What We Believe

The whole Bible is Divinely inspired by God. It is infallible, inerrant and incorruptible.  The Word of God is personal, alive and is the Christian’s rule of faith and practice.  The Bible contains God’s will towards mankind and is revealed to man by the Holy Spirit.  His Word is our all-sufficient and everlasting guide for our faith and practice.  (2 Timothy 3:16-17; Hebrews 4:12; John 16:13; 1 Peter 1: 23-25)

There is one God, the Creator of heaven and earth. He exists eternally in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  He is love, as He clearly demonstrated in the person and sacrifice of His son, Jesus Christ. (Genesis 1:1; 1 John 4:8; Hebrews 1:3; John 3:16; 1 John 5: 7-8)

Jesus is the only begotten Son of God, conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin. He was both fully God and fully man.  He walked our earth, manifesting the nature of God and the will of God for all of mankind by word and deed. By the plan of God from before the foundation of the earth, He suffered at the hands of men, was crucified, died and was buried as a sacrifice for all sin for all time for whosoever receives Him.  He defeated death and sin, was raised from the dead as the firstborn of many sons and ascended into heaven. He was seated at the right hand of God, where He ever lives to make intercession for those who have chosen Him. (Romans 8:29; Colossians 1:18; Luke 1:32-33; Hebrews 1:2-3; Acts 2:22-36; Hebrews 2:14-17; Revelation 1:8; Ephesians 1:20-23; Hebrews 2:10)

The Holy Spirit is the third person of the trinity; He was given, as Jesus prophesied and as was promised by the Father, on the Day of Pentecost to be our Helper while we are in the earth. He is One with the Father and the Son. The Holy Spirit is not only active in the world today convicting of sin, righteousness and judgment, but also is active in the life of every believer who receives Him, empowering them to do the miracle works of Jesus. We believe in the baptism in the Holy Spirit, with the evidence of speaking in tongues, as demonstrated in the believers of the original New Testament church. (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4-5; Acts 2:1-8; Luke 11:13)

God created man in His own image and placed him on the earth to have dominion over the works of His hands, as he walks in fellowship with and in obedience to Him. God’s original intention in creating mankind was that He could have a family. But man, by voluntary transgression, sinned against God thereby forfeiting his position and fellowship with God.  God devised a plan whereby His innocent Son, Jesus Christ, could come to earth and take upon Himself the transgression of man and all its consequences, making the way for the Father to be reunited with His family. (Genesis 1:26-27; Genesis 3:1-7; Genesis 3:15-16)

Man’s only hope of redemption and restoration to God is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ at the cross of Calvary. This redemption is for both this present life as well as the life that is to come, heaven as our eternal home with God. It is offered to every man, woman, and child. The choice to receive this redemption is one that each person has to make for himself. Salvation is received by faith in Jesus Christ and Him alone, not by any human works or goodness. (Colossians 1:14; 1 Timothy 4:8; Romans 10:9)

The redemptive work of Jesus Christ includes Divine provision for physical, mental, emotional and spiritual healing of every believer.  Every part of man that was affected by the fall of man is more than restored in full by this great salvation found in Jesus Christ. (Romans 1:16-17; Galatians 3:13-14; Matthew 8:17; 1 Peter 2:24; 3 John 2)

We believe in the fruit the Holy Spirit brings as well as in all the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Men have changed. Tradition has changed. But God has never changed. It was and still is His plan for every believer to be equipped with these essential, supernatural endowments of the Holy Spirit for successful Christian living. We believe in the Baptism in the Holy Spirit as described in the scripture, the Spirit coming upon the believer in a distinctly separate experience from the new birth when He comes to dwell in the believer at the time of salvation. (Galatians 5:22-23; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; John 16:8-11; Luke 3:16; Acts 2: 28, 10: 44-46, 11:14-16)

The church is the body of Christ on the earth, the habitation of God through the Spirit, with divine appointments for the fulfillment of her great commission. Each believer, born of the Spirit, is an integral part of the general assembly and church of the first born, whose names are written in heaven. (Ephesians 1:22-23; 2:19-22; Hebrews 12: 23)

Water baptism holds a significant purpose in salvation yet is not mandatory for eternal life and fellowship with God. It is an outward sign of an inward change of heart. This change happens when one receives Jesus as Lord and Savior and it is what is called the New Birth. Water baptism, signifying burial with Christ and resurrection to a new life, should be observed as commanded in Holy Scriptures by all who have repented of sin and, in their hearts, have truly believed in Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord. (Acts 8:35-39; Romans 6:3-4)

Jesus Christ is coming again to gather His Saints to ever be with Him. At this time, the resurrection of those who have fallen asleep in Christ and their ascension together with those who are alive and remain is the imminent and blessed hope of the church. (1 Corinthians 15:51-52; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; Titus 2:13)

Every Christian should participate in Holy Communion as often as they would, privately and corporately, which consists of the partaking of the elements of bread and wine signifying our identification with the broken body and shed blood of Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 11:23-32; Acts 46-47)

The Word of God on marriage is the basis for our faith and practice.  God created marriage.  It is a covenant made between a man and a woman that makes them one.  The marriage covenant requires the married parties to be faithful, loving, helpful to each other as long as they both shall live.  This Ministry observes the wedding ceremony as holy and unto God. (Genesis 2:24; Prov. 31:10-31; Mal. 2:14-16; Matt. 19:3-9; Eph. 5:22-33; 6:1-4; 1 Thess. 2:7, 11; 1 Tim. 3:1-12; 5:4; 1 Pet. 3:1-7)