Our Statement of Faith

We Believe in:

• The Authority of the Bible
  We believe the Bible is God-inspired, and is to be the authoritative rule of life and practice for all Christians.We believe the Scriptures can be fulfilled and must not be broken. We believe that the Old Testament was the type and shadow of better things to come, and that the New Testament is the perfect expression of God’s will and Character as expressed through Jesus Christ. The Epistles are the expression of what Christ has done for us and desires to do through us. (2 Tim. 3:16-17; Heb. 1:1-3; John 10:35; Matt. 5:19, 19:17; 1 John 2:3-4 )

• The Eternal Godhead
  We believe God is Triune: Therefore Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are equally Divine and therefore equally deity.(1 John 5:7-8; Matt. 1:20-25; 2 Corinthians 13:14)

• The Lord Jesus Christ is the son of God
  that he became incarnate through the virgin birth;that He is perfect both in His deity and humanity; that He willingly gave His life as the perfect and all sufficient sacrifice for the sins of man; that through His attonment man can know freedom from guilt and effects of sin; that He rose from the dead in His physical, glorified body with which He is now seated in Heaven, making intercession for believers; and that He is comming again in His glorified body to establish His kingdom. ( Matthew 1:18-25;John 1;14; Colossians 1:13-18; 1 Peter 2:24; Luke 24; Hebrew 4:14; Matthew 25: 31-46.)
  

• Spirit Beings: Satan, demons, and Angels
  We believe that there is a literal Devil (satan) and that he is the adversary of God and man and that there are spirit beings known as demons and angels. (1 Peter 5:8; Matt. 8:16; Mark 16:17; Heb. 1:7, 13-14)

• Fall of Man
  Man was created in the image of God, but through Adam's sin ( disobedience against God) became allienated from God and is condemned to eternal punishment. The only remedy for man's condition is salvation by personal faith in the work of Jesus Christ. ( John 3:15-18; Ephesians 1: 7; Romans 10: 9-10.)
  

• Salvation
  We believe that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us, signing the pardon for all who believe in Him, and that we have no righteousness (of our own) and must come to God pleading the righteousness of Christ as our only justification. (John 3:16; Rom. 5:8; Eph. 2:8)

• Holy Spirit
• is equal in every attribute of deity with God the Father and with the Son; performs the miracle of the new birth in those receiving Christ as Savior and is resident now in believers; seals them unto the day of redemption;empowers them for service;and grants gifts of grace for building up of the body of Christ. ( Ephesians 4:30; 1Corinthians 6:19;12:4,7,12-13; Acts 1:5; Titus 3:5)

• Healing In Atonement
  We believe Divine Healing is the power of God to heal the sick (in mind or body), that healing for every person was included in Christ’s atoning sacrifice, and that it is God’s will for every Christian to minister healing to anyone at any time. (Psalm 103:2; Isaiah 53:4; Matt. 8:16-17; 1 Peter 2:24; John 14:12)

• The Church – Which is His Body
  Is the united body of Christ on the earth which exists for fellowship, edification, for communicating the gospel to all nations by means of chritian life and witness. (Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 1: 6-8,2:41-42; 1 Corinthians 12:13.)
  

• The Judgment
  We believe that the judgment of God has been passed unto Jesus. That God is not judging anyone at this time. There is A day of Judgment but it is not today. John 5:22; 12:47-48; Acts 17:30-31; 1 CO. 6:2) There will be a bodily resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved to eternal life, and they that are lost to eternal damnation. ( 1 Corinthians 15; Daniel 12: 1-2; John 5:28-29; 2 Thessalonians 1:7; Matthew 5:1-10.)
  

• Faith Towards God
  We believe that we are to have faith towards God based upon the promises of God and that the fulfilment of those promises are based upon God’s faithfulness. We believe that we are to have faith in God and not in our faith. Our faith is that God has and will keep His Word. (Mark 11:22-23; Heb. 6:1; 11:11; 2 Tim. 2:13)

• Grace & Repentance From Dead Works
  We believe that the grace which came by Jesus Christ is extended to all to the end that they might believe in Him. We believe this grace is both the opportunity and the ability given to men to repent and turn to Christ for the remission of sin. We believe repentance from dead works includes forsaking any works that might be thought to merit favour or salvation from God. (John 1:16, 17; Rom. 11:6; Heb. 6:1; 9:14)

• The Kingdom of God
  We believe the Kingdom of God is what Jesus preached and demonstrated and that we are to continue His ministry in the same manner and with the same results. We also believe that we are to advance the Kingdom of God upon the earth until such time as Christ shall entreat us to enter into the joy of our Lord. (Mark 1:15; Luke 4:43; Luke 9:60-10:11; Acts 8:12; 19:8; 20:25; 1 Co. 4:20; 2 Thess. 1:5; Matt. 25:19-23)

• Christian Mission
  We believe that the Christian Mission is to: Love God in thought, word, and deed & to love your neighbour as yourself, which is practiced by doing unto them as you would have done unto you. Your love for God and man will be demonstrated by go reproducing disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ, both domestically and in foreign lands by every Biblical method. (Matt. 7:11-29; Matt. 28:18-20