We Seek Authentic Community.
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We Love and Appreciate the Arts.
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We Believe in Excellence in All We Do.
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We Care Deeply About The Next Generation.
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We Seek to Understand More of Our Great God.
We Are Comfortable with Who We Are.
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We Are Engaged in Our Community.
We Are a Spirit-filled Church.
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Holy Bible
The Holy Bible, and only the Bible, is the authoritative Word of God. It
alone is the final authority in determining all doctrinal truths. In its original
writing, it is inspired, infallible and inerrant (2Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:20-21;
Proverbs 30:5; Romans 16:25-26).
Trinity
There is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy
Spirit. These three are co-equal and co-eternal (I John 5:7; Genesis 1:26;
Matthew 3:16-17, 28:19; Luke 1:35; Isaiah 9:6; Hebrews 3:7-11).
Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ is God the Son, the second person of the Trinity. On earth,
Jesus was 100% God and 100% man. He is the only man ever to have
lived a sinless life. He was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, performed
miracles, died on the cross for mankind and thus, atoned for our sins
through the shedding of His blood. He rose from the dead on the third day
according to the Scriptures, ascended to the right hand of the Father, and
will return again in power and glory (John 1:1,14, 20:28; 1Timothy 3:16;
Isaiah 9:6; Philippians 2:5-6; 1Timothy 2:5).
Virgin Birth
Jesus Christ was conceived by God the Father, through the Holy Spirit (the
third person of the Trinity) in the virgin Mary's womb; therefore, He is the
Son of God (Matthew 1:18, 25; Luke 1:35; Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:18,
23-25; Luke 1:27-35).
Redemption
Man was created good and upright, but by voluntary transgression he fell;
his only hope of redemption is in Jesus Christ, the Son of God
(Gen.1:26-31, 3:1-7; Romans 5:12-21).
Salvation
We are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ; His death, burial, and
resurrection. Salvation is a gift from God, not a result of our good works or
of any human efforts (Ephesians 2:8-9; Galatians 2:16, 3:8; Titus 3:5;
Romans 10:9-10; Acts 16:31; Hebrews 9:22).
Repentance
Repentance is the commitment to turn away from sin in every area of our
lives and to follow Christ, which allows us to receive His redemption and to
be regenerated by the Holy Spirit. Thus, through repentance we receive
forgiveness of sins and appropriate salvation (Acts 2:21, 3:19; 1 John 1:9).
Sanctification
Sanctification is the ongoing process of yielding to God's Word and His
Spirit in order to complete the development of Christ's character in us. It is
through the present ministry of the Holy Spirit and the Word of God that the
Christian is enabled to live a godly life (1Thessalonians 4:3, 5:23; 2
Corinthians 3:18, 6:14-18, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-3, Romans 8:29, 12:1-2,
Hebrews 2:11).
Jesus Christ Indwells All Believers
Christians are people who have invited the Lord Jesus Christ to come and
live inside them by His Holy Spirit. They relinquish the authority of their
lives over to him thus making Jesus the Lord of their life as well as Savior.
They put their trust in what Jesus accomplished for them when He died,
was buried, and rose again from the dead (John 1:12; John 14:17, 23; John
15:4; Romans 8:11; Revelations 3:20).
The Gifts of the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is manifested through a variety of spiritual gifts to build and
sanctify the church, demonstrate the validity of the resurrection, and
confirm the power of the Gospel. The Bible lists of these gifts are not
necessarily exhaustive, and the gifts may occur in various combinations. All
believers are commanded to earnestly desire the manifestation of the gifts
in their lives. These gifts always operate in harmony with the Scriptures and
should never be used in violation of Biblical parameters (Hebrews 2:4;
Romans 1:11, 12 :4-8; Ephesians 4:16; 2 Timothy 1:5-16, 4:14; 1
Corinthians 12:1-31, 14:1-40; 1 Peter 4:10).
The Church
The church is the Body of Christ, the habitation of God through the Spirit,
with divine appointments for the fulfillment of Jesus' great commission.
Every person who is born of the Spirit is an integral part of the church as a
member of the body of believers. There is a spiritual unity of all believers in
our Lord Jesus Christ (Ephesians 1:22, 2:19-22; Hebrews 12:23; John
17:11, 20-23).
Resurrection
Jesus Christ was physically resurrected from the dead in a glorified body
three days after His death on the cross. In addition, both the saved and the
lost will be resurrected; they that are saved to the resurrection of life and
they that are lost to the resurrection of eternal damnation (Luke 24:16, 36,
39; John 2:19-21, 20:26-28, 21:4; Acts 24:15; 1 Corinthians 15:42, 44;
Philippians 1:21-23, 3:21).
Water Baptism
Following faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the new convert is commanded by
the Word of God to be baptized in water in the Name of the Father and of
the Son and of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19; Acts 2:38).
The Lord's Supper
A unique time of communion in the presence of God when the elements of
bread and grape juice (the Body and Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ) are
taken in remembrance of Jesus' sacrifice on the Cross (Matthew 26:26-29;
Mark 16:16; Acts 8:12, 36-38; 10:47-48; 1Corinthians 10:16, 11:23-25).
Marriage
We believe marriage is defined in the Bible as a covenant, a sacred bond
between one man and one woman, instituted by and publicly entered into
before God (Matthew 19:4-6).
What we believe