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WE
BELIEVE
When it comes
right down to it, we're not as independent as we'd like to think.
In fact, we have come to believe that God is our only HOPE for
making any sense of this world and of this life we are living.
Specifically, we believe that Jesus is the invisible God, that
came to this earth and gave you and I the example of how to live
and how we are to relate to Him. God has also designed a corporate
life that includes great blessing for those who embraced Jesus,
His purpose, His values and His teaching. God desires an intimate
relationship with us, to be the very center of our lives and
of our community.
THE
TRINITY
The
one God is infinitely perfect and eternal and exists in three
persons, showing forth as God the Father, God the Son, and God
the Holy Spirit.
JESUS
CHRIST OUR SAVIOR
Jesus Christ is the Son of God and is the complete fulfillment
of everything promised in the Bible. Jesus put a face on the
one true God who reaches out to us. His love for mankind was
so great that he died for us on the cross and rose from dead
so that we may begin a reverent, eternal friendship with God.
THE
HOLY SPIRIT
The Holy Spirit was sent to do well within, and fill each person
who believes in the person and work of Jesus Christ. Those who
believe in Jesus receive the Holy Spirit. Those who voluntarily
and consistently obey the words of Jesus are filled with the
Holy Spirit. His mission is to exalt Jesus and everyone who believes,
by bringing to mind the significance of the words and works of
Jesus, by pouring out the love of God in our hearts, by giving
each believer gifts for service, by bringing light upon the true
meaning of the Word of God, and by assisting us in prayer to
the Father through the perfect mediation of Jesus.
THE
BIBLE
The Bible is our charter for authority, being fully inspired
by the Holy Spirit, who breathed out this God-message through
His chosen human servants. The truths contained therein will
not lead one into error if followed as intended. We believe in
God's word over man's word.
THE
SINFULNESS OF MAN
Every person is born with a sinful nature and thus alienated
from a Holy God.
SALVATION
BY GRACE
God graciously and freely grants forgiveness and declares righteous
anyone who will trust in Jesus Christ by faith, and in the complete
payment He made for our debt of sin by the sacrifice of his perfect
and sinless life. |