| Our Beliefs |
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The following is a summary only: see attachment for formal Articles of Religion
We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We believe the Father is the Creator and Sustainer of all things. He made humankind in his own image and relates to us as a loving, holy Father. We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, his virgin birth, in his sinless life, his miracles, his atoning death on the cross, his bodily resurrection from the dead, his ascension to the right hand of the Father, and his immanent personal return to earth in power and glory. We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life, separated from sin and to wholly devoted to God, and gifted for effective service in the Kingdom of God. We believe that Christ's gracious offering of himself on the cross is the only grounds for salvation from sin. Salvation comes when an individual turns from sin and trusts fully in the saving work of Jesus Christ. We believe in the resurrection of the dead; they that are saved into heaven and its eternal glory, and they that are lost into hell and its everlasting separation from God. We believe that the Christian Church is the entire universal body of believers in Jesus Christ. We believe that a local church is a body of believers organized together for the purposes of worship, fellowship, discipleship and witness. We believe that water baptism and the Lord's Supper are the sacraments of the Church instituted by Christ.
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