpistles.
•Sanctification initially occursat salvation and is a declaration that abeliever is holy, and also aprogressive lifelong process of separatingfrom evil as believersbecome more Christlike.
•The Church has amission to seek and save all who are lost in sin. Webelieve 'theChurch' is the Body of Christ and consists of the peoplewho haveaccepted God's offer of redemption.
•Thereis a divinely called and scripturally ordained leadershipministryserving the Church. Each of us, under leadership, commitourselves toreach, build, and edify others for Christ.
•Divinehealing of the sick is a privilege for Christians today and isprovidedfor in Christ's atonement, his sacrificial death on the crossfor oursins).
• The blessed hope—when Jesusraptures hisChurch prior to his return to earth, (the second coming).All believerswho have died will rise from the grave and meet the Lordin the air.Christians who are alive will be caught up with them, to bewith theLord forever.
• The millennial reignof Christ,when Jesus returns with His saints at his second coming tobegin hisbenevolent rule on earth for 1,000 yrs. Many in the nation ofIsraelwill recognize and accept him.
• Afinal judgmentwill take place for those who have rejected Christ. Theywill be judgedfor their sin and consigned to eternal punishment in apunishing lake offire.
• A new heavens and anew earth that Christis preparing for all people, of all time, whoaccept Him. We will liveand dwell with Him there forever following Hismillennial reign onEarth. 'And so shall we forever be with the Lord!'
