Beliefs

When you forever open the door of your heart to Jesus Christ who died for YOU and lives for you. Jesus, in you, literally changes you into a new person from the inside out.

The books which form the canon of the Old and New Testaments as originally given are God inspired and free from all error. These books constitute the written word of God, the only infallible rule of faith and practice.

Salvation consists of the remission of sins, the impartation of the righteousness of Jesus Christ, the gift of eternal life, and all of the Biblical blessings that salvation implies. These are a free gift of God, and received by grace through faith alone, apart from human works of merit. Even the ability to believe (faith) is a gift of God. This faith enables men and women to fulfill their responsibility to repent and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. We are then to publicly proclaim our identity with Christ by immersion in water baptism.

The Kingdom of God is the all-encompassing rule and reign of Christ. It is a present reality and a future hope, aggressively advancing the purposes of God through the agency of the church.

Humans were created to exist forever. We will either exist eternally separated from God by sin or in union with God through forgiveness and salvation. To be eternally separated from God is Hell. To be eternally in union with Him is eternal life. Heaven and Hell are places of eternal existence.

To live the life you were meant to live with the help & power of the Holy Spirit.

God sovereignly created the world out of nothing. God created humans in His own image, in a state of original righteousness, from which we subsequently fell into voluntary rebellion, and as a consequence are guilty of sin. We are inherently corrupt, depraved, in bondage to the sinful nature, and subject to divine wrath without the regenerate power of Christ that comes with repentance and the living presence of Christ in one’s life.

The Lord Jesus Christ baptizes regenerated believers in the Holy Spirit. The baptism of the Holy Spirit is an empowering work of the Spirit which is distinct from the regenerating work of the Spirit. All regenerated believers are candidates for the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. All gifts of the Spirit listed in scripture continue to be expressed in the church today and are subject to the order prescribed by Scripture.

You are made in the spiritual image of God to be like Him in character. You are the supreme object of God’s creation and love. Although you have tremendous potential for good, you are marred by an attitude of disobedience towards God called “sin.” This attitude separates you from God until the relationship is restored through a personal commitment to Jesus Christ.

A person who has experienced salvation is united with Christ in His death and resurrection. At the moment of salvation, the believer is justified, or made right with God, and is adopted into God’s family, and the process of sanctification begins. Sanctification is the cooperative process between God and the new believer whereby the believer progressively overcomes sin and becomes more like Christ. The believer’s life begins to change as God works in him/her and as he continues to submit to Him. The Christian life is marked by obedience to the Lord and a desire to live life the way the Bible teaches. The believer should seek to bear the fruit of the Spirit as listed in Galatians 5:22-23, and demonstrate faith through good works according to the gifts, talents, and abilities the Lord has provided.