STATEMENT OF FAITH

• The Bible:  We believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God equally in all parts and without error in its original manuscript, absolutely infallible, and our source of supreme revelation from God, superior to conscience and reason, though not contrary to reason; and it is therefore our infallible rule of faith and practice.
• God:  We believe in one God who has revealed Himself in three persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.  The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are all co-eternal, all stand equally superior to time, free from the temporal distinctions of past and future.
• Jesus The Christ:  We believe in the pre-existence, incarnation and virgin birth of Jesus Christ who came into the world to reveal the Father, and was the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person; that Jesus Christ was the Creator of all things, for by Him the worlds were made.  We further believe that in Christ dwelt all the fullness of the Godhead bodily and that He was very God and very Man. 
• Christ’s Ascension and Immanent Return
• A New Heaven and Earth
• The Creation of Man: We believe that man was created by a direct and immediate act of God. 
• Satan:  We believe in the reality and personality of Satan, and that he was defeated by Christ through His death, burial and resurrection at Calvary
• The Fall of Man
• Repentance:  We believe that repentance is a gift from God
• Faith:  We believe that faith without works is dead. 
• Justification:  We believe that repentance and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ produces the work of justification in the believer. 
• Water Baptism:  We believe that water baptism is an essential and necessary part of the "doctrine of baptisms", Hebrews 6:2, performed only upon repentant 
• Baptism in the Holy Spirit:  We believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit according to Acts 2:4; 10:46; 19:6; that it is the seal of the New Covenant relationship,
• Laying on of hands
• The Ministry of the Holy Spirit
• Healing: We believe in divine healing for the whole man.  .
• Grace and Sanctification:  We believe that "by grace are ye saved through faith and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not by works lest any man should boast."  
• The Five Fold Ministry:  We believe in the five-fold ministries given to the Church at the ascension of Jesus Christ and that they continue to be needed and should be expected today. 
• The Autonomy Of The Church:  This church is intentionally structured as an ‘Autonomous’ and ‘Indigenous’ entity, with no other church or organization having authority or control over it. 
• Local Church Elders:   We believe in the ministry, and necessity, of the Local Church Elders.
• Ordination and Commissioning:  We believe the local church has the right to Ordain the Five Fold Ministers, and Commission Local Church Elders, as a recognition and separation of a specific gifting of God. 
• Deacons:  We believe in the servant ministry of the deacons.
• The Body of Christ:  We believe that the Church is the Body of Christ expressed as the church individual, the church local, and the church universal.
• Worship:  We believe in the practice of worship with one's total being (singing; lifting of hands; bowing down; lying prostrate before the Lord; in the dance; the use of instruments) as set forth in the Word of God.
• Tithing, Offerings, and Giving of Alms
• Benevolence to the Needy
• Biblical Definition of Family
• Deliverance:  We believe there is the occasional need for deliverance.
• Discipline:  We believe in church discipline administered within the church, administered in a spirit of meekness and confidentiality.