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What We Believe

We believe in one God, eternally existing as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, all one in The Lord Jesus Christ.

Matt. 28:19, Heb. 11:6, Deut. 6:4, Col. 2:9, 1 Jn. 5:7 

 

We believe in Jesus Christ as God who became flesh, born of a virgin. He lived a sinless life, was crucified for our sins, was resurrected from the dead, and ascended, sitting at the right hand of the Father, which is the seat of full authority as King, exalted Lord, and head of the church. 

Phil. 2:5-8, Rom. 1:4, Col. 1:15-19, Eph. 1:22-23, Jn. 1:14, Heb. 1:1-6, Rev. 17:14, 19:16

 

We believe in the person, power, and practice of the Holy Spirit, His indwelling presence, regenerating work, empowering baptism, all spiritual gifts (including speaking in tongues), and equipping ministry in the church today.

Ezk. 36:26, Acts 1:4-5, 2:1-18, Joel 2:28-29, Jn. 14:26, 16:7-10, 13

 

We believe that all Scripture is the inspired, infallible, authoritative Word of God and is fully reliable and trustworthy. It is inerrant in the original text.

2 Tim. 3:16, 2 Peter 1:20-21, Jn. 10:35 Gal. 1:11-12, Prov. 30:5, Heb. 4:12

 

We believe God created the heavens and earth and all that is in them. God has created human beings in His divine image with a special dignity accorded to them out of all the works of creation. They were designed for a relationship with God. Human life, personhood, and value all begin in the mind of God and are established as scientific and moral facts at conception. We believe all human life is equally valuable and worth saving, healing, protecting, and preserving from conception to final breath.

Gen. 1:1, 26-27, 31, 3:8-9, Jn.1:3, Ps. 8:5-6 

 

We believe, beginning with Adam and Eve’s sinful rebellion, that we are all born with an inherited 

sinful nature and have been given over to the everlasting wrath of God unto complete death, thus being forever separated from God, the giver of life. 

Gen. 2 & 3, Rom. 1:21-32, Rom. 5-7, Ps. 14:2-3, Eph. 2:1, Rom. 3:12, 23

We believe that only through Jesus Christ, God offer salvation from sin and a new way of life. We receive God’s gift of salvation and are born again by the Spirit of God when we repent and receive Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. It is by grace we are saved, through faith and not of ourselves. 

Jn. 1:17, 3:16, Acts 4:12, 1 Jn. 4:14, 2 Cor. 5:19, Matt. 26:28, Eph. 2:5-9, Rom. 3:20-31, Rom. 5:1-21, Heb. 2:14-15,

Col. 2:13-15

 

We believe the church is a community of redeemed people worldwide under the Lordship of Jesus who meet regularly to be discipled, worship, share communion, fellowship, and carry out the great commission together. Jesus established the local church to function with ordained leaders (male or female) and a form of governance that protects, guides, and releases people in His calling and gifts to minister. The church functions under the theocratic Kingdom rule of God with clearly defined elders. Local churches are accountable to their apostolic leaders. 

Eph. 4, Acts 2, Acts 11, Romans 16, 1 Cor. 12:12-13, Gal. 3:26-29, 2 John

 

We believe the mission of the church is to take the Gospel of the Kingdom to all the nations, making disciples of them, baptizing them, and teaching them to observe all things as commanded by Jesus Christ. The mission of the church includes ministry to the poor and helpless. 

Acts 1:8, Matt. 28:18-20, Mk. 1:15, 2 Cor. 5:14, Eph. 2:17-20

 

We believe that water baptism in the name of The Lord Jesus Christ is mandatory for the repentant believer’s forgiveness of sins and coming into covenant with God. It identifies them with the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. It is both a witness and power unto their cleansing and freedom from sin, and their commitment to walk in the way of Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit. Immersion is the means of baptism. 

Rom. 6:1-6, Matt. 28:19, Acts 2:22-24, 36-41, 8:26-39, Gal. 3:26-29, Col. 2:10-15

 

We believe that through the Lord’s Supper, the church renews its covenant with God and with each other and participates in the life and death of Jesus Christ until He comes. 

1 Cor. 10:16-17, 1 Cor. 11:23-32, Lk. 22:15-30, Jer. 31:31-34

We believe that Jesus Christ calls us to discipleship, to take up our cross and follow him. 

Phil. 3:10, Rom. 12:1-2, Matt. 5-7, 1 Peter 2:21, 2 Tim. 2:11-12, Mic. 6:8 

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We believe in practicing discipline in the church to liberate erring brothers and sisters from sin and to restore them to a right relationship with God and to fellowship in the church. 

