OUR BELIEFS

Whereas we, being an incorporate body of people of like precious faith: 

1. Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ for eternal life through his death and the power of His resurrection. 

2. Believe the Bible to be God's word and the revelation of His will to man and accept it as our rule for faith and conduct. 

3. Believe Christian Fellowship, mutual edification and evangelical effort, In the form of local churches is God's ordained order for his people. 4. Believe each church is to assemble together for worship, fellowship, counsel, and instruction in the word of God. 

5. Believe each church should exercise the gifts and offices provided by the New Testament to obtain the Christian goal, " be ye” therefore perfect even as your Father in Heaven is perfect.(Matt. 5:48) 

6. Believe God has called and anointed us to emphasize the fullness of the Gospel through the baptism of the Holy Spirit. 

Therefore, we have accepted and adopted the following statement of fundamental truths and Constitution. We shall seek, by the grace of God, to be

governed by the Constitution as set forth, and will also seek to teach and propagate the doctrines contained in the statements of the fundamental truth. 

1. The scriptures inspired. The Bible is the inspired word of God, a revelation from God to men, the infallible rule of faith and conduct, and is superior conscience and reason.( 2 Timothy 3:15-16, 1 Peter 2:2) 

2. The one true God. The one true God has revealed himself as the eternally self-existent, self revealed “I AM” And has further revealed Himself as embodying the principles of relationship and association, i.e., Father, Son, and Holy Spirit( Deuteronomy 6:4, Mark 12:29, Isaiah 43:10, Isaiah 11, Matthew 28:19) 

3. Man, his fall and redemption. Man was created good and upright for God said, " let us make man in our image, after our likeness.” But man, by voluntary transgression, fell and his only hope of redemption is in Jesus Christ the son of God( Genesis 1:26-31, Genesis 3:1-7, Romans 5:12-21) 

4. The salvation of man. 

a.Conditions of salvation. The grace of God, which brings salvation, has appeared to all men, through the preaching of repentance towards God and faith toward the Lord Jesus Christ; the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Spirit, and being justified by hope of eternal life.( Titus 2:11, Romans 10:13-15, Luke 24:47, Titus 3:5-7) 

b.Evidence of salvation. The inward evidence to the believer of his salvation is the direct witness of the Spirit (Romans 8:16). The outward evidence to all men is a life of righteousness and true holiness. 

5.Baptism in water. The ordinance of baptism, by a burial with Christ should be observed as commanded in the scriptures, by all who have repented and believed in Christ as Savior and Lord. In so doing, they have the body washed in water as an outward symbol of cleansing, while their heart has already been sprinkled with the blood of Christ as in inner cleansing. They declare to the world that they have died with Jesus and been raised with Him to walk in newness of life. (Matthew 28:19, Acts 10:47, Acts 48, Romans 6:4, Acts 20:21, Hebrews 10:22). 

6.The Lord's Supper. The Lord's Supper, consisting of the elements, bread and the fruit of the Vine, is a symbol expressing our sharing the divine nature of our Lord Jesus Christ( 2 Peter 1:4), a memorial of His suffering and death, (1 Corinthians 11:26), a prophecy of his second coming ( 1 Corinthians 11:26), and is enjoined on all believers until He comes.

7.Regeneration. All people who turn from their sins and put their faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ, receives a new birth by which their life is regenerated by the power of God's Holy Spirit (John 3:3-6, Titus 3:5). From that time forth the regenerated person has God's Holy Spirit dwelling within them enabling them to live a holy life ( 1 Corinthians 3:16, 2 Peter 1:3-4), also giving them power to be witnesses for Jesus Christ. ( Acts 1:8) 

8.The promise of the Father. All believers are entitled to the promise of the Father and the baptism in the Holy Spirit according to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ. This was the normal experience in the early Christian Church. With it comes a deeper spiritual life and service, the best alignment of the gifts and their uses in the work of the ministry (Luke 24:49, Acts 1:4, 1 Corinthians 12:1-31). This wonderful experience is distinct from and subsequent to the experience of the new birth ( Acts 10:44-46, Acts 11:14-16, Acts 15:7-9). 

9.Sanctification. The scriptures teach a life of holiness without which no man shall see the Lord. By the power of the Holy Spirit we are able to obey the command, "be holy, for I am holy.” Sanctification is the will of God for all believers, and should be pursued by walking in obedience to God's Holy Spirit. 

10.The church. The church is the body of Christ, the habitation of God through the Spirit with divine appointments for the fulfillment of His great commission. Each believer, born of the spirit, is an integral part of the church, which is written in heaven ( Ephesians 1:22-23, Ephesians 2:22, Hebrews 12:13). 

11.The ministry and evangelism. A divinely called and spiritually ordained ministry has been provided by our Lord for the evangelization of the world and the edifying of the body of Christ ( Mark 16:15-20, Ephesians 4:11-13). 

12.Divine Healing. Deliverance from sickness is provided for us in the atonement and is the privilege of all believers ( Isaiah 53:4-5, Matthew 8:16-17). 

13.The Blessed hope. The resurrection of those who have fallen asleep in Christ and their translation, together with those who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord, is the imminent and blessed hope of the church ( 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, Titus 2:12,1 Corinthians 15:51, Romans 8:23). 

14.The millennial reign of Jesus. The revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ from heaven, the salvation of National Israel and the millennial reign of Christ on Earth are the scriptural promises and the world's hope (2 Thessalonians 1:17, Revelation 19:11-14, Romans 11:26-27,Revelation 20:1-7). 

15. The lake of fire. The devil and his demons, the Beast and the false prophet, whoever is not found written in the Book of Life, shall be consigned to

everlasting punishment in the lake, which burns with fire and brimstone (Revelation 19:20, Revelation 20:10-15) 

16. The new heavens and the new earth. We, "according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth wherein dwells righteousness” (2 Peter 3:13, Revelation 21, Revelation 22). 

17.Christian life; scriptural conduct 

A. Marriage- is a covenant between a man and women that God intends to be permanent. “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife and the two shall become one flesh”. (Genesis 2:24, Matthew 19: 4-6) 

B. Homosexuality- “You shall not lie with a man as with a women; it is an abomination” (Leviticus 18:22, Romans 1:26-29, 1Cor.6:9-10) 

C. Gender Identity- Ordained through birth by God’s design. “He created them male and female, and blessed them and called them mankind in the day they were created.” (Genesis 5:2) 

D. Race. There is only one race Mankind. God created all humanity in His image. “So God created man in His own image; in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” The creation of humanity in God’s image is the basis of human dignity and equality. ( Genesis 1:27, Genesis 9:6) 

E. Sanctity of life. All life starts at conception. You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mothers womb. (Psalms 139:13-15)