Our Beliefs

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We are a Bible-based church. That means we seek to believe and practice what is explicitly taught in the Bible. Based on the Bible, we believe the following:

We hold the Bible as our highest standard.  It is true in all that it teaches. As the flawless Word of God, it is our only authority for what we believe and how we live. 

(2 Tim 3:15-17)

We believe there is only one God.  He is the creator of heaven and earth, and of all living beings. He has revealed Himself to humanity as the Father (Creator), as the Son (Savior), and as the Holy Ghost (indwelling Spirit). 

Jesus Christ is the One God manifested in the flesh through an authentic human life. To see Jesus is to see God. 

(Deut 6:4; John 14:9; Eph 4:4-6; Col 2:9; 1 Tim 3:16)

Everyone has sinned and needs salvation. Salvation comes by grace through faith based on the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

(Rom 3:23-25; 6:23; Eph 2:8-9)

The gospel is the good news that Jesus died for our sins, was buried, and rose again. We express our belief in the gospel through our obedience to the gospel. 

We obey the gospel and apply it to our lives by repenting of our sins (death to sin), being baptized in water in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of our sins (burial), and receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit (resurrection) with the initial sign of speaking in other tongues. This threefold experience is the consistent pattern of conversion in the early church.

(1 Cor 15:1-4; 2 Thes 1:8; 1 Pet 4:17; Mark 1:15; Acts 15:7; Rom 6:3-4; Acts 2:4, 37-39; 8:9-17; 10:1-48; 19:1-7)

As Christians we are to love God and others. We should live a holy life inwardly and outwardly, and worship God joyfully. We are empowered to live a life pleasing to God through the Holy Spirit. 

As a Pentecostal church, we believe that the supernatural gifts of the Spirit are for the church today and are available to all Spirit-filled believers.

(Mark 12:28-31; 1 Cor 12:8-10; 2 Cor 7:1; Rom 8:13-14; Gal 5:19-26; Heb 12:14)

Jesus Christ is coming again to catch away His church. In the end will be the final resurrection and the final judgment. The righteous will inherit eternal life, and the unrighteous eternal death. 

(I Thessalonians 4:16-17; Revelation 20:11-15)