Statement of Faith

WE BELIEVE THE SCRIPTURES
The Bible is the inspired Word of God--the product of holy men of old who spoke and wrote as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

The New Covenant, as recorded in the New Testament, is accepted as our infallible guide in matters pertaining to conduct and doctrine. (2 Tim. 3:16; I Thess. 2:13; 2 Peter 1:21)

WE BELIEVE IN GOD
Our God is one but eternally existing in three persons namely the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit being co-equal. (Phil. 2:6) God the Father is greater than all; the sender of the Word (Logos) and the Begetter. (John 14:28; 16:28; 1:14) The Son is the Word made flesh, the one Begotten, and has existed with the Father from the beginning. (John 1:1,14 & 18) The Holy Spirit proceeds forth from both the Father and the Son and is eternal. (John 15:26)

WE BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST
We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, of His shed blood on Calvary for the forgiveness of our sins, of His bodily resurrection and ascension to the Father’s right hand. We do not believe that He is a way to the Father, but rather the only way through which we can receive righteousness, regeneration, sanctification, and glorification. He is, in fact, our salvation.
(1 Cor. 1:30-31)

WE BELIEVE IN THE CHURCH
We believe that the universal church is comprised of all true believers who have received salvation through Christ. (Eph. 1:22-23) We also believe in and encourage fellowship with a local church. (Heb. 10:25)

WE BELIEVE IN THE REDEMPTION OF MAN
Man is a created being made in the likeness and image of God, but through Adam's transgression and fall, sin came into the world. (Rom. 3:10, 23) Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was manifested to undo the works of the devil. He gave His life and shed His blood to redeem and restore man back to God. (Rom. 5:14-21; I John 3:8) Salvation is the gift of God to man, separate from works and laws, and is made operative by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, producing works acceptable to God. (Eph. 2:8)

WE BELIEVE IN SALVATION
We believe that all who receive Jesus as Saviour and Lord, in repentance and faith, are born-again. (John 3:3-5; Acts 20:20-21;Rom. 10:9-13)

WE BELIEVE IN WATER BAPTISM
We believe that water baptism is by immersion and is an ordinance of the New Testament Church, and is to be observed by born-again believers only. This ordinance is a symbol of the Christian's identification with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection. (Matt. 28:19; Rom. 6:4; Col. 2:12; Acts 8:36-39)

WE BELIEVE IN THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT
We believe that spiritual gifts and manifestations of the Holy Spirit are for the common good and building up of other today. (1 Cor. 12:7)

WE BELIEVE IN THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
The Baptism in the Holy Spirit, which is accompanied by the initial evidence of speaking in other tongues, is a gift from God as promised by the Lord Jesus Christ to all believers in this dispensation, and is received subsequent to the New Birth. (Matt. 3:11; John 14:16,17; Acts 1:8, 2:4, 2:38, 39 & 19:1-7)

WE BELIEVE IN DIVINE HEALING
Divine healing is for the physical ills of the human body and is wrought by the power of God through the prayer of faith and anointing oil, by the laying on of hands, through believing and acting on the Word of God, through the gifts of the spirit, through the healing anointing, and through anointed cloths. It is provided for in the atonement of Christ and is the privilege of every member of the Church today. (Isa. 53:4,5; Matt. 8:17; Mark 11:23, 16:18; Acts 10:38, 19:11-12; Rom. 10:17; 1 Cor. 12:7-11; Heb. 11:1; James 5:14-15; 1 Peter 2:24)

WE BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE JUST AND THE RETURN OF OUR LORD
We believe in the resurrection of the just and the unjust—one to everlasting life and one to everlasting damnation (Matt. 25:46) and the return of the Lord Jesus Christ to the earth as King of kings and Lord of lords. (Acts 1:11; 1 Thes. 4:16-17)

WE BELIEVE IN THE SECOND COMING
We believe it is a literal, physical second return of the Lord Jesus Christ.
(1 Thess. 1:10; 4:16-17)

WE BELIEVE IN HELL AND ETERNAL RETRIBUTION
The one who physically dies in his sins without accepting Christ is hopelessly and eternally lost in the Lake of Fire and, therefore, has no further opportunity of hearing the Gospel or repenting. (Heb. 9:27; Rev. 19:20)