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We Believe: That the Bible is God's Holy Word, inspired by the Holy Spirit in the original text, and that it is the supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct. That there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. In God the Father, perfect in holiness, infinite in wisdom, measureless in power. We believe that He concerns Himself mercifully in the affairs of men, that He hears and answers prayer, and that He saves from sin and death all who come to Him through Jesus Christ. In Jesus Christ, the divine, eternal and only begotten Son of God. We believe that in His earthly life He was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin and lived a sinless life. We believe in His vicarious and atoning death for the sins of the world. We believe in His bodily resurrection from the dead, His ascension to the right hand of the Father to make intercession for the saints, and in His personal, visible return to the world in power and glory. In the Holy Spirit, in His personality and deity, that He was sent forth from the Father to convince the world of sin, of righteousness and of judgment. We believe that He is come to regenerate, indwell, sanctify, instruct and comfort the saints. In the baptism of the Holy Spirit, demonstrated by the speaking in other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance. That all men are, by nature and by choice, sinners, destitute of all power to save themselves. We believe, therefore, that the only means of salvation of sinful men is the recreating work of the Holy Spirit on the basis of the atoning work of Christ through personal faith in Christ. We believe in the bodily resurrection of all men, those that are lost unto the resurrection of eternal damnation, those who are Christ's, to everlasting life in Heaven with Him. That the Church is the body of Jesus Christ, Who is the Head and of which all spiritually recreated persons are members. We believe that the Lord laid upon the Church the task of persuading a lost and sinful world to accept Jesus Christ as Savior and to enthrone Him as Lord and Master in their lives. All Christians are ordained by the Holy Spirit to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ. That all gifts of the Holy Spirit being active in the church today. That the gifts of the Holy Spirit will accompany His presence in the life of the believer; these gifts being: the word of wisdom, the word of knowledge, the gift of faith, gifts of healings, working of miracles, prophecy and discerning of spirits, different kinds of tongues, and the interpretation of tongues as described in the holy scriptures. That it is the primary duty of all Christians to serve as evangelists, and to minister to others according to the gifts they have received of the Holy Spirit. That we share in the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ symbolically through water baptism by immersion. We do this out of a clear conscience before God. That the Love of Our Lord Jesus Christ is the greatest gift of God the Father and His Holy Spirit, and should be the primary message of the Christian church, taking precedence over all differences, whether they be theological, denominational, ideological, or physical in nature. In the laying on of hands to heal the sick. In the calling of the Elders of the church to come and pray, anoint the sick with oil. In the giving of tithes and offerings as faithful stewarts of what God has given graciously given to us to supply the needs of the saints and to support the work of the ministry.
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