What We Believe
1. The Bible: We believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God. It tells us of God’s covenant (contract) with mankind. All doctrine and correction within the church are established and carried out by the Bible. 2 Timothy 3:16, I Thessalonians 2:13
2. Love: We believe that love is the most important attribute of the Christian faith. We love those who oppose us as well as one another. Love is the character of God, and is more important than any gift, sign, or miracle in the Christian life. 1 Corinthians 13, 1 John 4:7-12, Mark 12:28-31
3. Salvation: We believe that you receive eternal life by believing that Jesus Christ died, shed His blood on your behalf, and rose again from the dead. You affirm your faith in this fact by praying to our Father God in Jesus’ name, and pledging to serve Jesus Christ as Lord and King of your life. God’s salvation extends to all the human race regardless of skin color or nationality. John 3:16, Romans 10:8-10, Eph 2:8
4. Faith Is Expressed with Action: We believe that proclaimed faith in Christ without a corresponding, Christian lifestyle is futile and self-deceptive. True faith in Christ must be professed in word and demonstrated in act. When you are born again you immediately begin to put off the old life and put on the new day by day. James 2:14-26, Matthew 7:13-27, Romans 12:2; 6:1-23, Eph 5:1-16, 2 Peter 1:4-10
5. Water Baptism: We believe in water baptism by immersion. Water baptism is an outward expression of the inward work that took place in your heart when you were born again. Being buried in water symbolizes your dying to your old life and coming up out of the water symbolizes being born again to live a new Christian life. Matthew 3:13-17, Acts 2:38; 8:35-38
6. Holy Spirit Baptism: We believe that Baptism in the Holy Spirit is for every Christian today. Christians were baptized in water and the Holy Spirit in the Bible. If water baptism is still for today, then Holy Spirit baptism is still for today. Those filled with the Holy Spirit in the Bible spoke with other tongues. A person who is baptized with the Holy Spirit today will speak with other tongues. This experience is received subsequent to salvation. Matthew 3:11, Acts 1:4-8; 2:1-18
7. The Gifts of the Holy Spirit: We believe that the gifts of the Spirit are supernatural endowments of God to bring blessing and revelation to the church. These gifts are accompanied with miracles, signs, and wonders. Each Spirit-filled believer can experience these gifts in their life. 1 Corinthians 12:1-11
8. Divine Healing: We believe that God provided divine healing and health in the atoning work of Christ. Sickness is not from God but it came into the earth through man’s disobedience to God. Satan is the author of all sickness and death. Jesus came to free the human race from sickness and give us eternal life. Laying on of hands, anointing with oil, and the gifts of the Spirit are ways divine healing is administered in the church. Is. 53:4-5, Matt. 8:16-17, 1 Peter 2:24, Acts 10:38, Luke 13:10-16, Gen. 3:1-24
9. The Confession of God’s Word: We believe that the confession of God’s Word is an integral part of Christianity. The confession of God’s Word is not to make God do anything for you. All things of God already belong to the Christian, but you must obtain them by faith. The purpose of confession is to get you in faith and keep you in faith until the manifestation comes. Confession is for your benefit not God's. Matthew 21:21, Mark 11:23; 5:25-34, Hebrew 11:3, Romans 10:17, 2 Corinthians 1:20
10. The Trinity of the Godhead: We believe that God is one but manifested in three persons. The Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit, with all being co-equal. Matthew 3:16-17, John 14:7-11, Philippians 2:6, Revelation 5:1-14
11. The Return of Jesus Christ for the Saints: We believe that Jesus will return for His Glorious Church and find it without spot or wrinkle. Eph. 5:27
12. Forgiveness of Sin for Christians: We believe as this verse says, Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. 2 Cor. 5:17-19
13. Equipping the Saints: We believe in the full operation within the Corporate Church of the five ministry gifts God gave men to equip the saints as listed in Ephesians 4:11-13.
2. Love: We believe that love is the most important attribute of the Christian faith. We love those who oppose us as well as one another. Love is the character of God, and is more important than any gift, sign, or miracle in the Christian life. 1 Corinthians 13, 1 John 4:7-12, Mark 12:28-31
3. Salvation: We believe that you receive eternal life by believing that Jesus Christ died, shed His blood on your behalf, and rose again from the dead. You affirm your faith in this fact by praying to our Father God in Jesus’ name, and pledging to serve Jesus Christ as Lord and King of your life. God’s salvation extends to all the human race regardless of skin color or nationality. John 3:16, Romans 10:8-10, Eph 2:8
4. Faith Is Expressed with Action: We believe that proclaimed faith in Christ without a corresponding, Christian lifestyle is futile and self-deceptive. True faith in Christ must be professed in word and demonstrated in act. When you are born again you immediately begin to put off the old life and put on the new day by day. James 2:14-26, Matthew 7:13-27, Romans 12:2; 6:1-23, Eph 5:1-16, 2 Peter 1:4-10
5. Water Baptism: We believe in water baptism by immersion. Water baptism is an outward expression of the inward work that took place in your heart when you were born again. Being buried in water symbolizes your dying to your old life and coming up out of the water symbolizes being born again to live a new Christian life. Matthew 3:13-17, Acts 2:38; 8:35-38
6. Holy Spirit Baptism: We believe that Baptism in the Holy Spirit is for every Christian today. Christians were baptized in water and the Holy Spirit in the Bible. If water baptism is still for today, then Holy Spirit baptism is still for today. Those filled with the Holy Spirit in the Bible spoke with other tongues. A person who is baptized with the Holy Spirit today will speak with other tongues. This experience is received subsequent to salvation. Matthew 3:11, Acts 1:4-8; 2:1-18
7. The Gifts of the Holy Spirit: We believe that the gifts of the Spirit are supernatural endowments of God to bring blessing and revelation to the church. These gifts are accompanied with miracles, signs, and wonders. Each Spirit-filled believer can experience these gifts in their life. 1 Corinthians 12:1-11
8. Divine Healing: We believe that God provided divine healing and health in the atoning work of Christ. Sickness is not from God but it came into the earth through man’s disobedience to God. Satan is the author of all sickness and death. Jesus came to free the human race from sickness and give us eternal life. Laying on of hands, anointing with oil, and the gifts of the Spirit are ways divine healing is administered in the church. Is. 53:4-5, Matt. 8:16-17, 1 Peter 2:24, Acts 10:38, Luke 13:10-16, Gen. 3:1-24
9. The Confession of God’s Word: We believe that the confession of God’s Word is an integral part of Christianity. The confession of God’s Word is not to make God do anything for you. All things of God already belong to the Christian, but you must obtain them by faith. The purpose of confession is to get you in faith and keep you in faith until the manifestation comes. Confession is for your benefit not God's. Matthew 21:21, Mark 11:23; 5:25-34, Hebrew 11:3, Romans 10:17, 2 Corinthians 1:20
10. The Trinity of the Godhead: We believe that God is one but manifested in three persons. The Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit, with all being co-equal. Matthew 3:16-17, John 14:7-11, Philippians 2:6, Revelation 5:1-14
11. The Return of Jesus Christ for the Saints: We believe that Jesus will return for His Glorious Church and find it without spot or wrinkle. Eph. 5:27
12. Forgiveness of Sin for Christians: We believe as this verse says, Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. 2 Cor. 5:17-19
13. Equipping the Saints: We believe in the full operation within the Corporate Church of the five ministry gifts God gave men to equip the saints as listed in Ephesians 4:11-13.