statement of faith

  1. 2 Tim 3:16-17
    2 Pet 1:19-21
    Our beliefs are fundamental and evangelical – our sole textbook being the Bible, which is the only, infallible and authoritative inspired Word of God.
     
  2. Gen 1:1
    2 Cor 13:14
    We believe there is one true God, the Creator, eternally existing in three Persons, God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost.
     
  3. John 1:1-3,     Matt 1:23,
    John 14:30,    Isa 53:4-6,
    Matt 28:6,    cts 1:9.
    We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ and that He is the Son of God, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His atoning death, in His bodily resurrection and in His ascension to the right hand of the Father. 
     
  4. John 14:1-3
    Acts 1:11.
    We believe in the coming of Christ.
     
     
  5. Gen 3
    John 3:17,18,36
    We believe in the spiritually lost condition of mankind because all have sinned and are separated from God.
     
  6. John 3:3, 16
    We believe in the essential need of the new birth (born again) by faith in Jesus Christ.

    1 Pet 1:18,19
    That the only means of being cleansed from sin is through repentance and faith in the precious blood of Christ.
     
  7. Mark 16:16
    Matt 28:19
    We believe in baptism by immersion in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit for all believers.
     
  8. Cor 6:19
    1 Cor 1:7
    We believe in the Person and the work of the Holy Spirit with His fruits and gifts abiding and operating in the church.
     
  9. Acts 1:1-8, 2:1-38, 8:15-19, 10:44-47, 19:1-7
    We believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit for all believers with the initial evidence of speaking in other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance.
     
  10. Gal 5:16
    John 14:16,17
    We believe in the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit. By the indwelling of the Holy Spirit the Christian is enabled to live a holy and righteous life.
     
  11. 1 Cor 11:23-26
    Matt 26:26-28
    We believe in the sacraments and participation in the Lord’s Supper.
     
  12. Matt 8:16,17
    Mark 16:17,18.
    We believe in divine healing by personal faith in Jesus Christ and the work of the Holy Spirit.
     
  13. John 3:36
    Rev 20:11-15
    We believe in the resurrection of the saved to everlasting life, and the lost to everlasting damnation along with Satan (the devil) and his fallen angels.
     
  14. We believe the body of Jesus Christ (the true church) is made up of all born again believers and is expressed through local churches under the leadership of gifted people. In fact, we believe all that the Old and New Testaments teach, and we ever seek to live a faithful, fruitful and fervent Christian life.