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WE BELIEVE...The Scriptures
are
Inspired by God and declare His design and plan for mankind.
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WE BELIEVE...There is only One
True
God–revealed in three persons...Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
(commonly known as the Trinity).
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WE BELIEVE...In the Deity of
the
Lord
Jesus Christ. As God's son Jesus was both human and divine.
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WE BELIEVE...though originally
good,
Man
Willingly Fell to Sin–ushering evil and death, both physical and
spiritual, into the world.
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WE BELIEVE...Every Person Can
Have
Restored Fellowship with God Through 'Salvation' (accepting
Christ's offer of forgiveness for sin).
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WE BELIEVE...and practice two
ordinances—(1) Water
Baptism by Immersion after repenting of one's sins and receiving
Christ's gift of salvation, and (2) Holy Communion (the
Lord's Supper) as a symbolic remembrance of Christ's suffering and
death for our salvation.
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WE BELIEVE...the Baptism in
the Holy
Spirit is a Special Experience Following Salvation that
empowers believers for witnessing and effective service, just as it did
in New Testament times.
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WE BELIEVE... The Initial
Physical
Evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit is ‘Speaking in Tongues,’
as experienced on the Day of Pentecost and referenced throughout Acts
and the Epistles.
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WE BELIEVE...Sanctification
Initially
Occurs at Salvation
and is not only a declaration that a believer is holy, but also a
progressive lifelong process of separating from evil as believers
continually draw closer to God and become more Christlike.
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WE BELIEVE...The Church has a
Mission
to seek and save all who are lost in sin.
We believe 'the Church' is the Body of Christ and consists of the
people who, throughout time, have accepted God's offer of redemption
(regardless of religious denomination) through the sacrificial death of
His son Jesus Christ.
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WE BELIEVE...A Divinely Called
and
Scripturally Ordained Leadership Ministry Serves the Church.
The Bible teaches that each of us under leadership must commit
ourselves to reach others for Christ, to worship Him with other
believers, and to build up or edify the body of believers–the Church.
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WE BELIEVE...Divine Healing of
the
Sick is a Privilege for Christians Today
and is provided for in Christ's atonement (His sacrificial death on the
cross for our sins).
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WE BELIEVE...in The Blessed
Hope—When
Jesus Raptures His Church Prior to His Return to Earth
(the second coming). At this future moment in time all believers who
have died will rise from their graves and will meet the Lord in the
air, and Christians who are alive will be caught up with them, to be
with the Lord forever.
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WE BELIEVE...in The Millennial
Reign
of
Christ
when Jesus returns with His saints at His second coming and begins His
benevolent rule over earth for 1,000 years. At that time many in the
nation of Israel will recognize and accept Him as the Messiah, the
Savior who died for them and all mankind.
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WE BELIEVE...A Final Judgment
Will
Take Place
for those who have rejected Christ. They will be judged for their sin
and consigned to eternal punishment in a punishing lake of fire.
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WE
BELIEVE...and look forward to the perfect New Heavens and a New
Earth that
Christ is preparing for all people, of all time, who have accepted Him.
We will live and dwell with Him there forever following His millennial
reign on Earth. 'And so shall we forever be with the Lord!'