Statement of Faith

   We believe the Bible to be given by inspiration of the Holy Spirit, infallible, and God's revealed word to man. The Word of God is our final authority and source of life-guidance, calling us to a faith-filled, obedient, godly life-style.

Deuteronomy 4:2; Ps. 19:7; Proverbs 30:6; Matthew 5:18; Romans 7:12; 2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21; Hebrews 4:12; James 1:22-25; Revelation 22:18-19

   We believe that Scripture teaches that there is only one true and living God who has chosen to reveal Himself as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 43:10-11; Matthew 28:19; Luke 3:22

   We believe that man is a sinful being in need of redemption.

Genesis 1:26-31, 3:1-7; Psalm 51:5; Ecclesiastes 7:29; John 6:44; Romans 5:12-21; 1 Corinthians 2:14

   We believe in the virgin birth of Jesus Christ, that He is the Son of God and the son of man, that He came to save man from condemnation of sin by offering His blood as an atonement and making it available to all who exercise faith in Him.

Matthew 1:23; Luke 1:31, 35; John 3:16; 1 Corinthians 15:3; 2 Corinthians 5:21

   We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.

Luke 7:50, 24:47; Romans 10:13-15; 1 Corinthians 1:18; 2 Corinthians 2:15; Ephesians 2:8, 9; 2 Timothy 1:9; Titus 2:11, 3:5-7

   We believe that the Scriptures ascribe to the Holy Spirit the acts and attributes of an intelligent being, and that the works of God such as creation, inspiration, giving of life, and sanctification are also ascribed to the Holy Spirit.

Genesis 1:2; Job 33:4; Mark 3:29; John 16:8, 13; Acts 7:51, 10:19, 13:2, 13:4, 16:6; 1 Corinthians 2:11, 6:11, 12; Ephesians 4:30; 1 Peter 3:18; 2 Peter 1:21

   We believe in the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a holy life.

Romans 8:5; Philippians 2:12, 13; 1 Thessalonians 4:3; 1 John 2:29

   We believe that the baptism in the Holy Spirit is given to believers who ask for it and is normally accompanied by the initial physical evidence of "Speaking in Tongues".

Joel 2:28; Acts 2:4

   We believe in the bodily resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved to everlasting life and the lost without Christ to everlasting damnation.

Matthew 24:31-46; Acts 24:15; Revelation 22:11

   We believe in the personal, imminent return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Acts 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

   We believe that the redemptive work of Christ on the Cross provides healing for the human body in answer to believing prayer.

Isaiah 53:4, 5; James 5:14, 15; 1 Peter 2:24

   We believe in commitment to Sound Doctrine. We are firmly committed to the teaching of sound doctrine and reject the extremes often found and taught in many churches and organizations. It is our desire to always live in the spirit of the maxim--In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity. We believe this can be done without compromising our commitment to the teaching of sound doctrine.

Romans 6:17; 1 Timothy 6:3-6; 2 Timothy 1:13; Titus 1:913-14, 2:1

   We believe in Worship as priority. The worship of God must be primary in our lives and ministry, pursued with biblically motivated zeal and offered in reverence with humility, childlikeness and joyfulness.

Psalms 5:7-8, 11-12; 22:3; 34:1-3; 100:4; Romans 12:1; Hebrews 13:15

   We believe that God's Love brings wholeness. A Holy Spirit-begotten climate of God's love is that atmosphere which most readily begets living hope, fosters true health and produces practical holiness, as Jesus' Cross points us to a path of discipleship and a life free of condemnation, at rest in God's grace.

Exodus 15:25-26; 23:25 Psalms 34:19, 103:2-3; Isaiah 53:3; Malachi 4:2; Romans 8:1-2; Ephesians 2:14; 2 Timothy 1:7; James 5:13-16

   We believe in commitment to the Family. The biblically modeled family is God's foundational social and governmental unit and is to be nourished, served and preserved as such. Fundamental to this value is the sanctity of marriage, biblical sexuality and human life.

Genesis 2:24; Psalm 139; Matthew 19:4-5; Mark 10:6-9; Romans 1:18-32; 1 Corinthians 7:2; Ephesians 5

   We believe in the Unity of Christ's Church--Christ's global, many-faceted Body--is to be earnestly sought and unselfishly served, that this value for which Jesus prayed may find its answer in our attitudes and commitments.
Genesis 13:8; Psalm 133: 1; 1 Corinthians 12; Ephesians 4:1-6; Colossians 3:12-14; Hebrews 13:1