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We believe :
• That the Bible is the verbally inspired, inerrant
Word of God. It is the complete revelation of His
will for salvation and the only unfailing rule of
faith and practice for the Christian life. II
Timothy 3:16; II Peter 1:20-21; Matthew 5:18; John
16:12-13
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In one God, Creator of all things, eternally existing
in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and
that these three are co-eternal and of equal dignity
and power. Deuteronomy 6:4;
Matthew 28:19; John 1:1-2; II Corinthians 13:14; Philippians
2:6
• In the deity of Jesus Christ; His miraculous
conception by the Holy Spirit; His virgin birth; His
sinless life; His substitutionary death on a cross;
His bodily resurrection; His ascension to the right
hand of the Father; and His personal, imminent return.
John 1:1; Matthew 1:20-23; II
Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 1:3, 10:12; John 16: 7-11;
Matthew 19:28, 25:31; II Timothy 2:8
• That man was created by and for God; that
by man's disobeying God, every person incurred spiritual
death, which is separation from God, and physical
death as a consequence; and that all people are sinners
by nature and practice. Genesis
1:26-27; Romans 5:12, 3:23; I John 1:8; Ephesians
2:3
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The Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins and that all
who believe in Him are declared righteous because
of His sacrificial death and are, therefore, in right
relationship with God. Ephesians
1:7, 2:1-10; John 1:12
• In the present ministry of the Holy Spirit
indwelling all believers and thus enabling and empowering
the life and ministry of the believer. John
16:7-15; I Corinthians 12:13; II Corinthians 1:22;
Ephesians 1:13
• In the bodily resurrection of everyone who
has lived, the everlasting blessedness of those in
right relationship with God, and the everlasting punishment
of those who have rejected God's forgiveness in His
Son. Revelation 20; Acts 24:25;
John 5:28-29; Luke 16:31; II Corinthians 5:1; I Thessalonians
4:14-17; I John 3:2
• That the universal church is composed of all
true believers in Christ Jesus who are united in Him
and to one another by the indwelling Holy Spirit.
The chief functions of the church are to worship God
and witness for the Lord Jesus Christ until He returns.
The local church is composed of a group of believers
in a specific locality who gather in Jesus’
name for the breaking of bread, prayers, fellowship
and teaching. Entry is by confession of Christ and
baptism.
Acts 15:4; Ephesians 5:23; Matthew
16:18; Acts 2:41
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