The
Whole Gospel for the Whole Person
Statement of Faith
We believe that the Scriptures,
consisting of the Old and New Testament, are the Word of God. They are
fully inspired by God, inerrant in the original writings, providentially
preserved in the copies, and the supreme authority in faith and practice.
We believe in one infinite, personal
God, eternally existent in three equal persons: Father, Son and Holy
Spirit.
We believe that God made all things
out of nothing by the Word of His power and that all He made was very
good.
We believe that Adam and Eve sinned
against God by deliberately disobeying Him. As a result, they lost fellowship
with God and came under the curse and penalty of sin. All people are
involved in Adam’s sin, but are also sinners by their own choice.
We believe that Satan, who tempted
Adam and Eve to sin against God, is real, personal and actively opposed
to all that is good.
We believe in Jesus Christ who
is the eternal Son of God, and who was born of the Virgin Mary. He is
both God and man, one person with two distinct natures forever.
We believe that Jesus Christ came
to earth to live a life pleasing to God by the power of the Holy Spirit,
and to provide salvation for us by His death on the cross, which satisfied
the requirements of righteousness and destroyed the powers of evil.
We believe that Jesus Christ rose
again from the dead and ascended into heaven, and is presently active
as the Lord of the Church and the Lord of history.
We believe that salvation is by
grace (so that all human merit is excluded) through faith (so that human
response is required) in Jesus Christ.
We believe in the Holy Spirit,
whose primary work is to testify of Jesus Christ by planting and nourishing
the life of Christ within us (thus, constituting the church), and whose
secondary work is to endow individuals with gifts for work in the church
(thus, enriching the church).
We believe that the Church is the
people of God, the creation of the Spirit, and the body of Christ. It
is made up of those who have faith in Jesus Christ and is evidenced
in theological congregations.
We believe that the church should
be marked by truth, holiness, unity, and missions (according to the
prayer of our Lord in John 17).
• Truth predominates, for
it is the truth which sanctifies, unifies and compels the church to
evangelize.
• Holiness is required of
the church and of its members. All Christians should walk worthily of
Christ, experiencing the power of His risen life by the Holy Spirit,
and growing daily in grace and in the knowledge of the Lord.
• Unity among Christians
and churches is a biblical requirement and a proper quest, but not in
disregard of either the truth of the life which constitutes the unity
and are the means by which it grows.
• Missions is the church’s
responsibility to the world. The church is required by God to serve
others by evangelizing (since the greatest need of those who have not
accepted Christ is salvation) and by good works (since all people are
created in God’s image and are the objects of the church’s
concern and compassion).
We believe that God is sovereign
and that His purposes are being worked out in history. History’s
center lies in the cross of Christ where grace is made available and
judgment against sin takes place. History’s consummation lies
in the personal, visible and glorious return of Jesus Christ, the resurrection
of the dead and the final judgment.
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"Go therefore
and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe
all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to
the end of the age." Matthew 28:19-20