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We
believe in the verbal inspiration of the
scriptures and the authority of both the Old and
New Testaments.
We
believe man was created in the image of God,
through disobedience sinned and fell, and that
the entire human race shares in man's lost and
depraved nature.
We
believe Jesus, the eternal Son of God, took upon
Himself the form of a man by means of the virgin
birth. Atonement for sin was made by the
sacrificial and substitutional death of Jesus
Christ.
We
believe salvation is the gift of God by grace
alone and received by personal faith in the Lord
Jesus Christ, and that this faith is manifested
in works pleasing to God.
We
believe in the resurrection of the crucified
body of our Lord, in His ascension into heaven,
and His priestly intercession.
We
believe the Holy Spirit is the Promise of the
Father, our Comforter sent to convict the world
of sin, which places the believer in the Body of
Christ, indwells the believer, and bestows
spiritual gifts to the Church.
We
believe the baptism of the Holy Spirit is for
all believers as a definite endowment of power
for service.
We
believe that the ordinances of the church, by
the command of Christ, are Water Baptism by
immersion and the Lord's Supper, both of which
are administered to those who are born again.
We
believe in the eternal salvation of the
believers and in the eternal damnation and
punishment of the nonbelievers.
We
believe that the consummation of all things
includes the visible, personal, and glorious
return of Jesus Christ, the "Blessed
Hope" of the Church.
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