TENETS OF FAITH
We Believe
THAT GOD IS CREATOR AND SUSTAINER’ OF ALL EXISTENCE. (GENESIS 1:1; JOB CHAPTERS 38-41)
We Believe
THAT THE BIBLE IS THE INSPIRED (“GOD-BREATHED”), INERRANT, INFALLIBLE WORD OF GOD, AND IS AUTHORITATIVE TRUTH FOR AUTHENTIC CHRISTIAN LIVING. (II TIMOTHY 3:16; PSALM 119:105)
We Believe
THAT MAN WAS CREATED PERFECT AND WITH A FREE WILL; BUT FELL AS A RESULT OF HIS OWN CHOICE TO SIN AGAINST GOD. (GENESIS 1:31; 2:15-17; 3:6)
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THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE SAVIOUR AND MESSIAH PROVIDED BY GOD AS A REMEDY FOR MAN’S SIN. (JOHN 3:16; ACTS 2:36)
We Believe
THAT JESUS IS THE “ETERNAL WORD” OF GOD, AND THEREFORE GOD INCARNATE. (JOHN 1:1, 14)
We Believe
THAT SALVATION IS GIVEN TO THOSE WHO WHOLEHEARTEDLY RECEIVE JESUS AS LORD. (JOHN 1:12; ROMANS 10:9-10)
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THAT GOD EXISTS IN THREE PERSONS (GOD THE FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT) YET ONE DIVINE ESSENCE; THUS DISPLAYING A “HOLY TRINITY”. (MATTHEW 3:16-17; 28:19)
We Believe
THAT JESUS CHRIST WAS CRUCIFIED, DIED, BURIED, AND ROSE THE “THIRD DAY”. (1 CORINTHIANS 15:3-4)
We Believe
THAT MEMBERSHIP AND INVOLVEMENT (SPIRITUALLY/PHYSICALLY/FINANCIALLY) IN A LOCAL CHURCH IS IMPERATIVE, AND CONDUCIVE TO SPIRITUAL GROWTH BOTH COLLECTIVELY AND INDIVIDUALLY. (ACTS 2:42-47; II CORINTHIANS 9:6-16; HEBREWS 10:24-25)
We Believe
THAT THE BLESSED HOPE OF THE CHURCH IS THE RETURN OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST AS OUR KING WHO WILL REIGN ETERNALLY. (I THESSALONIANS 4:16-18)