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We believe the Bible, both Old and New Testaments, to be directly inspired by God. It is the only infallible, free from all error, authoritative Word of God (1 Timothy 3:16, II Peter 1:20-21, I Corinthians 2:10-13).
We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit (Genesis 1:1, Matthew 28: 19, John 10:30).
We believe man was created by a direct act of God (Genesis 126-27, Genesis 2:18).
We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ (John 10:33), in his virgin birth (Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23, Luke 1:35), in His sinless life (Hebrews 4:15, Hebrews 7:26), in His miracles (John 2:11), in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood (1 Corinthians 15:3, Ephesians 1:7, Hebrews 2:9), in His bodily resurrection (John 11:25, 1 Corinthians 15:4), in His ascension to the right hand of the Father (Mark 16:19), and in His personal return in power and glory(Acts 1:11, Revelations 19:11).
We believe all have sinned and sin leads to condemnation (Romans 3:23, Romans 6:23, Galatians 3:22).
We believe Jesus Christ died for all mankind, but that only those who repent and believe are saved (James 3:14-17, Romans 8:32, I Timothy 2:6).
We believe that for a person to have his sins forgiven, he must believe and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal Savior (Romans 6:23, Galatians 3:22).
We believe that salvation is by the grace of God, not by any works or good deeds of men (Ephesians 2:8-9, Galatians 2:16, Romans 4:4-5).
We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, who lives in the born-again Christian and enables them to lead a godly life (John 16:7-15, Ephesians 1:13-14).
We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost: the saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and the lost unto the resurrection of eternal separation from God (Romans 6:6, John 11:25, 1 Peter 1:3, Luke 15:19-31, I Corinthians 6:14).
We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 8:9, 1 Corinthians 12: 12-13, Galatians 3:26-28).
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