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What We Believe
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I.  The Godhead eternally exists in three persons (Trinity) – the Father, the Son, and the   Holy Spirit. These three are one God of precisely identical nature, attributes and perfection.
     A.  God, the Father Almighty, creator, preserver, and ruler of the universe, in His essential nature is            Spirit, and in His essential attribute is absolutely holy, and in His essential character is love.
     B.  God, the Son, Jesus Christ, the eternal Son, was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the                Virgin Mary, thereby having a truly divine nature and a truly human nature in one person, and is                the only mediator between God and man.
          To accomplish salvation, He lived a sinless life, completely fulfilling righteousness and offered   
          Himself a substitutionary sacrifice for the sin of the world, satisfying divine justice.

          He was crucified under Pontius Pilate, died, and was buried. On the third day, He arose bodily from            the dead. He ascended into heaven where in His glorified state He intercedes for believers. He shall            come again personally and visibly to judge the world in righteousness and to establish His kingdom.
     C.  God, the Holy Spirit, is the third person of the Godhead. His ministry is to reveal Christ through              the Word of God, to fulfill salvation in the regeneration and sanctification of the believers, to direct            and empower the church in the fulfillment of the Great Commission, and to convict the world of sin            of righteousness and of judgment.
 
II.  The Bible
         The Bible, both the Old and the New Testaments, the Word of God, is a divinely inspired revelation.           Therefore, we believe and teach that the sixty-six books in the Bible are absolutely inerrant in the             original documents and infallible. It is the supreme and final authority in matters pertaining to faith           and practice.
 
III. The Man
         The Man was created in the image of God; he disobeyed God, thereby incurring spiritual death                 which is separation from God.
         Man is saved from the condition of spiritual death only by the grace of God through faith in Christ             and His redemptive act and the ministry of the Holy Spirit. His spiritual growth and maturity is                   initiated by God’s Spirit and by a conscious act of dedication on the part of the believer and is                   effected by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
 
IV.  Salvation
        We believe that salvation is solely the work of God through His grace by faith in Christ as Lord of all          and Savior from the sin of those who trust in Him. We believe that Jesus Christ, our Lord, has                    perfectly and completely fulfilled the will of God the Father through His sinless living, death, burial,            and resurrection. Because of Jesus our Savior's grace in His perfect and complete work, those who            trust in Him are saved.
 
V.  The Church
        The Church consists of all who have been regenerated through faith in Christ and have been united            into one body under Christ, the Head thereof. The Church, which is the body of Christ, is called to              worship God, to preach the Gospel, to administer baptism and Holy Lord's Supper by its duly                    appointed ministers, and to care and nurture the believers.