What We Believe

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The Bible to be the inspired and only infallible and authoritative Word of God
II Tim. 3:15-17; I Thess. 2:13

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That there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit
John 1:1-3; I John 5:7

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In the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His bodily resurrection, and in His ascension to the right hand of the Father
Matt. 1:23; Heb. 7:26; I Cor. 15:3; Matt. 28:6; Acts 2:33

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That the only means of being cleansed from sin is through repentance and faith in the precious blood of Christ
John 3:3; Eph. 2:8

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That the regeneration is by the Holy Spirit, and not by man’s own righteousness and is absolutely essential for personal salvation
Titus 3:5

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In living a daily, sanctified, and set-apart life for Jesus Christ and abstaining from all appearances of evil
Rom. 12:1-2; I Thess. 5:23

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That the Baptism in the Holy Spirit according to Acts 2:4 is given to believers who desire to receive it
Acts 1:4; Acts 8:12-17

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That the Baptism in the Holy Spirit is witnessed by the initial physical sign of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit of God gives the utterance
Acts 2:4; Acts 19:6

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The mission of the church is to seek and to save the lost, to worship God in all that we do and build a body of believers in the image of His Son Jesus
Eph. 4:11-16; Mark 16:15-20; John 4:23-24

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That a divinely called and scripturally ordained ministry has been provided by our Lord for the purpose of perfecting the saints (the body) for the work of the ministry
Eph. 4:11-16

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That divine healing was provided for in the atonement
Isa. 53:4-5; I Peter 2:24

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In the catching away or the rapture of the church to escape the tribulation, along with the resurrection of the dead in Christ and their translation together with those who are alive and remain
I Thess. 4:16-17; I Cor. 15:51-52

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In Christ’s personal, premillennial second coming with His saints to this earth to set up His kingdom and rule over the nations
Rev. 1:7; Matt. 24:27, 30

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There will be a final judgment in which the wicked dead will be raised and judged according to their works
Matt. 25:46; Rev. 19:20