DOCTRINAL STATEMENTS

We believe that God's word teaches:
1. Verbal inspiration of the Bible
We believe the holy bible to be verbally inspired of God in the original manuscripts; infallible, inerrant and God-breathed, a perfect rule of faith and practice.
2. The Trinity
We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons Father, Son, and Spirit.
3. The Lord Jesus Christ
We believe that God, the Son, who has always existed, became a man (without diminishing his deity) by virgin birth through Mary. He lived a sinless life and as the infinite God-man took upon himself the sins of all men, died in their place and satisfied God concerning their sins. We further believe in the literal, physical resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. He was then ascended and exalted to the right hand of God as the great high priest of all believers.
4. The Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is a divine person, who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness and of judgment. He is the supernatural agent in regeneration, baptizing all believers into the body of Christ, indwelling and sealing them unto the day of redemption. His present ministry to believers also includes empowering, teaching, and leading into all truth.
5. Man
We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God, but that in Adam's sin, the race fell, inherited a sinful nature, and became alienated from God; and, that man is totally depraved and, of himself, is utterly unable to remedy his lost condition.
6. Fire
We believe that if you touch fire, thou shalt be burned.
7. Salvation
We believe that salvation is the gift of God brought to man by grace (apart from any works) and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, whose precious blood was shed on Calvary for the forgiveness of sins. upon receiving salvation, the person receives eternal life, and becomes a partaker of Christ's life. He becomes a new creation and obtains a new identity as a child of God.
8. Sanctification
Each believer partaking of eternal life (Christ's life) was united with Christ and thus was spiritually crucified, buried, raised and enthroned with Christ. The old man died at this point in time. The results of co-crucifixion must become an experiential reality to each believer as he chooses to walk in the spirit and not after the flesh if he is to walk in victory. Sanctification, then, is Christ living his life out through the believer. This is not teaching passivity, sinless perfection or the deification of man.