Tenets of Faith and Doctrine

The Church accepts the scriptures as the revealed will of God, the all sufficient rule of faith and practice, and for the purpose of maintaining general unity, adopts these Statements of Fundamental Truths and Doctrine.

The Scriptures Inspired

             The Bible is the inspired Word of God, a revelation from God to man, the infallible rule of faith and conduct, and is superior to conscience and reason, but not contrary to reason. (II Timothy 3:15-17; I Peter 1:23-25; Hebrews 4:12)

The One True Godhead

             The triune godhead is comprised of three (3) separate and distinct personalities, The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit, who are eternally self-existent, self-revealed and function as one entity. Jesus Christ, who is God manifested in the flesh, is the second member of the godhead, co-equal and co-eternal with The Father and The Holy Spirit.

Man, His Fall and Redemption

             Man was created good and upright, for God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.” But, man, by voluntary transgression, fell and his only hope of redemption is in Jesus Christ the Son of God. (Genesis 1:26-31; 3:1-7; Romans 5:12-21)

The Salvation of Man

             (a)  Man’s only hope of redemption is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ. On the cross Jesus Christ became sin and sickness providing both salvation and divine healing for all mankind, (Psalms 103:3) being justified freely by his Grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. For by grace we are saved through faith. “The Word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart—that is, the Word of faith which       we are preaching, that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you shall be saved; for with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.” (Romans 3:24; Ephesians 2:8; Romans 10:8-10)

             (b)  The evidences of salvation. The inward evidence to the believer of his salvation, is the direct witness of the Spirit. (Romans 8:16) The outward evidence to all men is a life of righteousness and true holiness. “And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.” (I John 3:23)

             (c)  Faith and works. Salvation is by faith in Jesus Christ and not by human works; however, our works will determine the rewards in eternity. (Acts 16:3; Romans 10:9-10; Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5-7; Romans 14:10-12; and II Corinthians 5:10)

Baptism in Water

             The ordinance of baptism by a burial with Christ should be observed as commanded in the scriptures by all who have really repented and in their hearts have truly believed on Christ as Savior and Lord. In so doing, they declare to the world that they have died with Jesus and that they have also been raised with him to walk in newness of life. (Matthew 28:19; Acts 10:47, 48; Romans 6:4)

The Lord’s Supper

             “And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat:  this is my body, which is broken for you:  this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me…But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.” (I Corinthians 11:24, 25, 28)

The Promise of the Father

             All believers are entitled to, and should ardently expect and earnestly seek, the promise of the Father, the Baptism in the Holy Ghost and Fire, according to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ. This was the normal experience of all in the early Christian church. With it comes the endowment of power for life and service, the bestowment of the gifts and their uses in the work of the ministry. (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4-8; I Corinthians 12:1-31) This wonderful experience is distinct from and subsequent to the experience of the New Birth. (Acts 2:38; 10:44-46; 11:14-16; 15:7-9)

The Evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit

             The full consummation of the Baptism of believers in the Holy Spirit is evidenced by the initial physical sign of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance, and by the subsequent manifestation of spiritual power in public testimony and service. (Acts 1:8; 2:4; 10:44-46; 19:2, 6)

The Church

             The church is the body of Christ, the habitation of God through the Spirit, with divine appointments for the fulfillment of her great commission. Each believer, born of the Spirit, is an integral part of the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven. (Ephesians 1:22; 2:19-22; Hebrews 12:23)

Total Prosperity

             (a)       Spiritual—John 3:3, 11; II Corinthians 5:17-21;

                        Romans 10:9-10

             (b)       Mental—II Timothy 1:7; Romans 12:2; Isaiah 26:3

             (c)       Physical—Isaiah 53:4, 5; Matthew 8:17; I Peter 2:24

             (d)       Financial—III John 1:2; Malachi 3:10-11, Luke 6:38;

                        II Corinthians 9:6-10; Deuteronomy 28:1-14

             (e)       Social—Proverbs 3:4

Blessed Hope

             Jesus is coming again to gather all his saints to heaven.

             (I Corinthians 15:51-52; I Thessalonians 4:16-17;

             II Thessalonians 2:1)

The Lake of Fire

             Those who have not accepted the redemptive work of Jesus Christ will suffer eternal separation from the godhead. The Devil and his angels, the beast and the false prophet, and anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life, shall be consigned to everlasting punishment in the Lake of Fire which burns with brimstone. This is the second death, the Lake of Fire. (Revelation 19:20; 20:10-15)

The Millennial Reign of Jesus

The return of our Lord Jesus Christ with his saints from heaven to rule and reign for one thousand years on earth as the scriptures promised. (Romans 11:25, 27; II Thessalonians 1:7; Revelation 19:11-16; 20:1-7) After this, there shall be a new heaven and a new earth. (Revelation 21)