The Nature of God
There is one God, eternally coexistent in three persons: The Father, the Son and
the Holy Spirit. The Father sent His only Son to become the redemption for lost
mankind. The Holy Spirit was sent to complete the mission of Christ through His
Body, the Church.
The Bible
The Bible is the inspired Word of God and is “profitable for teaching, reproof,
correction and training in righteousness” (2 Tim. 3:16). It is timeless and
relevant for all circumstances and is the fullness of God’s divine inspired
revelation to man, without error in its original form.
Jesus the
Christ
Jesus Christ came in the flesh fully God and fully man, yet without sin. As God
the Son, He came to Earth as a man, born of a virgin, fulfilled all He was sent
to accomplish, died on the cross for the sins of the world, after three days
rose from the dead and rules today at the right hand of God the Father. He will
return in the clouds on the day appointed by the Father to call up all those who
belong to Him. Jesus Christ is central to all true healing and freedom. Apart
from Him we can do nothing. (see John 15:5 NAS)
The Holy
Spirit
The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity. He lives within the heart of
the true Christian, providing the power to obey God’s Word, convicting of sin,
teaching and leading into all truth, providing comfort in time of distress and
unifying all true believers in a bond of love. The Holy Spirit is the way that
God communicates with His people through opening up the written Word and through
inner communication of the heart.
Baptism
of the Holy Spirit
We believe in the Baptism of the Holy Spirit with speaking in other tongues as
the Spirit gives the utterance. The Holy Spirit enables us to function in
spiritual gifts, including the message of wisdom, the message of knowledge,
faith, gifts of healing, working of miracles, prophecy, discerning of spirits,
speaking in different kinds of tongues, and the interpretation of tongues (Acts
2:4, Acts 10:44-46, Acts 19:6, 1 Cor 12:7-11).
Water
Baptism
We believe in water Baptism by immersion in water in the name of the Father, the
Son and the Holy Ghost. (Matthew 3:11; Matthew 28:18-19; John 14:6).
All Need
Forgiveness
All people sin and are in need of God’s continual grace and forgiveness. Sin is
an ongoing problem that must be dealt with in the life of the believer through
the cross of Christ and not of works. Jesus took on our sin that we might become
His righteousness. (Eph. 4:13, NKJV)
Faith in
Christ
The indwelling of the spirit of Christ is the determining factor of one’s
authentic faith relationship with God, not one’s denomination, religious
practice or performance in Christian disciplines. For “if anyone does not have
the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.” (Rom. 8:9 NAS)
The Great
Commission
A primary mission of the Church is to go forth and proclaim the good news of
freedom in Christ to all the world, (see Matt. 29:19-20 NAS), to bring truth to
those held captive by the grip of the kingdom of darkness, and to prepare the
way for His second coming by making ready His bride. (see Luke 4:18 NAS).