~Our Beliefs~
 
…that there is one God, manifested in three persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Genesis 1:26; Matt 28:19-20; 2 Cor 13:14
…that Jesus is the one and only Son of God, was born of a virgin, is wholly God and wholly man, lived a sinless life, died as a substitutionary sacrifice for the sins of mankind, was buried, arose from the grave and ascended into Heaven. John 1:14; 3:16; Matt 4; Luke 4; Heb 4:15; 2 Cor 5:21
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…in the literal, bodily return of Jesus Christ to earth. Rev 19

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…that man is a special creation of God, made in His image.

Gen 1:26
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…that mankind fell through the sin of the first man, Adam, and that all people are sinners in need of salvation. Gen 3:15; Rom 5:12-15
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…that salvation is a gift of grace from God, received through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Rom 6:23; Titus 3:5; Eph 2:8-9; John 1:12
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…that those persons who die without faith in Jesus Christ spend eternity in Hell and those persons who die with their sins forgiven, through faith in Christ, spend eternity in Heaven. John 3:16; Rev 20:14-15
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…that the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, with the evidence of speaking in tongues, is a unique manifestation of the Holy Spirit’s ministry to the believer, and is additional to the salvation experience, bringing power to be a witness for the gospel into the believer’s life.
Acts 1:8; Acts 2:1-4
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…that water baptism is in obedience to the command of Christ and is by immersion after salvation. Rom 6:3-10
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…that the local church is the local body of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, with Him as the head. Eph 1:22-23 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ …that each believer has direct access to God through the Lord Jesus Christ and the Bible, God’s Word. 1 Tim 2:5-6; Heb 10:19-26

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…in the separation of church and state, but not in the separation of God and government. 1 Peter 2:13-17 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ …that the Bible is the Word of God without any error, the sole authority for life. 2 Tim 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21