Our Shared Beliefs

FAITH STATEMENT

1. We believe that there is one God (Deut. 6:4), Creator of all things (Rev. 4:11), who is infinitely perfect (Matt. 5:48), existing eternally in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Matt. 28:19).

2. We believe that Jesus Christ is the true God and true man (Phil. 2:6–11). He was sent by the Father (John 20:21), conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin, Mary (Luke 1:34–38). He died on the cross, the Just for the unjust (1 Pet. 3:18), as a substitutionary sacrifice (Heb. 2:9), and all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood (Rom. 5:9). He rose from the dead according to the Scriptures (1 Cor. 15:3–4). He is now at the right hand of the Majesty on high as our great High Priest (Heb. 8:1). He will come again to establish His Kingdom of righteousness and peace (Isa. 9:6–7).

3. We believe that the Holy Spirit is a divine person (John 14:16–18), sent to indwell, guide, teach, gift, empower, and bear His fruit in every believer (John 16:13; 1 Cor. 12:4, 11; Acts 1:8; Gal. 5:22–23). He convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment (John 16:7–11).

4.  We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, ultimately authoritative Word of God.  (2 Pet. 1:20–21; 2 Tim. 3:15–17).

5. We believe that Man was originally created in the image and likeness of God, innocent and pure, but that the first of these fell through the sin of disobedience to God so all people and all creation since then have been separated from the living God. Therefore, all people are corrupt in body, soul and spirit by nature and are in need of reconciliation with God. (Genesis 1:27, Romans 3:23, 1 Corinthians 15:20–23, Revelation 21:8, Revelation 21:1–4)

6. We believe that salvation has been provided through Jesus Christ for all people (1 John 2:2). Those who repent and believe in Him are justified by grace through faith (Rom. 3:21–24), born again of the Holy Spirit (Titus 3:4–7), delivered from the dominion of darkness, transferred into the Kingdom of God’s Son (Col. 1:13), granted the gift of eternal life, and adopted as the children of God (Rom. 8:14–16; John 1:12). All who place their complete trust in Jesus Christ are saved from their fallen condition by God’s grace alone, apart from works or merit (Ephesians 2:8-9).

7. We believe that it is the will of God that each believer should be filled with the Holy Spirit and be sanctified wholly, being separated from sin and the world and fully dedicated to the will of God, thereby receiving power for holy living and effective service. (Thessalonians 5:23, Acts 1:8, Romans 6:1–14)

8. We believe that the Church consists of all those who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, are redeemed through His blood, and are born again of the Holy Spirit. Christ is the Head of the Body, the Church, which has been commissioned by Him to go into all the world as a witness, preaching the gospel to all nations.

The local church is a body of believers in Christ who are joined together for the worship of God, for edification through the Word of God, for prayer, fellowship, the proclamation of the gospel, and observance of the ordinances of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.29 (27Ephesians 1:22–23, 28Matthew 28:19–20, 29Acts 2:41–47)

9. We believe that all believers of Jesus Christ must be discipled and make disciples as the Lord Jesus Christ commanded and baptizing the new believers in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and to teach them everything what Jesus taught until the end of time. (Matthew 28:18-20)

10. We believe to the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ is approaching and will be personal and visible. This is the hope of every believer and is a vital truth which is an encouragement to holy living and faithful service. (Hebrews 10:37, Luke 21:27, Titus 2:11–14)