Statement of Faith
The following information is what we believe to be scripturally true about the subjects contained herein.
1. The Holy Scriptures
We believe the Holy Scriptures to be the inspired Word of God, authoritative, inerrant, and God- breathed. (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21; Matthew 5:18; John 16:12-13)
2. The Godhead
We believe in one Triune God, existing in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, eternal in being, identical in nature, equal in power and glory and having the same attributes and perfections. (Deuteronomy 6:4; 2 Corinthians 13:14)
3. The Total Depravity of Man
We believe that Adam was created in the image and likeness of God, but that in Adam's sin the human race fell, inherited a corrupt, sinful nature, became alienated from God, and is totally unable to retrieve his original condition. Therefore all human beings have been and will be born in the likeness of fallen Adam. (Genesis 1:26-27; Genesis 5:1-3; Romans 3:22-23; 5:12; Ephesians 2:12)
4. The Person and Work of Christ
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man, without ceasing to be God, having been conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful man; that He accomplished our redemption through His death on the cross as a substitutionary sacrifice; that our redemption is made sure to us by His literal physical resurrection from the dead (John 1:1-2, 14; Luke 1:35; Romans 3:24-25; 4:25; 1 Peter 1:3-5); that the Lord Jesus Christ is now in heaven, exalted at the right hand of God the Father, where, as the High Priest for His people, He fulfills the ministry of Representative, Intercessor and advocate. (Hebrews 9:24; 7:25; Romans 8:34; 1 John 2:1-2)
5. The Personality and Work of the Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is a person who convicts the unbelieving world of sin, indwells all believers in this present age, baptizes them into the Body of Christ, seals them unto the day of redemption, and that it is the responsibility of every believer to choose to function in the sphere of the Holy Spirit that he might be filled with the character of Jesus Christ. (Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 12:12-14; Ephesians 1:13-14; 5:18)
6. Salvation
We believe that salvation in every dispensation is the gift of God given to man by grace and received by personal faith in the promised redeemer, whom we now know to be the Lord Jesus Christ, who paid the penalty for all of humanity’s sin by His 3-hour spiritual separation from God the Father while hanging on the cross of Calvary that man might be forgiven of our sins (Genesis 3:15; Matthew 27:45-46; Ephesians 2:8-10; John 1:12; Ephesians 1:7)
7. The Eternal Security of Believers
We believe that all believers are kept secure forever. (Romans 8:1, 38-39; John 10:27-30; 1 Corinthians 1:4-8)
8. The Spiritual Body of Christ
We believe that the spiritual body of Christ, correctly referred to as the Church only 14 times in the entire New Testament, and only by the apostle Paul, is a spiritual organism made up of all born-again believers of this present age irrespective of their affiliation with Christian organizations. (1 Corinthians 10:21; 1 Corinthians 12:12-14; 1 Corinthians 12:28; Ephesians 1:22; 3:10, 21; 5:23-25, 27, 29, 32; Colossians 1:18, 24-25)
9. The Personality of Satan
We believe in the personality of Satan, who is the open and declared enemy of God and man. (Job 1:6-7; Matthew 4:2-11; Isaiah 14:12-17)
10. The Blessed Hope
We believe that the next great event in the fulfillment of prophecy will be the coming of the Lord Jesus in the air to receive to Himself the dead in Christ and believers who are alive at His coming, otherwise known as the Rapture and Translation of the Church. (1 Corinthians 15:51-57; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Titus 2:11-14)
11. The Tribulation
We believe that the Rapture of the Church will be followed by the fulfillment of Daniel's seventieth week, the latter half of which is the time of Jacob's trouble, the Great Tribulation. (Daniel 9:27; Jeremiah 30:7; Matthew 24:15-21; Revelation 6:1-19; 21)
12 .The Second Coming of Christ
We believe that the Great Tribulation will be climaxed by the Premillennial return of the Lord Jesus Christ to earth to set up His kingdom. (Zechariah 14:4-11; Matthew 24:15-25, 46; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10; Revelation 20:6)
13. The Eternal State
We believe that the human soul and human spirit of those who have believed in the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation do at death immediately pass into His presence, and there remain in conscious bliss until the resurrection of the body at His coming, when soul, human spirit and body reunited will be with Him forever in the glory; but the souls of unbelievers remain after death in conscious misery until the final judgment of the great white throne at the close of the millennium, when the soul and body reunited will be cast into the lake of fire, not to be annihilated, but to be punished with everlasting separation from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power. (Luke 16:19-26; 23:43; 2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9; Jude 6-7; Revelation 20:11-15)
14. The Responsibility of Believers
We believe that all believers should seek to walk in such a manner as to not bring reproach upon their Lord and Savior (Romans 12:1-2), that it is the obligation of every believer to witness by life and by word to the truths of the Holy Scriptures and to seek to proclaim the Gospel to all the world as Ambassadors for Christ (2 Corinthians 5:20); that it is the responsibility of all believers to remember the work of the Lord in prayer and to support it with their means as the Lord has prospered them. (1 Corinthians 16:2)
15. Sovereignty
We believe that God, existing as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, is sovereign, and exercises supreme and absolute rule over all creation as a part of and consistent with the essence and attributes of deity. (1 Chronicles 29:11-12; Daniel 4:35; Psalm 24:1; Ephesians 1:11; 1 Timothy 6:15)
16. Spirituality
Spirituality is the condition of being saved, clean before the Lord through confession of personal sins, function in “Operation KRRY,” walking in the light, and doing all the truth that you know.
