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STATEMENT OF FAITH
As a
church, we believe that:
1. The
Bible is the inspired and inerrant Word of God,
the only infallible rule of faith and
practice.
2. There
is one God, eternal and self-existing in three persons
(Father, Son and Holy Spirit) who are to be equally
loved, honored, and adored.
3. All
mankind participated in Adam's fall from his original
sinless state and is thus lost in sin and totally
helpless.
4. The
Sovereign God, for no other reason than His own
unfathomable love and mercy, has chosen lost sinners
from every nation to be redeemed by the quickening
power of the Holy Spirit and through the atoning
death and resurrection of His son, Jesus Christ.
5. Those
sinners whom the Spirit quickens come to believe
in Christ as Savior by the Word of God, are born
again, become sons of God and will persevere to
the end.
6. Justification
is by faith and through it, the undeserving sinner
is clothed with the righteousness of Christ.
7. The
goal of God's salvation in the life of the Christian
is holiness, good works and service for the glory
of God.
8. At
death, the Christian's soul passes immediately into
the presence of God and the unbeliever's soul is
eternally separated from God unto condemnation.
9. Jesus
Christ will return to earth, visibly and bodily,
at a time when He is not expected, to consummate
history and the eternal plan of God.
10. The
Gospel of God's salvation in Jesus Christ must be
published to all the world as a witness before Jesus
Christ returns.
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