Our beliefs
The gospel
The Problem
The Bible tells us that "it is appointed unto men once to die" (Hebrews 9:27), because "all have sinned" (Romans 5:12).
Originally, the one God created this world in perfection (Genesis 1:31), and the first man and woman (Adam and Eve) were able to completely enjoy life on earth, without the suffering, pain, evil, and death that we experience today.
However, when they disobeyed God (Genesis 3:6), they began to experience the effects of sin that God warned them about – namely, suffering and death (Genesis 2:15-17; 3:16-19). God's Word tells us that every human since Adam has been born a sinner, willingly perpetuated that sin (Romans 3:10, 23), and reaped its resulting consequences of eternal death (Romans 6:23; Revelation 20:15).
The Solution
The "good news" (i.e., the gospel – Romans 1:16) of God's Word is that a "second Adam" has provided salvation for us from sin and death (Genesis 3:15; Romans 5:12-21; I Corinthians 15:45). God Himself came to earth in the person of Jesus Christ to live a perfect life, to die for our sin in our place, and to rise from the dead, defeating death so that we might be given His perfection and life (II Corinthians 5:21; I Peter 3:18).
The Invitation
The Bible says that if you choose to turn away from your sin and trust in Him alone as the only One who can save you from your real eternal predicament, God will forgive your sin and grant you eternal life with Him (John 3:16). And so, God lovingly extends to you this hope: "if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved" (Romans 10:9; Acts 4:12).
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Doctrinal statement
Our Position on Major Biblical Truth
We believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God. (II Tim. 3:16)
We believe there is one God eternally existent in three Persons; Father, Son and Holy Spirit. (Gen.1:1, John 10:30, John 4:24)
We believe in the Deity of Christ (John 10:33); His Virgin Birth (Isa. 7:14, Matt.1:23, Luke 1:35); His shed blood for atonement (Eph. 1:7, Col. 1:14); His bodily resurrection (John 11:25); His ascension (Acts 1:11); and His personal return to establish His kingdom on earth (Rev. 19:11-16).
We believe that all men are by nature sinful and lost; and that for salvation, Holy Spirit regeneration is absolutely essential. (Rom. 3:19)
We believe that Satan is a person and that hell is a place of eternal conscious punishment of all unsaved. (Job 1:6-7, Matt. 25:45, Rev. 20: 14-15)
We believe that the Holy Spirit convicts of sin, makes believers children of God through the new birth, assuring them of Heaven, and by His indwelling enables Christians to live a Godly life. (John 16:8, I Cor. 3:16, I Cor.12:13
We believe that men are justified on the single ground of faith in the shed blood of Jesus Christ. (Acts 13:38-39)
We believe in the eternal security of the believer. (John 10:28-29)
We believe that a New Testament Church is an organized body of baptized believers practicing Scriptural ordinances and actively engaged in fulfilling the Great Commission. (Acts 2:41-42, 47, Matt. 28:19-20)
We believe that baptism is a Scriptural ordinance requiring immersion (Acts 8:38- 39) of believers only (Acts 2:41), to be administered by a New Testament Church. (Romans 6:3-5, Matt. 3:15-16)
We believe that the Lord’s Supper is a Scriptural ordinance of the church to be partaken of by obedient Christians of like faith. (I Cor. 11:23-29)
We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the resurrection of life and the lost unto the resurrection of damnation. (John 5:28-29)