There is a broad spectrum of beliefs from denomination to denomination, and even from church to church. Many of these distinctions are what give our respective bodies their character and focus for mission. The faith perspective of our ministry, based solely on Scripture and no mechanism of man, should be compatible with the vast majority of Bible-believing churches.
The Scriptures
The Trinity
Jesus Christ
We believe in the Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, His conception by the Holy Spirit, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His true humanity, His miracles, His vicarious and atoning death on the cross, His bodily resurrection, His ascension into heaven, His present intercession, and His personal and visible return in power and glory. (
John 1:1,14;
Matt. 1:18-20;
Luke 1:35;
1 John 3:5;
Col. 2:9;
1 Tim 3:16,
2:5:
Acts 2:22-24;
Mark 10:45;
1 Cor. 15:3-4;
Gal.1:4;
Heb.7:25;
Titus 2:13-14;
Acts 1:9-11;
John 14:3)
Holy Spirit
Man
We believe that man was created in the image of God, that he sinned and thereby incurred spiritual death, and that all have sinned and come short of God’s glory. (
Gen. 1:26-27,
2:17, 3:6;
Rom. 3:23,
5:12,
6:23;
Eph. 2:1-3)
Salvation
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures and that salvation from sin is received only by the grace of God through personal faith in Jesus Christ, and all who receive Him are justified on the basis of His shed blood, born of the Spirit, and thereby become children of God. (
1 Cor. 15:3, 4;
Eph. 2:8-9;
Acts 4:12;
John 1:12,
3:3, 5, 7, 12, 36:
John 14:6;
Romans 3:24-26,
10:9, 10)
The Church
We believe that the Church is a spiritual organism, the Body of Christ and is composed of only regenerated, Scripturally baptized individuals whom God has brought together for worship, fellowship, service and the spread of the Gospel. The Scriptures teach that the Church is God’s "called out" people in a given locality. (
Matt. 16:16-18;
Acts 2:41-47,
8:14;
Col. 1:18,
2:10;
Eph. 1:22, 23;
Heb. 10:25,
12:23;
Acts 13:1,
14:27,
15:3;
Rom. 16:5;
1 Cor. 1:2;
Gal 1:2;
Phil. 4:15, etc.)
Ordinances
The Great Commission
The Future