Statement of Faith

The Statement of Faith articulates both an evangelical and Pentecostal doctrinal position with Wesleyan influences. The following is a summary of the Statement of Faith:

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   The Church believes that the Holy Bible consisting of sixty-six (66) books including the Old and the New Testament, is the inspired Word of God, a revelation from God to Man, concerning the will of God in all things necessary to our faith, conduct and salvation, so that whatever is not contained therein is not to be enjoined as an article of faith. (Hebrews 4:12; 2 Peter 1:20-21; 2 Timothy 3:15-17)
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   It believes in one God, eternally existing in three persons (Trinity), namely the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. (Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 43:10-11; Matthew 28:19; Mark 12:29)
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   It believes that Jesus Christ is the only Begotten Son of the Father, was conceived of the Holy Spirit, and born of the virgin Mary. It also believes in Christ’s death, burial, resurrection, ascension, and that He is today at the right hand of the Father as our intercessor. (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 3:16-17; Romans 8:34; Hebrews 7:25)
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   In the Holy Ghost, the Lord and giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and Son together is worshipped and glorified. (John 14:16-17; John 15:26; 2 Corinthians 3:17-18)
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   It believes that man was created in the image and likeness of God, but fell by voluntary transgression and his only hope of redemption and salvation is in Jesus Christ; that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, that repentance is commanded of God for all, and is necessary for forgiveness of sin; that salvation, new birth and justification are wrought by the grace of God, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and the renewing work of the Holy Ghost. (Genesis 1:26-31; 3:1-7; Romans 5:12-21; 6:23; 10:13; Titus 2:11; 3:5-7)
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   The inward evidence of salvation, new birth and justification to the believer is the direct witness of the Spirit, and the outward evidence to all men is a life of righteousness and holiness. (Romans 8:16; 12:1-2; Galatians 5:22-23)
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   It believes in the ordinance of believer's baptism by immersion, in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, for all who repent and believe Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. (Matthew 28:19; Acts 10:47; Romans 6:4)
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   It believes that all believers are entitled to and earnestly seek the promise of the Father, the Baptism in the Holy Spirit according to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ; that the full consummation of the Baptism of the believers in the Holy Spirit is evidenced by the initial sign of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit give utterances and by the subsequent manifestation of the Spiritual gifts and Fruit of the Holy Spirit. (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4-8; 2:4; 2:38; 10:44-46; 11:14-16; 15:7-9; 19:2-6; 1 Corinthians 12:1-31)
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   It believes that the Lord's Supper, consisting of the elements of bread and the fruit of the vine, is a memorial of His sufferings and death and a prophecy of His second coming, and will be enjoined by all believers, "until He comes". (Luke 22:17-20; 1 Corinthians 10:16-17; 11:23-32)
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    It believes that the deliverance from sickness is provided for all in Christ's atonement and is the privilege of all believers, and the anointing of the sick with oil for healing and the laying on of hands. (Isaiah 53:4-5; Matthew 8:16-17; Mark 16:18-20; James 5:14-16)
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    The Church is the body of Christ, the habitation of God through the Spirit, with divine appointments for the fulfillment of His great commission; and that a divinely called and scripturally ordained ministry has the twofold purposes of evangelization of the world and the edifying of the body of Christ. (Ephesians 1:22-23; 2:19-22; 4:11-13; Hebrews 12:23; Mark 16:15-20)
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    It believes in the pre-millennial Second Coming of Christ, the resurrection of those who are asleep in Christ, and the rapture of those who are alive and remain in the coming of the Lord, is eminent and is the blessed hope of the Church. (Romans 8:23; 1 Corinthians 15:51-52; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18; Titus 2:13)
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    In the appearance of the Lord Jesus Christ from heaven, the salvation of all Israel, and the millennial reign of Christ on this earth is the scriptural promise and the world's hope. (Romans 11:25-27; 2 Thessalonians 1:7; Revelation 19:11-16; 20:1-7)
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    That the devil and his angels, the beast and the false prophet, and whosoever is not found written in the Book of Life will be cast into everlasting punishment into the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone. (Revelation 19:20; 20:10-15)
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    It believes in the promise of new heavens and a new earth wherein the righteous will dwell. (2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21:1)