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WE BELIEVE in one God who is eternally existent in three persons--Father, Son
and Holy Spirit--and that He created everything out of nothing for His own
purpose and pleasure.
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WE BELIEVE in the existence and personality of Satan, his complete opposition to
God and his power over the unregenerate.
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WE BELIEVE that the 66 books that comprise the Bible are the plenary, verbally
inspired Word of God, inerrant and infallible in the original manuscripts, and
the guide and final authority in matters of faith and day to day life,
interpreted by the Holy Spirit to each individual believer.
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WE BELIEVE that man was created perfectly in the image of God, and when he
sinned, mankind incurred both physical and spiritual death; thus man became
eternally separated from God and is incapable of providing redemption for
himself.
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WE BELIEVE that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man
without ceasing to be God, having been conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of
a virgin.
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WE BELIEVE that the Lord Jesus Christ lived a perfect and sinless life that
fully pleased His Father; that He gave Himself of His own free will to be the
sacrifice for the redemption of man and that He bore the judgment required by
God's holy justice against sin, thus making it possible for God to remain just
and yet at the same time to justify those who believe in His Son Jesus Christ.
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WE BELIEVE that the Lord Jesus Christ rose bodily from the dead, never to die
again, and ascended to the right hand of the Father where, as high priest of His
church, He mediates between God and man for those who are repentant believers.
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WE BELIEVE that those who by faith alone and through no merit of their own
receive the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior are miraculously born again of the Holy
Spirit and become children of God and partakers of His divine nature and eternal
life.
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WE BELIEVE that the Holy Spirit baptizes all true believers into the one true
Church, His Body; that He indwells believers, bestows spiritual gifts upon them,
and empowers them for service and holy living.
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WE BELIEVE the Baptism in the Holy Spirit is an experience Following
Salvation.
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WE BELIEVE one Evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit is
‘Speaking in Tongues,’ as experienced on the Day of Pentecost and referenced
throughout Acts and the Epistles.
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WE BELIEVE that by His Word and power God has given us everything pertaining to
life and godliness, including not only salvation from the penalty of sin but
instruction in righteousness for present sanctification and victorious living to
the glory of God.
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WE BELIEVE Divine Healing of the sick is still occurring today and the sick
in the Church should be prayed for.
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WE BELIEVE that two ordinances, neither of which is essential to salvation, are
to be observed by all believers in obedience to our Lord until His return:
baptism and the Lord's Supper.
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WE BELIEVE that at death the souls of the redeemed pass immediately into
Christ's presence, to remain there until the resurrection of the body at
Christ's return for His bride. We also believe that at death the souls of the
lost go to Hell, where they will remain until they are brought before Christ at
the Great White Throne final judgment to be judged according to their works and
cast into the Lake of Fire, there to remain eternally.
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WE BELIEVE that our Lord Jesus Christ will one day return for His church to
gather them as He promised.
