We believe in the verbal inspiration of the scriptures and the authority of both

the Old and New Testaments.

Psalm 119:89 (NKJV) Forever, O LORD, Your word is settled in heaven.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NKJV)  All Scripture is given by inspiration of God,

and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in

righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly

equipped for every good work.

We believe that man was created in the image of God, through disobedience

sinned and fell, and that the entire human race shares in mans lost and

depraved nature.

Genesis 1:27 (NKJV) So God created man in His own image; in the image

of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Ephesians 4:20-24 (NKJV) But you have not so learned Christ, 21 if indeed

you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus:

22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which

grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, 23 and be renewed in the

spirit of your mind, 24 and that you put on the new man which was created

according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.

We believe that Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God took upon Himself the

form of a man by means of the virgin birth.

Philippians 2:5-7 (NKJV) Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ

Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be

equal with God, 7 but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a

bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men.

We believe that atonement for sin was made by the sacrificial and

substitutional death of Jesus Christ.

1 John 4:10 (NKJV) In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved

us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

We believe that Jesus Christ, after being crucified for our sin, was placed in a

tomb, and was raised to life by the Holy Spirit on the third day.

Mark 8:31 (NKJV) And He (Jesus) began to teach them that the Son of Man

must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and

scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

We believe that Jesus Christ appeared to many of His followers and that for

forty days after His resurrection spoke of things pertaining to the kingdom of

God.

Acts 1(NKJV) The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus

began both to do and teach, 2 until the day in which He was taken up,

after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles

whom He had chosen, 3 to whom He also presented Himself alive after His

suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days

and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.

We believe that Jesus Christ ascended to His Father in heaven with the

Promise that He would send His Holy Spirit to the earth to empower all who

would believe Him.

Luke 24:50-51 (NKJV) And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He

lifted up His hands and blessed them. 51 Now it came to pass, while He

blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven.

Acts 1:4-5 (NKJV) And being assembled together with them, He

commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise

of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me; 5 for John truly

baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many

days from now.”

We believe the Holy Spirit is the Promise of the Father our Comforter sent to

convict the world of sin, and that He places the believer in the Body of Christ,

indwells the believer, and bestows spiritual gifts to the Church.

John 14:16-18 (NKJV) And I will pray the Father, and He will give you

another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth,

whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows

Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I

will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.

We believe that the baptism of the Holy Spirit is for all believers as a definite

endowment of power for service.

Acts 1:8 (NKJV) But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has

come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all

Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

We believe that the gifts of the Holy Spirit are for believers today and that we

are to function in those gifts as directed by the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 12:4-11 (NKJV) There are diversities of gifts, but the same

Spirit. 5 There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. 6 And there

are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. 7 But

the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: 8 for

to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word

of knowledge through the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit,

to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, 10 to another the working of

miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another

different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 But

one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one

individually as He wills.

We believe that one of the ordinances of the church, by the command of

Jesus Christ, is Water Baptism by immersion. We believe that water baptism

doesn’t save you, but is an act of obedience that identifies us with the body of

Christ.

Matthew 28:18-20 (NKJV) And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All

authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and

make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father

and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things

that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end

of the age.” Amen.

We believe that the other ordinance of the church is the Lords Supper or

Holy Communion. It is for all believers and the elements of bread and grape

juice are symbolic. They represent the body and the blood of Jesus.

Luke 22:19-20 (NKJV) And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and

gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in

remembrance of Me.” 20 Likewise He also took the cup after supper,

saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you.

We believe that salvation is the gift of God by grace alone and received by

personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and that this faith is manifested in

works pleasing God.

Ephesians 2: 8-10 (NKJV) For by grace you have been saved through faith,

and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone

should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for

good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

We believe in the eternal salvation of the believers and in the eternal

damnation and punishment of the nonbelievers.

John 14:1-3 (NKJV) “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God,

believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were

not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go

and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself;

that where I am, there you may be also. 

2 Thessalonians 1:6-10 (NKJV)  …since it is a righteous thing with God to

repay with tribulation those who trouble you, 7 and to give you who are

troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His

mighty angels, 8 in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know

God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9

These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of

the Lord and from the glory of His power, 10 when He comes, in that Day,

to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe,

because our testimony among you was believed.

We believe that we, the church, are called to do the same works that Jesus

did.

John 14:12 (NKJV) “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me,

the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do,

because I go to My Father.

Mark 16:15-18 (NKJV) And He said to them, “Go into all the world and

preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He who believes and is baptized will

be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these

signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons;

they will speak with new tongues; 18 they will take up serpents; and if they

drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on

the sick, and they will recover.”

Hebrews 13:8 (NKJV) Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and

forever.

We believe that the government of the church is the Five-Fold Ministry:

Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers, given to us by Jesus

Christ to equip the body of Christ.

Ephesians 4:11-12 (NKJV) And He Himself (Jesus Christ) gave some to be

apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,

12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying

of the body of Christ…

We believe in the sanctity of marriage and that marriage is between a man

and a woman.

Matthew 19:4-6 (NKJV)  And He answered and said to them, “Have you not

read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’

5 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’?

We believe that God created us male or female.

Genesis 1:27 (NKJV) So God created man in His own image; in the image

of God He created him; male and female He created them.

We believe that abortion is murder.

Exodus 20:13 (NKJV) “You shall not murder.”

Psalm 127:3 (NKJV) Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, The

fruit of the womb is a reward.

We believe in tithing and the blessings that come from being obedient to

tithe.

Malachi 3:10 (NKJV) “Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there

may be food in My house, and try Me now in this,” Says the LORD of hosts,

“If I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such

blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it.

Matthew 23:23 (NKJV) “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For

you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the

weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought

to have done, without leaving the others undone.”

We believe in a triune God. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy

Spirit. It truly is one of the great mysteries of the Bible.

Matthew 3:16-17 (NKJV) When He had been baptized, Jesus came up

immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him,

and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon

Him. 17 And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My

beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

1 Peter 1:1-2 (NKJV) Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the pilgrims of

the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 elect

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the

Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ…

We believe that the consummation of all things includes the visible, personal,

and glorious return of Jesus Christ, the Blessed Hope of the Church.

Matthew 24:30-31 (NKJV) Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in

heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the

Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31

And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will

gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the

other.

We believe that Jesus Christ established the church or ecclesia and the He is

the head of the body. There is one church, the body of Christ, consisting of

men and women from every tribe, tongue, people and nation. We believe that

each local congregation is an expression of that universal church. We believe

in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Matthew 16:18 (NKJV)   And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this

rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against

it.

1 Corinthians 12:12-13 (NKJV)   For as the body is one and has many

members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one

body, so also is Christ.  13  For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one

body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been

made to drink into one Spirit.

We believe that divine healing is the power of Christ to heal the sick in

answer to the prayer of faith.

James 5:14-16 (NKJV) Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the

elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in

the name of the Lord.  15  And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the

Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be

forgiven.  16  Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another,

that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man

avails much.

We believe that worship is essential for every believer as it is defined

as a lifestyle, rather than just as an expression through singing. We

encourage everyone to worship God in spirit and in truth.

John 4:23-24 (NKJV)   But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true

worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is

seeking such to worship Him.  24  God is Spirit, and those who worship Him

must worship in spirit and truth.”