STATEMENT

OF

FAITH

WE BELIEVE . . .

In one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Deuteronomy 6:4; 2 Corinthians 13:14)

That Jesus Christ was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, and that He is true God and true man. (Matthew 1:20–25; John 1:14; Romans 8:3)

In the plenary, verbal inspiration of the whole Bible and that it is the supreme and final authority in faith and life. (2 Timothy 3:16–17; 2 Peter 1:20–21)

That man was created in the image of God, that all men have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God and because of their sin the wrath of God is on them.  The only way to escape eternal condemnation is through the one gracious provision of the love of God through Jesus Christ. (Genesis 1:25–27; Romans 3:22–26)

That salvation is the gift of God offered to man by grace and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, that the Son of God gave “His life a ransom for many'' and bore “our sins in His own body on the tree,” and that all who truly believe in Him are eternally saved on the ground of His shed blood. (Ephesians 2:8–9; 1 Peter 2:24; John 10:28–29)

In the personal bodily resurrection of our Lord and Savior, in His ascension into heaven, and in His present position at the right hand of the Father mediating on our behalf. (Acts 1:9; Luke 24:6–7; Hebrews 9:24; 7:25)

In “that blessed hope,” the personal, bodily, imminent, return of the Lord Jesus Christ. (Titus 2:13; Acts 1:9–11)

That all who receive by faith the Lord Jesus Christ are born again by the Holy Spirit and that the Holy Spirit indwells every believer to enlighten, enable, and guide him or her in life and service. (John 3:6–7; 1 Corinthians 2:12; John 14:16, 26; 16:24; Romans 8:14)

In the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust, the everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the everlasting, conscious punishment of the lost. (Mark 9:43–48; Revelation 20:15; 22:3–5, 11)