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What We
Believe
Statement of Faith
We believe in one God -
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
We believe in God the Father Almighty, Creator of all things
visible and invisible.
We believe in Jesus Christ, God's one and only Son, our one
and only Savior, Who was born Jesus of Nazareth, fully human
and fully divine, conceived of the Holy Spirit and the
virgin Mary, Who suffered under Pontius Pilate, Who died and
was buried, and Who rose again bodily from the dead on the
third day, Who ascended into Heaven and now sits at the
right hand of the Father, Who will return to earth to judge
both the living and the dead.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, Who is an active and
operative person of the Triune God, Who dwells within every
Christian.
We believe in the Bible - God's Holy Word, Scripture. We
believe God inspired the autographs (original writings) of
the Scripture and those autographs are consequently without
error. We accept the Bible as the final authority for all
matters of faith and practice.
We believe the Bible teaches that man, created by God,
willfully sinned against God and is consequently lost and
without hope apart from Jesus Christ.
We believe the Bible teaches that salvation - the
forgiveness of sins - is only by grace through faith and the
blood of Jesus Christ.
We believe the Bible teaches that one recieves God's grace
by putting faith in Christ, repenting of sin, confessing
Christ, and being immersed into Christ.
We believe the Bible teaches that church leadership is to
exercise authority over the local congregation. |