

Vision
To be used to meet the needs of souls for the upbuilding of God’s kingdom.
Mission
To build a body of Bible-believing Christians for the upbuilding of God’s kingdom through preaching, teaching, evangelism, and administration.
Whereas we, being an incorporated body of people of like precious faith:
1. Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ for eternal life through His death and the power of His resurrection.
2. Believe the Bible to be God’s Word and revelation of His will to man and accept it as our rule for faith and conduct.
3. Believe Christian fellowship, mutual edification and evangelical effort, in the form of local churches, is God’s ordained order for His people.
4. Believe each church is to assemble for worship, fellowship, counsel, and instruction in the Word of God, and the work of the ministry.
5. Believe each church should exercise the gifts and offices provided for in the New Testament to obtain the Christian goal, “Be ye therefore perfect even as your Father in heaven is perfect.” Matthew 5:48
6. Believe God has called and anointed us to emphasize the fullness of the Gospel through the Baptism of the Holy Spirit.
Therefore, we have accepted and adopted the following Statement of Faith and By-laws. We shall seek, by the grace of God, to be governed by the By-laws as set forth, and will also seek to teach and propagate the doctrines contained in the Statement of Faith.
Statement of Faith
WE BELIEVE AND ACCEPT THE FOLLOWING:
1. The Bible is the Word of God
· Inspired by God Himself (II Tim. 3:15-17) Infallible (Matt. 24:35) Authoritative, Revealed, Will of God (Heb. 4:12, John 7:17)
2. There is one true God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit (Mark 12:29, I John 5:6-8)
3. Jesus Christ is perfect Deity and perfect humanity (John 3:18, Mark 2:27-28)
· His virgin birth (Luke 1:30-35)
· His sinless life (I Peter 2:21-24)
· His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood (I Cor. 15:3-4)
· His bodily resurrection (Eph. 1:20)
· His Ascension to the right hand of the Father (Eph. 1:20)
· His personal return in power and glory (I Thess. 4:13-18)
· His millennial reign (Rev. 19:11-16, 20:1-7)
4. Jesus’ resurrection (Matt. 28:1-7, Mark 16:1-6, John 24:33)
5. Personal repentance (Psalm 38:18, Luke 15:18-20, Acts 11:12-18)
6. The salvation of man (Rom. 10:8-10, 13)
· The shed blood of Jesus Christ, grace through faith, believing in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead, and confessing that Jesus Christ is Lord, with the mouth, and calling on Him will result in man’s salvation (Rom. 3:21-30)
· Regeneration of the Holy Spirit (Gal. 4:4-7)
7. Water baptism is an ordinance of the church symbolizing to the world that one has died with Jesus and has also been raised with Him in resurrection power to walk in the newness of life (Matt. 28:19, Acts 10:47-48, Rom. 6:4-11)
8. The Lord’s Supper is an ordinance of the church symbolizing the broken body and shed blood of Jesus Christ as the New Covenant between God and man (I Cor. 11:24-25, 28)
9. Foot washing is an ordinance of the church that symbolizes the humility and service that Jesus demonstrated (John 13:14- 15)
10. The evidence of the in-filling of the Holy Ghost (Matt. 3:11; Acts 2:4, 19:2,6; I Cor.12:7-11)
11. The Church is the Body of Christ, the dwelling place and home of God through the Holy Spirit. Each believer born of God’s Spirit is an integral part of the General Assembly (Eph.1:22-23)
12. Women in the ministry
· There is evidence of women ministering in the church (Acts 18:23-26, 21:8-9)
· Women are part of the One Body of Christ, which is neither male nor female, with gifts differing according to the grace that is given to them (Gal. 3:28, Rom. 12:4-6)
13. Total prosperity
· Spiritual (John 3:3, 11)
· Mental (Rom. 12:2, II Tim. 1:7)
· Physical (Isa. 53:4-5)
· Financial (Mal. 3:10-11, III John 1:2)
· Social (Prov. 3:4)
14. Modest adornment (Deut. 22:5, I Tim. 2:9)
15. The union that exists in marriage between a man and a woman (Gen. 2:23-24, I Cor. 7:39, I Tim. 3:2, Titus 1:5-7)
16. Holiness is right (Heb. 12:14)
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