We believe that a believer becomes carnal by choosing to quench the influence of the indwelling Holy Spirit and thus, by default, functions under the influence of their corrupt, sinful nature, and that fellowship with God is restored by confession of sin, function in “Operation KRRY,” walking in the light, and doing all the truth that he knows. While confessed sin produces forgiveness and cleansing of sins, fellowship with God requires walking in the light, doing all the truth that the believer knows. (James 4:17; Galatians 5:16; Ephesians 5:18; Romans 6:6, 11, 13; 1 Corinthians 11:30-31; 1 Thessalonians 5:19; 1 John 1:7, 9)
17. Spiritual Gifts
We believe that God the Holy Spirit in grace and apart from human merit sovereignly bestows spiritual gifts to believers in this dispensation. The permanent spiritual gifts which exist today are Pastor-Teacher, evangelist, governments, ruling, exhortation, teacher, ministry, helps, giving and mercy. We further believe that the temporary spiritual gifts were apostle, prophet, tongues, interpretation of tongues, word of wisdom, word of knowledge, discerning of spirits, faith, healings, and miracles. Tongues and interpretation of tongues ceased in 70 A.D. and the other eight temporary gifts ceased with the completion of the Canon of Scripture. (Romans 12:6-8; 1 Corinthians 12:8-10, 28-30; 13:8; Ephesians 4:11)
The following information is what we believe to be scripturally true about the subjects contained herein.
1. The Holy Scriptures
We believe the Holy Scriptures to be the inspired Word of God, authoritative, inerrant, and God- breathed. (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21; Matthew 5:18; John 16:12-13)
2. The Godhead
We believe in one Triune God, existing in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, eternal in being, identical in nature, equal in power and glory and having the same attributes and perfections. (Deuteronomy 6:4; 2 Corinthians 13:14)
3. The Total Depravity of Man
We believe that Adam was created in the image and likeness of God, but that in Adam's sin the human race fell, inherited a corrupt, sinful nature, became alienated from God, and is totally unable to retrieve his original condition. Therefore all human beings have been and will be born in the likeness of fallen Adam. (Genesis 1:26-27; Genesis 5:1-3; Romans 3:22-23; 5:12; Ephesians 2:12)
4. The Person and Work of Christ
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man, without ceasing to be God, having been conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful man; that He accomplished our redemption through His death on the cross as a substitutionary sacrifice; that our redemption is made sure to us by His literal physical resurrection from the dead (John 1:1-2, 14; Luke 1:35; Romans 3:24-25; 4:25; 1 Peter 1:3-5); that the Lord Jesus Christ is now in heaven, exalted at the right hand of God the Father, where, as the High Priest for His people, He fulfills the ministry of Representative, Intercessor and advocate. (Hebrews 9:24; 7:25; Romans 8:34; 1 John 2:1-2)
5. The Personality and Work of the Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is a person who convicts the unbelieving world of sin, indwells all believers in this present age, baptizes them into the Body of Christ, seals them unto the day of redemption, and that it is the responsibility of every believer to choose to function in the sphere of the Holy Spirit that he might be filled with the character of Jesus Christ. (Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 12:12-14; Ephesians 1:13-14; 5:18)
6. Salvation
We believe that salvation in every dispensation is the gift of God given to man by grace and received by personal faith in the promised redeemer, whom we now know to be the Lord Jesus Christ, who paid the penalty for all of humanity’s sin by His 3-hour spiritual separation from God the Father while hanging on the cross of Calvary that man might be forgiven of our sins (Genesis 3:15; Matthew 27:45-46; Ephesians 2:8-10; John 1:12; Ephesians 1:7)
7. The Eternal Security of Believers
We believe that all believers are kept secure forever. (Romans 8:1, 38-39; John 10:27-30; 1 Corinthians 1:4-8)
8. The Spiritual Body of Christ
We believe that the spiritual body of Christ, correctly referred to as the Church only 14 times in the entire New Testament, and only by the apostle Paul, is a spiritual organism made up of all born-again believers of this present age irrespective of their affiliation with Christian organizations. (1 Corinthians 10:21; 1 Corinthians 12:12-14; 1 Corinthians 12:28; Ephesians 1:22; 3:10, 21; 5:23-25, 27, 29, 32; Colossians 1:18, 24-25)
