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We believe in the Scriptures of the Old and New
Testament as inspired by God and inerrant in the
original writings and that they are the supreme and
final authority in faith and life.
We believe in one God, the Creator and Preserver of all
things, infinite in being and perfection. He exists
eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and
Holy Spirit, who are of one substance and equal in power
and glory.
We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy
Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary and is true God and
true man.
We believe that man was created in the image of God;
that he sinned and thereby incurred not only physical
death but also that spiritual death which is separation
from God; and that all human beings are born with a
sinful nature.
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins,
according to the Scriptures, as a representative and
substitutionary sacrifice, and that all who believe in
Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood.
We believe in the bodily resurrection of our crucified
Lord, His ascension into heaven and His presence there
for us as High Priest and Advocate.
We believe in that "blessed hope" —the personal and
victorious return of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
We believe that all who receive by repentance and faith
the Lord Jesus Christ are born again of the Holy Spirit,
and become children of God.
We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and
unjust, the everlasting blessedness of the saved and the
everlasting punishment of the lost.
We believe the believer, having turned to God in
penitent faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, is accountable
to God for living a life separated from sin and
characterized by the fruit of the Spirit. It is his
responsibility to contribute by Word and deed to the
universal spread of the Gospel.
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