Doctrinal Statement
There is one God, who is infinitely perfect,
existing eternally in three persons: Father, Son and Holy
Spirit.
Jesus Christ is true God and man. He was
conceived by the Holy Spirit and born to the Virgin Mary. He lived His life
without sin. He died upon the cross, the Just for the unjust, as a
substitutionary sacrifice, and all who believe in Him are justified on the
ground of His shed blood. He arose from the dead according to the scriptures. He
is now at the right hand of the Father on high as our great High
Priest.
The Holy Spirit is a divine person, sent
to indwell, guide, teach, empower the believer, and convince the world of sin,
of righteousness and of judgment.
The Old and New
Testaments are God's inspired Word and are a complete revelation of
His will for the salvation of men. They constitute the divine and only rule of
Christian Faith and practice.
Man was originally
created in the image and likeness of God; he fell through disobedience,
incurring thereby both physical and spiritual death. All men are born with a
sinful nature, are separated from the life of God, and can be saved only through
the atoning work of the Lord Jesus
Christ.
Salvation has been provided through Jesus
Christ for all men; and those who repent and believe in Him are born again of
the Holy Spirit, receive the gift of eternal life, and become the children of
God.
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 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.
There
shall be a bodily resurrection of the just and of the
unjust; for the former, a resurrection unto life; for the latter, a resurrection
unto judgment.
The second coming of the Lord
Jesus Christ is imminent and will be personal, and visible. This is the
believer's blessed hope and is a vital truth which is an incentive to holy
living and faithful service.
