Statement of Faith

The sole basis of our beliefs is the Bible, God’s infallible written Word, the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments. We believe that the Bible was uniquely, verbally and fully inspired by the Holy Spirit and that it was written without error (inerrant) in the original manuscripts. The Bible is the supreme and final authority in all matters on which it speaks. The Bible is the absolute authority by which we base our faith, conduct, and doctrine.

We accept those areas of doctrinal teaching on which, historically, there has been general agreement among all true Christians. Because of the specialized calling of our movement, we desire to allow for freedom of conviction on other doctrinal matters, provided that any interpretation is based upon the truth found in the Bible, and that no such interpretation shall become an issue which hinders the ministry to which God has called us.

1. There is one true God, eternally existing in three persons – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – each of whom possesses equally all the attributes of Deity and the characteristics of personality.

2. Jesus Christ is God, the living Word, who became flesh through His miraculous conception by the Holy Spirit and His virgin birth. Hence, He is perfect Deity and true humanity united in one person forever.

3. We believe that Jesus lived a sinless life and voluntarily atoned for human sins by dying on the cross as a substitute, thus satisfying divine justice and accomplishing salvation for all who trust in Him alone.

4. He rose from the dead in the same body, though glorified, in which He lived and died.

5. He ascended bodily into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God the Father, where He, the only mediator between God and humanity, continually makes intercession for humanity.

6. Adam and Eve were originally created in the image of God. They sinned through unbelief, thus disobedience to God. They were alienated from their Creator. That historic fall brought all people under divine condemnation.

7. Human nature is corrupted. As a result, all people are totally unable to please God through their own abilities. Everyone is in need of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

8. Salvation is wholly a work of God’s free grace and is not the work, in whole or in part, of human works, goodness, or religious ceremony. God imputes His righteousness to those who put their faith in Christ alone for their salvation, and thereby justifies them in His own sight.

9. It is the privilege of all who are born again of the Spirit to be assured of their salvation from the very moment in which they trust Christ as their Savior. This assurance is not based upon any kind of human merit, but is produced by the witness of the Holy Spirit, who confirms in the believer the testimony of God in His written word. We believe that salvation is a finished work.

10. The Holy Spirit has come into the world to reveal and glorify Christ and to apply the saving work of Christ to individuals. He draws sinners to Christ, imparts new life to them, continually indwells them from the moment of spiritual birth and seals them until the day of redemption. His fullness and power are appropriated in the believer’s life by faith.

11. Believers are called to live in the love and power of God through the indwelling Holy Spirit and bear fruit to the glory of God.

12. Jesus Christ is the Head of the Church, His Body, which is composed of all people, living and dead, who have been joined to Him through saving faith.

13. God encourages His people to assemble together regularly for worship, for participation in ordinances, for edification through the Scriptures and for mutual encouragement.

14. At physical death the believer enters immediately into eternal, conscious fellowship with the Lord and awaits the resurrection of the body to everlasting glory and blessings.

15. Jesus Christ will come again to the earth to consummate history and the eternal plan of God.