DOCTRINAL STATEMENT

1. We believe the entire Bible, including all words in the original text of its 66 books, to be inspired by God. Therefore the Bible is the only infallible, inerrant and authoritative Word of God (2 Timothy 3:16, I Peter 1:21, I Thessalonians 2:13).

2. We believe there is one God, infinite and eternally existent in three persons – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Genesis 1:1, Matthew 28:19, John 10:30).

3. We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ (John 10:33), His virgin birth (Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23, Luke 1:35), His sinless life  (Hebrews 4: 15, 7:26), His miracles (John 2:11), His vicarious and atoning death (1 Corinthians 15:3, Ephesians 1:7, Hebrews 2:9,14,15), His resurrection (John 11:25, 1 Corinthians 15:4), His ascension to the right hand of God (Mark 16:19), and His personal return in power and glory (Acts 1:11, Revelation 19:11-16). 

4. We believe in the absolute necessity of regeneration by the Holy Spirit for salvation because of the exceeding sinfulness of human nature, and that men are justified on the single ground of faith in the shed blood of Christ, and that only by God’s grace and through faith alone are we saved (John 3:16–19, 5:24; Romans 3:23, 5:8–9; Ephesians 2:8–10; Titus 3:5). 

5. We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; that they are saved unto the resurrection of life, and that they are lost unto the resurrection of condemnation (John 5:28–29).

6. We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 8:9, 1 Corinthians 2:12–13, Galatians 3:26–28). 

7. We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling every Christian is enabled to live a godly life (Romans 8:13–14; 1 Corinthians 3:16, 6:19–20; Ephesians 4:30, 5:18). 

8. We believe God created man in His own Image, with distinct male and female gender identity from conception, in conformity with their biological sex, as a reflection of the image and nature of God (Genesis 1:26-27). The term marriage has only one meaning: the uniting of one man and one woman in a single, exclusive union, as delineated in Scripture (Genesis 2:18-25). We believe that God requires sexual intimacy to occur only between a man and a woman who are married to each other (1Corinthians 6:18, 7:2-5; Hebrews 13:4). God forbids any form of impurity, lust, evil desires and sexual immorality (including but not limited to, adultery, fornication, homosexual behavior, bisexual conduct, bestiality, incest, and use of pornography) (Colossians 3:5; Matthew 15:18-20; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10). God’s family order is that a married man and woman would function as father and mother to either their natural born or adopted children, bringing to them godly parenting by example and instruction from Scripture (Deuteronomy 6:4-7, Ephesians 6:4, 2 Timothy 3:14-17}.

This Doctrinal Statement is not exhaustive of all of our beliefs. The Bible, as the inspired and infallible Word of God, speaks with absolute authority regarding the proper conduct of mankind and is the unchanging foundation for all our belief and behavior.

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