Statement of Faith

Section 1: WE BELIEVE THE SCRIPTURES are the only infallible, authoritative, inspired Word of God and declares His design and plan and mankind.

2 Timothy 3:15-17
1 Thessalonians 2:13
2 Peter 1:21

Section 2: WE BELIEVE THERE IS ONLY ONE TRUE GOD revealed in three persons; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit eternally coexisting in perfect harmony and function.

Deuteronomy 6:4
Isaiah 43:10-11
2 Corinthians 13:14
1 Corinthians 8:4-6

GOD THE FATHER exists in unseen form as Father of Jesus Christ, Father of all believers and Father of all creation. All human fatherhood is derived from the Fatherhood of God. God as Father is the source of the believers’ spiritual life. He is concerned with the believers’ welfare and pours out His love upon them.

Exodus 4:22
Deuteronomy 32:5-6
Matthew 3:17,11:27
Romans 8:15
Ephesians 3:9,14-15

GOD THE SON is revealed as both the Son of God and the Son of Man through whom and for whom all things have been created; who came to earth by virgin birth; who was sinless as He lived among us in human frailty; who demonstrated His sonship by working many miracles, signs and wonders; who atoned for man’s sins by shedding His blood on the cross; who was resurrected on the third day; who was exalted to the right hand of the Father and whom now affects the threefold ministry of Prophet, Priest and King in reconciling mankind to God the Father.

Matthew 1:23, 14:33
2 Peter 1:17
Mark 2:10
Colossians 1:16
Acts 1:9, 2:22
1 Corinthians 5:3
Romans 5:11

GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT super intended all creation having brought order out of chaos from the beginning. He is the source of all true prophecy and is the voice of God in the earth today revealing truth to all mankind. The Holy Spirit is received as a gift at conversion whereupon He indwells, baptizes and seals the believer. The Holy Spirit also fills, guides, empowers and teaches believers all things.

Psalm 104:29-30
Genesis 1:2
2 Peter 1:21
John 14:16-17, 16:7-16
Acts 2:4,38
1 Corinthians 12:3-13
Ephesians 1:11-14, 5:18
Galatians 5:16
Romans 8:1-27
1 John 2:20

Section 3: WE BELIEVE SALVATION from spiritual death is available to all people through repentance towards God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, resulting in eternal life in Heaven.

Luke 24:47
John 3:3
Romans 10:13-15

Section 4: WE BELIEVE IN ETERNAL LIFE. There is a conscious existence after death. We believe that life after death is a destiny in either a literal heaven or hell. Believers upon death are ushered into God’s presence to await bodily resurrection as well as those who rejected Christ await the punishment of their sinfulness in hell.

2 Corinthians 5:6-9
John 5:28-29
Luke 12:5
Matthew 5:22, 16:18
2 Thessalonians 1:5-10

Section 5: WE BELIEVE IN WATER BAPTISM AND COMMUNION. God’s grace is imparted by practicing these ordinances. Water Baptism by immersion in water after repentance and receiving Christ’s gift of forgiveness of sins and Communion as a symbolic remembrance of Christ’s suffering and death for our salvation.

Matthew 28:19
1 Corinthians 11:26

Section 6: WE BELIEVE IN THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, which empowers believers for successful daily living, witnessing and effective ministry. This is accomplished particularly by making available the nine-fold gifts of the Spirit.

Acts 2:4, 19:6
1 Corinthians 12:4-10

Section 7: WE BELIEVE IN THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT. These gifts were an indispensable part of the early church’s life and ministry. They are alive and for today. God intends for these gifts to continue in operation until Christ’s return. Through them God manifests His grace, power and love both corporately and individually. Through them God confirms the ministry of His Word, meets human needs, and equips believers to wage spiritual warfare effectively against the forces of evil.

1 Corinthians 12:1-11, 14:1-25
Hebrews 2:4
1 Peter 4:10
Acts 10:44-46, 11:15-17

Section 8: WE BELIEVE IN THE LAYING ON OF HANDS for the empowering of the Holy Spirit, for healing, for impartations of gifts of the Spirit and for the purpose of ordaining those called to lead and serve the church.

Acts 8:17-18
1 Timothy 4:14
Hebrews 6:2
2 Timothy 1:6

Section 9: WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH, also known as the body of Christ. Each member of the body of Christ has a vital role, an equal opportunity and responsibility to promote unity and ministry one to the other.

John 17:20-23
1 Corinthians 12:12-26

Section 10: WE BELIEVE IN FIVE-FOLD LEADERSHIP that is divinely called and scripturally ordained that forms the eldership of the local and regional church. God calls. People acknowledge the call. The government of the church rests eternal in the Lordship of Jesus Christ. We believe the local church has the authority to ordain into the five-fold ministry as well as recognize leading men and women to serve as deacons. Our servant leaders strive to empower, encourage, equip, strategize and be available to the church.

Acts 20:28
Ephesians 4:11-13
Titus 1:5-9

Section 11: WE BELIEVE IN HEALING AND DELIVERANCE. They are provided for in Christ’s atonement and finished work on the cross. Salvation extends not just to the believer’s spirit but also to the soul and body.

Mark 16:17-18
1 Peter 2:24-25
Luke 4:18-19
Psalm 147:3
Luke 10:19

Section 12: WE BELIEVE JESUS IS RETURNING! His physical, personal and glorious return to earth, visible for all to see and triumphant in the power and glory of His righteous everlasting dominion is the present hope of all believers.

Daniel 7:14
Acts 1:11
Revelation 1:7

Section 13: WE BELIEVE IN THE EQUALITY OF ALL PEOPLE. We believe in the inherent value of all people and celebrate and honor God’s creativity demonstrated in the diverseness of all races and cultures. We support racial harmony and advocate healing of past ethnic sins.

1 Corinthians 12:13
Colossians 3:11
Daniel 7:14

Section 14: WE BELIEVE IN SERVANTHOOD. Jesus came to serve. As Christians we are to model unselfish living, after His example, in our service to others particularly to the poor, widows and orphans.

Luke 14:13
Romans 12:13
Matthew 20:28
James 1:27

Section 15: WE BELIEVE IN THE GOODNESS OF GOD. God does not bring tragedy or sickness as a form of discipline. Sickness, persecution and all manners of tragedy are empowered and authored by the power of darkness and not the Kingdom of God. God’s love is able to redeem all hardships and losses, causing them to work together for good to them that love God and are called according to His purpose.

Genesis 50:19-21
Romans 8:28-30

Section 16: WE BELIEVE IN THE SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE. We are created in the image of God and because of that human life is of inestimable worth from conception to death.

Genesis 1:27
Psalm 139:13-14

Section 17: WE BELIEVE IN MARRIAGE as the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant with each other and God and that it is a lifetime commitment.

Matthew 19:4-6
Genesis 2:21-24

Section 18: WE BELIEVE IN THE LIFELONG PURSUIT OF GOD. We believe that Christians are to actively pursue God and to love the Lord with all their heart, mind soul and strength and to love their neighbor as themselves as Jesus summed up the law, which He fulfilled.

Mark 12:28-30
Deuteronomy 30:6