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We believe in one true God, who exists from all eternity to all eternity, who created man, male and female, in His image. Man, in disobedience to God, fell into sin.
We believe that God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, who is also true God, into the world, born of the Virgin Mary as true man, to die on the cross to redeem mankind from sin and death. It is only in accepting what Jesus has done on the cross in shedding His blood that we have salvation.
We believe that Jesus died, was buried and rose the third day, appeared to various groups of people and after forty days ascended to heaven according to the scriptures.
We believe God has sent his Holy Spirit, who is one with the Father and the Son, to convict the world of sin, righteousness and judgment, to guide us all into truth, and to give us power.
We believe that God is building His church which is made up of all born-again believers in Jesus Christ and that He will come again to receive us unto Himself and that we will spend eternity with Him.
We believe that those who refuse to accept Jesus as Savior will spend eternity apart from God in hell-fire with the devil and his angels.
We believe that God desires all believers to experience the Baptism in the Holy Spirit by which we are gifted to speak in tongues, prophesy, heal, work miracles and cast out demons, along with other gifts.
We believe the Bible to be the Word of God, inspired by the Holy Spirit and the final authority for the believer in regards to faith, teaching and conduct.
We believe that as God’s children, we are called to spread the gospel to the whole world, be “salt and light” in the world around us, and as always be eagerly looking forward to, and ready for, the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We believe that the church, as God’s children, is to be actively involved in spreading the gospel by initiating and maintaining foreign missions programs and by local mission programs such as planting new churches, promoting local Christian evangelistic efforts, and meeting the needs of the community through counseling and benevolent outreaches.
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