9. The Personality of Satan
We believe in the personality of Satan, who is the open and declared enemy of God and man. (Job 1:6-7; Matthew 4:2-11; Isaiah 14:12-17)
10. The Blessed Hope
We believe that the next great event in the fulfillment of prophecy will be the coming of the Lord Jesus in the air to receive to Himself the dead in Christ and believers who are alive at His coming, otherwise known as the Rapture and Translation of the Church. (1 Corinthians 15:51-57; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Titus 2:11-14)
11. The Tribulation
We believe that the Rapture of the Church will be followed by the fulfillment of Daniel's seventieth week, the latter half of which is the time of Jacob's trouble, the Great Tribulation. (Daniel 9:27; Jeremiah 30:7; Matthew 24:15-21; Revelation 6:1-19; 21)
12 .The Second Coming of Christ
We believe that the Great Tribulation will be climaxed by the Premillennial return of the Lord Jesus Christ to earth to set up His kingdom. (Zechariah 14:4-11; Matthew 24:15-25, 46; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10; Revelation 20:6)
13. The Eternal State
We believe that the human soul and human spirit of those who have believed in the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation do at death immediately pass into His presence, and there remain in conscious bliss until the resurrection of the body at His coming, when soul, human spirit and body reunited will be with Him forever in the glory; but the souls of unbelievers remain after death in conscious misery until the final judgment of the great white throne at the close of the millennium, when the soul and body reunited will be cast into the lake of fire, not to be annihilated, but to be punished with everlasting separation from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power. (Luke 16:19-26; 23:43; 2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9; Jude 6-7; Revelation 20:11-15)
14. The Responsibility of Believers
We believe that all believers should seek to walk in such a manner as to not bring reproach upon their Lord and Savior (Romans 12:1-2), that it is the obligation of every believer to witness by life and by word to the truths of the Holy Scriptures and to seek to proclaim the Gospel to all the world as Ambassadors for Christ (2 Corinthians 5:20); that it is the responsibility of all believers to remember the work of the Lord in prayer and to support it with their means as the Lord has prospered them. (1 Corinthians 16:2)
15. Sovereignty
We believe that God, existing as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, is sovereign, and exercises supreme and absolute rule over all creation as a part of and consistent with the essence and attributes of deity. (1 Chronicles 29:11-12; Daniel 4:35; Psalm 24:1; Ephesians 1:11; 1 Timothy 6:15)
16. Spirituality
Spirituality is the condition of being saved, clean before the Lord through confession of personal sins, function in “Operation KRRY,” walking in the light, and doing all the truth that you know.
We believe that a believer becomes carnal by choosing to quench the influence of the indwelling Holy Spirit and thus, by default, functions under the influence of their corrupt, sinful nature, and that fellowship with God is restored by confession of sin, function in “Operation KRRY,” walking in the light, and doing all the truth that he knows. While confessed sin produces forgiveness and cleansing of sins, fellowship with God requires walking in the light, doing all the truth that the believer knows. (James 4:17; Galatians 5:16; Ephesians 5:18; Romans 6:6, 11, 13; 1 Corinthians 11:30-31; 1 Thessalonians 5:19; 1 John 1:7, 9)
17. Spiritual Gifts
We believe that God the Holy Spirit in grace and apart from human merit sovereignly bestows spiritual gifts to believers in this dispensation. The permanent spiritual gifts which exist today are Pastor-Teacher, evangelist, governments, ruling, exhortation, teacher, ministry, helps, giving and mercy. We further believe that the temporary spiritual gifts were apostle, prophet, tongues, interpretation of tongues, word of wisdom, word of knowledge, discerning of spirits, faith, healings, and miracles. Tongues and interpretation of tongues ceased in 70 A.D. and the other eight temporary gifts ceased with the completion of the Canon of Scripture. (Romans 12:6-8; 1 Corinthians 12:8-10, 28-30; 13:8; Ephesians 4:11)