Tenets of Faith

We Believe
The Scriptures Are Inspired.
The Bible is the inspired Word of God, a revelation from God to man, the infallible rule of faith and conduct, and is superior to conscience and reason, but not contrary to reason.
(2 Tim 3:15-17; 1 Peter 1:23-25; Heb 4:12)

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The One True Godhead.
The triune Godhead is comprised of three separate and distinct personalities, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, who are eternally self-existent, self-revealed and function as one entity. Jesus Christ, who is God manifested in the flesh, is the second member of the Godhead, co-equal and co-eternal with the Father and the Holy Spirit.

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Man, His Fall and Redemption.
Man was created good and upright, for God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness". But, man, by voluntary transgression, fell and his only hope of redemption is in Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
(Gen. 1:26-31, 3:1-7; Rom. 5:12-21)

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The Salvation of Man.
(a) Man's only hope of redemption is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ. On the cross Jesus Christ became sin and sickness providing both salvation and divine healing for all mankind (Psalm 103:3)
being justified freely by His Grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. For by grace we are saved through faith. "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart--that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, that if you confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved; for with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation". (Rom. 3:24; Eph. 2:8; Rom. 10:8-10)

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(b) The evidence of Salvation. The inward evidence to the believer of His salvation, is the direct witness of the Spirit (Rom. 8:16).
The outward evidence to all men is a life of righteousness and true holiness. "And this is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ and love one another, just as He commanded us". (John 3:23)

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(c) Faith and Works. Salvation is by faith in Jesus Christ and not by human works, however, our works will determine the rewards in eternity. (Rom. 10:1-9; II Cor. 5:10)

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Baptism in Water.
The ordinance of baptism by a burial with Christ should be observed as commanded in the scriptures by all who have really repented and in their hearts have truly believed on Christ as Savior and Lord. In so doing, they declare to the world that they have died with life.
(Matt. 28:19; Acts 10:47-48; Rom. 6:4)

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The Lord's Supper.
"And when He had given thanks, He broke it, and said, 'This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.' In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, 'This is the new covenant in my blood. do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.' Let a man examine himself, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup".
(I Cor. 11:24-25, 28)

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The Promise of the Father.
All believers are entitled to and should ardently expect and earnestly seek, the promise of the Father, the baptism in the Holy Spirit and Fire, according to the command of our Lord, Jesus Christ. This was the normal experience of all in the early Christian Church.
(Luke 24:29; Acts 10:38, 44-46; 11:14-16; 15:7-9)

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The Evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit.
The full consummation of the baptism of believers in the Holy Spirit is evidence by the initial physical sign of speaking in other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance, and by the subsequent manifestation of spiritual power in public testimony and service.
(Acts 2:4; 10:44-46; 19:2, 6:1-8)

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The Church.
The church is the Body of Christ, 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, which are written in heaven.
(Eph. 1:22; 2:19-22; Heb 12:23)

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Total Prosperity.
(a) Spiritual John 3:3, 11; II Cor. 5:17-21; Rom. 10:9-10
(b) Mental II Tim 1:7; Rom. 12:2; Isa. 26:3
(c) Physical Isa. 53:4-5; Matt. 8:17; I Peter 2:24
(d) Financial III John 1:2; Mal. 3:10-11; Luke 6:38; II Cor 9:6-10; Deut. 28:1-14
(e) Social Proverbs 3:4

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Women in Ministry.
There is no scriptural prohibition concerning women ministering in the church
(Acts 18:24-26; 21:8-9).
Women are part of the One Body of Christ is neither male or female with gifts differing according to the grace that is in them.
(Gal. 3:28; Rom. 12:4-6)

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Blessed Hope.
Jesus is coming again to gather all His saints to heaven.
(Cor. 15:51-52; I Thess. 4:16-17; II Thess. 2:1)

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The Lake of Fire.
Those who have not accepted the redemptive work of Jesus Christ will suffer eternal separation from the Godhead. The devil and his angels, the beast and the false prophet, and anyone whose name was not found in the book of life, shall be consigned to everlasting punishment in the lake of fire which burns with brimstone. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
(Rev. 19:20; 20:10-15)

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The Millennial Reign of Jesus. The return of our Lord, Jesus Christ with His saints from heaven to rule and reign for one thousand years on earth as the scriptures promised.
(Rom. 11:25, 27; II Thess. 1:7; Rev. 19:11-16; 20:1-7)
After this, there shall be a new heaven and a new earth. (Rev. 21)