Our Statement of Faith -

These things we believe:

1. That the Bible, in its entirety, in both its Testaments, the Old and the New, is the inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of God. (2Tim. 3:16; 2Pet. 1:19-21)

2. In One God, true, living, and eternal, existing in Three Persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:18-19, I John 5:7).

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3. That the Lord Jesus Christ, God the Son, the Second Person of the Holy Trinity, is coexistent with the Father from eternity before time; that He was miraculously born of a virgin, that He made super natural miracles which no man could do, in order to confirm His own identity; that He alone lived the pure, perfect life that qualified Him to meet the requirements of the Law, and enabled Him to complete the substitutionary, redemptive work, in man's stead, on the Cross of Calvary. For this reason, He was tried and then crucified, in the days of Pontus Pilate, and He was buried, but He arose in the third day, according to the Scriptures, and He went up to heaven to sit at the right hand of the Father; that He will come back again with power and great glory, to take His church to His glory, that He will also judge the world. (Col. 1:15-18; Is. 7:14; Mt. 1:18-25; Acts 2:22-35; Mt. 27;1-54; Luke 23:1-24; Mt. 28:1-20; Mk. 16:19; Mt. 24:30; Acts 17:31)

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4. In the Holy Spirit, the Third Person of the Trinity, who convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment; and also He works in the church teaching the believers and leading them.(Genesis 1:1-3, Matthew 28:19, Mark 1:8, Luke 1:35, Luke 24:49, John 1:33, John 3:5-6, John 14:26John 16:8-11, Acts 5:30-32, Acts 11:16, Romans 8:14, Romans 8:16,Romans 8:26-27, Ephesians 1:13-14, Hebrews 9:14).

5. That man was born in sin, with a fallen, corrupt nature, and that he cannot save himself, neither by good works nor can he buy his own redemption with his money. Man's salvation, in its totality, is the free gift of God. (Ps. 51:5; Rom. 11:6; Eph. 1:7; Eph. 2:8).

6. That Jesus died as the atonement for our sins, and rose again for our justification; and that all people who accept Christ and receive Him, by faith, as their personal Lord and Savior, are justified before God, and become the children of God. (Ephesians 2:8, Acts 15:11, Romans 3:24, John 1:12 & 3:16, Matt 18:11, Philippians 2:7, Heb: 2:14, Isaiah 53:4-7, Romans 3:25, I John 4:10, I Corinthians 15:3, II Corinthians 5:21).

51:5; Rom. 11:6; Eph. 1:7; Eph. 2:8).

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7. In the assurance of salvation for all believers, that the free gift of salvation is complete and eternal, based solely upon the merits of Christ's righteousness and His redemptive work on the cross of Calvary. (Phil 1:6, John 10:28-29, Romans 8:35-39, Jude 1).

8. That the church is the body of Christ regardless of nationalities, ethnicities, colors or social status; and that His body consists of local congregations. (Colossians 1:18, Acts 2:41-42, I Corinthians 11:2, Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 4:11, Acts 20:17-18, I Timothy 3:17, Ephesians 5:23-24, Acts 15:13-18).

9. That the Lord Jesus Christ had given the church two ordinances: a. The baptism which should be practised by totally immersing the born-again believer in water (signifying his/her death burial with Christ, and resurreciton to a newness of life); therefore, it is for believers only. b. The Lord's Supper: which is partaking of the bread and the cup of "the fruit of the vine." Only believers should participate in this ordinance. (Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:15; Romans 5:1-5)

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15. That God will create a new heaven and a new earth where righteousness will dwell. (Rev. 21 & 22).

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8:36-39, John 3:23, Romans 6:3-5, Matthew 3:16, Colossians 2:12; I Corinthians 11:23-28).

10. In the existence of angelic beings; that God's angels are used for ministering to the believers; and that the fallen angels (Satan and demons) are the cause of evil and deception. (Mathew 4:1-3, II Corinthians 4:4, Revelation 20:10).

11. That all believers will have part in the glory of the Rapture of the church that will take place before the Tribulation (the Pre-Trib doctrine); that the dead in Christ will rise first, then we who are alive and remain, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. (1Thes.
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12. In the bodily resurrection of the believers.(I Thess. 4:13-18, I Corinthians 15I Cor. 15:25, Isaiah 32:1, Isaiah 11:4-5, Psalm 72:8; Rev 20:6, 14-15; :42-44, I Cor. 15:52).
13. That there will be a Great Tribulation followed by the Second Coming of Christ to establish His 1,000 year reign on earth (The Millennium Reign). (I Cor. 15:25, Isaiah 32:1, Isaiah 11:4-5, Psalm 72:8; Rev 20:6, 14-15).

14. In the final judgment before the Great White Throne when the final judgment is issued against the ungodly. (Rev. 20:11).