STATEMENT OF FAITH
We believe the
Bible, consisting of the Old and New Testament, to be the only inspired,
inerrant, infallible, authoritative Word of God written.
We believe that
there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy
Ghost, and to His deeds we testify. He
calls the worlds into being, creates man in His own image, and sets before him
the ways if life and death. He seeks in
holy love to save all people from aimlessness and sin. He judges men and nations by His righteous
will declared through the Holy Bible which to us is the sufficient rule of
faith and practice.
We believe in
Jesus Christ, our crucified and risen Lord.
He has come to us and shared our common lot, conquering sin and death
and reconciling the world to Himself. He
bestows upon us His Holy Spirit, creating and renewing the Church of Jesus
Christ, binding in covenant faithful people of all ages. He calls us into His church to accept the
cost and joy of discipleship, to be His servants in the service of men, to
proclaim the gospel to all the world and resist the powers of evil, to share in
His baptism and eat at His table, to join Him in His passion and victory. He promises to all who trust Him forgiveness
of sins and fullness of grace, courage in the struggle for justice and peace,
His presence in trial and rejoicing and eternal life in His kingdom which has
no end.
We believe in the
resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the
resurrection of life, and they that are lost unto the resurrection of
damnation.
Blessings and
honor, glory and power be unto Him.
Amen.