Purpose
The purpose of this Church shall
be in keeping with the Biblical principals,
to glorify God in worship and service,
to win souls to the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord,
to edify Christians, young and old, through
the teaching of God's Word, to assist
in the proclaimation of the Gospel of
Jesus Christ, to earnestly contend for
the faith which has been entrusted to the saints, and
to cooperate with such Christian activity as is in harmony with God's Holy
Word.
Statement of Faith
In one (1) and only one (1) living and true God, eternally existent in three (3) Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Deuteronomy 6:4; 2 Corinthians 13:14)
The Bible is
the inspired, infallible, entirely inerrant,
supremely authoritative Word of God.
(1 Corinthians 2:13; 2Timothy
3:16; 2 Peter 1:20-21)
In the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and His personal return in power and glory.
That regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential to the salvation of the individual. We believe man is fallen from righteousness and, apart from the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, is destitute of holiness and inclined to evil. Except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God. In his own strength, without divine grace, man cannot do good works pleasing and acceptable to God. We believe, however, man influenced and empowered by the Holy Spirit is responsible in freedom to exercise his will for good.
In the present Personal ministry of the Holy Spirit by Whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a Godly life. We believe sanctification is the work of God's grace through the Word and the Spirit, by which those who have been born again are cleansed from sin in their thoughts, words and acts, and are enabled to live in accordance with God's will, and to strive for holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
Entire sanctification is a state of perfect love, righteousness and true holiness which every regenerate believer may obtain by being delivered from the power of sin, by loving God with all our heart, mind, body and soul, and by loving one's neighbor as one's self. Through faith in Jesus Christ this gracious gift may be received in this life both gradually and instantaneously, and should be sought earnestly by every child of God.
We believe this experience does not deliver us from the infirmities, ignorance and mistakes common to man, nor from the possibilities of further sin. The Christian must continue on guard against spiritual pride and seek to gain victory over every temptation to sin. We must respond wholly to the will of God so that sin will lose it's power over us; and the world, the flesh and the devil are put under his feet. Thus he rules over these enemies with watchfulness through the power of the Holy Spirit.
In the bodily resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the blessedness of everlasting life, and the lost unto the consciousness of everlasting punishment.
In the Personal and imminent return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, as Christ's rapture is imminent!
In the immersion of believers symbolizing the believer's union in the death and ressurection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
In the observance of the Lord's Supper, symbolizing with the bread and juice the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ in proclaiming His death in remembrance of Him until He returns.
The Sacraments of Baptism and the Lord's Supper are to be exercised accordingly as the Holy Scriptures describes. (Matthew 26:26-30, 3:14-16, Luke 22:19-20 and 1 Corinthians 11:23-26)
Our Lord also gave us a new commandment
that we love one another. (John 13:34)
Missions
In keeping with our Lord's command,
we support missionaries locally and foreign. We maintain a
food pantry for emergencies to families in need.
(Matthew 28:19,20)