Tenants of Faith
THE BIBLE
We believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God and it is the Supreme and Final authority for Christian living. It is the product of holy men of old who spoke and wrote by inspiration Holy Spirit.
JESUS CHRIST
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ Is the Son of God. Born of a virgin named Mary – by the Power of the Holy Spirit.
HOLY SPIRIT
We believe the Holy Spirit was sent by Jesus to dwell within the believers to seal as God’s them as sons of God. The Holy Spirit empowers the believer with gifts and abilities to accomplish what God has set for them.
MAN, HIS FALL AND REDEMPTION
We believe man is a created being, made in the likeness and image of God, but through Adam’s transgression and fall, death and sin came into the world.
Jesus Christ gave His life and shed His Blood to redeem and restore man back to God.
SALVATION
We believe salvation is the gift of God to man, separate from works, and is made operative by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, producing works acceptable to God.
ETERNAL LIFE AND THE NEW BIRTH
We believe man’s first step toward salvation is Godly sorrow that produces repentance. The New Birth is necessary to all men and, when fulfilled, produces eternal life.
BAPTISM WITH THE HOLY GHOST
We believe that the Baptism with the Holy Ghost and of Fire is a gift from God as promised by the Lord Jesus Christ to all believers who have experienced the New Birth. Evidence of this experience is the ability to speak in other tongues as the Holy Spirit Himself gives utterance and in the operation of the gifts of the Spirit in the body.
BAPTISM WITH THE HOLY GHOST
We believe that the Baptism with the Holy Ghost and of Fire is a gift from God as promised by the Lord Jesus Christ to all believers who have experienced the New Birth. Evidence of this experience is the ability to speak in other tongues as the Holy Spirit Himself gives utterance and in the operation of the gifts of the Spirit in the body.
DIVINE HEALING
We believe the Lord Jesus Christ provides for the believer healing for the physical, emotional, and psychological ills of the human body and soul. Scriptures declare that “By His Strips we WERE healed. Healing is prided by the Broken Body of Christ and faith in His blood shed Blood. We healing is part of the redemptive work that Jesus had accomplished by His scourging and the Cross.
MARRIAGE
We believe the marriage covenant is between one man and one woman, as ordained by God.