WHAT WE BELIEVE
God. We believe that there is one God, eternally
existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
The Father. We believe that God the Father
is the Creator and Sustainer of life.
Jesus Christ. We believe in the deity and humanity
of 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, His
present rule as Head of the Church and His personal return to
earth in power and glory.
The Holy Spirit. We believe that the Holy Spirit
personally indwells, regenerates and transforms believers into
the image of Christ.
The Bible. We believe the Bible to be the inspired,
infallible, authoritative Word of God. Its truths are affirmed
in the Nicene Creed and the Apostles’
Creed.
Man. We believe that mankind was created by
God in His image, incurred sin’s penalty of spiritual and
physical death by Adam’s disobedience and is hopelessly
lost — apart from God’s grace.
Salvation. We believe that salvation is wholly
of God by grace. It is based on the redemptive work of Jesus Christ,
who offers complete and unconditional forgiveness to those who
repent and place their trust in Him. Salvation is accepted by
faith, renders believers adopted sons and daughters of God and
leads them to works of service.
Resurrection. We believe in the resurrection
of both the saved and the lost. Those who receive God’s
welcoming, adoptive and reconciling love can have the joy of eternal
life. Those who do not accept God are forever separated from Him.
The Church. We believe that the Church is a
community of believers who are called to a life of faith and ongoing
ministry until the coming of Christ’s Kingdom. They are
committed to spiritual unity with equality across racial, gender
and class differences, as brothers and sisters in Christ.
The Nicene Creed
We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is — seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one Being with the Father;
through Him, all things were made.
For us and for our salvation,
He came down from
heaven,
was incarnate
of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary
and became truly
human.
For our sake He
was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
He suffered death
and was buried.
On the third day,
He rose again,
in accordance
with the scriptures;
He ascended into
heaven
and is seated
at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again
in glory
to judge the living
and the dead,
and His kingdom
will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son
is worshiped and
glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.
We believe in the one holy catholic and
apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism
for the forgiveness
of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead
and the life of
the world to come. Amen.
The Apostles’
Creed
I believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth;
And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord:
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin
Mary,
suffered under
Pontius Pilate,
was crucified,
dead and buried;
the third day He rose from the dead;
He ascended into heaven,
and sitteth at
the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from thence, He shall come to judge the
quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of the saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body
and the life everlasting. Amen.
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