Matt. 18:15-22, Jn. 20:23, Gal. 6:1-2, Deut. 19:15, Eph. 4:15, 1 Cor. 5:3-5, 2 Cor. 2:5-11

 

We believe that God created humankind in His image, intentionally male and female (Genesis 1:27), with each bringing unique qualities to sexuality and relationships. Sexuality is a wonderful gift from God to be expressed in marriage for procreation, union, and mutual delight (Hebrews 13:4) or in celibacy in devotion to God (I Corinthians 7:35). We believe that marriage, as described in the scriptures, is the union of one biological man and one biological woman1 and is a sacred covenant designed by God to be a lifelong relationship and commitment between a husband and a wife (Matthew 19:4-6). We will teach and uphold God’s marriage design as described in scripture between a biological male and a biological female, but also seek to minister to the aforementioned who suffer the consequences of its brokenness. We also affirm, believe, and will teach the Scriptures, which state that... 

 

  • Fornication, which is sexual relations prior to marriage, is sin. (I Corinthians 6:18, I Thessalonians 4:3)

 

  • Adultery, which is sexual relations outside of marriage, is sin. (Exodus 20:14, Matthew 5:27)

 

  • Homosexual behavior, which is sexual relations between the same sex,2 is sin. (Leviticus 18:22, Romans 1:26-27)

 

  • Gender Dysphoria and Transvestic Disorder can lead to sinful behavior, where one chooses to identify as a gender other than their innately assigned-at-birth biological sex, which is contrary to the sacredness of God’s creation when he made Adam and Eve as distinctly male and female. (Genesis 2:21-24)

 

  •   Entertaining thoughts 3, or involvement in pornography, pedophilia, lascivious conduct, and any altering of one’s innately assigned-at-birth biological sex is sin. (Psalm 101:3, Matthew 5:29)

 

  •   Any kind of other sexual perversion is sin. (I Corinthians 6:9, Galatians 5:19)

     

All of these are outside of God’s blessing and design for sexual expression. We further believe that sexual sins can be forgiven by God’s grace when those involved repent, turn from, and seek deliverance from these sins. (I Corinthians 6:11) We, as a church, including our counseling department, will not support or affirm anything that…

 

  •   Promotes sexual immorality, or;

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  •   Promotes the acceptance of homosexuality or any altering of an individual’s innately assigned-at-birth biological sex as a lifestyle approved by God, or;

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  • Defines marriage as anything other than God’s 

  • design of one man4 and one woman5 for life.

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We believe deliverance is afforded to the struggling believer who seeks liberation from their sin, beginning with confession and repentance. Along with salvation, deliverance is necessary for becoming more than a conqueror through Christ, who refuses to live according to the nature of sin and lust, and follows in the ways of Christ by the leading power of the Word and Holy Spirit. 

Acts 19:17-19, 1 Cor. 6:9-11, Rom. 8, 15:1-7, 1 Jn. 1:4-10 

 

We believe it is God’s will for Christians to refrain from violence in human relationships. This includes how we treat the unborn and elderly. Led by the Holy Spirit, we will follow Christ in the way of peace and the sanctity of human life. 

Isa. 2:2-4, 11:1-9, Hos. 2:18, Matt. 5:8-12, 38-48, 6:14-15, 26:52, 1 Peter 2:21-24, 1  Cor. 6:1-16, Rom. 12:14-21

 

We place our hope in the Kingdom reign of Christ and its fulfillment in the day He returns in glory to judge the living and the dead: the unsaved into the everlasting fiery punishment of death and the saved into an eternal blissful life with Christ. We await God’s final victory, the end of this present age of struggle, the resurrection of the dead, and a new heaven and a new earth. 

Judg. 8:23, Mk. 1:15, Phil. 2:8-11, Rev. 11:15, 15:3-4,  21 & 22, 1 Cor. 15:12-58, Jn. 5:28-29, Matt. 10:28, 23:33, Matt. 9:43-48, Lk. 16:23 

Bible versions primarily used:

KJV, NKJV, AMP, or ESV

 

King James Version, New King James Version, 

Amplified Version, or English Standard Version

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1 As described in scripture between one innately assigned-at-birth biological man and one innately assigned-at-birth biological female.

2 Whether innately or assigned-at-birth or surgically altered

3 Engaging in fantasy

4 Innately assigned-at-birth biological male, husband

5 Innately assigned-at-birth biological female, wife

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