Statement of Faith

BASED ON THE WORD OF GOD, WE AFFIRM:

• The divine inspiration and inerrancy of the Word of God as originally given, and its supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct.

• The existence of only one God, personal, one in essence, yet existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

• The sovereignty of God in creation, revelation, redemption, and the final judgment.

• The universality of sin and guilt of man since the Fall, subjecting him to the wrath and damnation of God.

• Redemption from guilt, sorrow, dominion, and corruption of sin only through the expiatory death of our Lord Jesus Christ, the incarnated Son of God, our representative and substitute.

• The bodily resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, his ascension to the right hand of God the Father, and His Lordship over the Church, the world, and every human activity.

• The work of the Holy Spirit to make effective the redemptive death of Christ for the sinner, giving him repentance before God and faith in Jesus Christ.

• The presence and power of the Holy Spirit in repentance, regeneration and sanctification.

• The indwelling work of the Holy Spirit in the believer.

• Justification of the sinner only by God’s mercy and grace, received through faith in Christ’s substitutionary death.

• The intercession of Jesus Christ, the only mediator between God and men, on behalf of His redeemed.

• One Holy Universal Church, visible in local congregations, to which all believers belong.

• The certainty of our Lord Jesus Christ’s second coming in his glorified physical body.