Our Core Beliefs

1. We believe that the Bible in its entirety is the inspired Word of God and the only
infallible and authoritative rule of faith and conduct (11 Timothy 3:16; 11 Peter 1:20, 21).
2. We believe in Christ’s Great Commission to the church to go into all the world and
preach the Gospel (Matthew 28:19).
3. We believe in one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
and that in Jesus Christ “dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily” (Colossians 2:9;
Deuteronomy 6:4; John 10:30; John 14:26; John 15:26; Matthew 28:19).
4. We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His
miracles, His vicarious and atoning death, His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the
right hand of the Father, and His personal return in power and glory (1 Timothy 3:16;
Acts 1:11; Romans 8:34).
5. We believe in complete salvation by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and
obedience to the Gospel by repentance of sins and baptism by immersion in water
(Ephesians 2:8; Acts 2:38; Acts 8:35-39).
6. We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit whose indwelling the Christian is
enabled to live a godly life (11 Corinthians 7:1; Hebrews 12:10-14; 1 Thessalonians 4:7;
Romans 8:1, 2).
7. We believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit with the ability to speak in other tongues as
the Spirit giveth utterance and in the manifestation of the Holy Spirit operative in the
church of Jesus Christ (Acts 2:39; Acts 19:6; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11).
8. We believe in the observance of the Lord’s Supper as a memorial of His broken body and
the New Testament in His blood (1 Corinthians 11:24, 25).
9. We believe in the fruit of the Spirit and that all the above must be accompanied by the
Spiritual fruit of love (Galatians 5:22, 23).
10. We believe in the five-fold ministry God gave to His body: Apostles, Prophets,
Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers, “for the perfecting of the saints for the work of the
ministry” (Ephesians 4:11, 12).

11. We believe that at the return of Jesus Christ “the dead in Christ shall rise first; then we
who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet
the Lord in the air: and shall we ever be with the Lord” (1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17).
12. We believe in the final eternal judgment at which time the condemned will be cast into
the lake of fire (Revelation 20:11-15).
13. We believe that marriage constitutes a bond of lifetime commitment between one man
and one woman and that it is the only legitimate, honorable, and holy estate instituted
by God. It was ordained of God as the foundation and the bond of family life for the
mutual help and comfort of husband and wife and for the welfare of the state (Genesis
2:24-25; Proverbs 18:22; Hebrews 13:4; 1 Corinthians 7:9, 10, 11; 1 Corinthians 6:9, 10;
Romans 1:24-32).