There is one God (1) who is infinitely perfect, existing eternally as God in the plural. (2): Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (3) Jesus Christ is true God and true man, (4) He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. (5) He died upon the cross, the Just for the unjust, as a substitutionary sacrifice, and all who believe in Him are justified by his resurrection on the grounds of His shed blood. He arose from the dead according to the Scriptures. (6) He is now at the right hand of the Majesty on high as our great High Priest after the order of Melchizedek. (7) He will come again in the secret coming of Christ for the bride and the second coming of Christ for the body and to establish His kingdom of righteousness and peace. (8)
The Holy Spirit is a divine Person, sent to indwell,(9) guide, teach all things that Christ taught, and empower the believer with fruit and gifts, and to convince the world of sin, of righteousness and of judgment. (10)
The five covenants of the Bible, inerrant as originally given, were verbally inspired by God through forty men and are a complete revelation of His will for the salvation of people. The New Testament constitutes the divine and only rule of Christian faith and practice. (11)
Humankind originally created in the image and likeness of God as triune,(12) fell through disobedience, incurring both physical and spiritual death. Thereby causing all people to be born with a sinful nature, are separated from the life of God, and can be saved only through faith in the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. (13) The destiny of the impenitent and unbelieving is existence forever in conscious torment in hell in their soul and spirit, afterwards the lake of fire in body, soul, and spirit. (14)
Salvation has been provided only through Jesus Christ. Those who repent and believe in Him having their mortal spirit glorified are united with Christ through the Holy Spirit and are thereby regenerated (born again), justified, sanctified, righteous, redeemed, washed, saved, having entered the kingdom of heaven and granted the gift of eternal life as adopted children of God. (15)
It is the will of God that in union with Christ each believer should be sanctified in their soul and body thoroughly through obedience unto the word of God(16) thereby being separated from sin and the world and fully dedicated to God, receiving power for holy living and sacrificial and effective service toward the completion of Christ’s commission. (17) This is accomplished through being filled with the Holy Spirit which is both a distinct event and progressive experience in the life of the believer. (18)
Provision is made in the redemptive work of the Lord Jesus Christ for the healing of the mortal body. Prayer for the sick and anointing with oil as taught in the Scriptures are privileges for the Church in this present age. (19)
The universal Church, of which Christ is the Head, consists of all those who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ through His death, burial and resurrection, are redeemed and atoned for through His blood, being regenerated by the Holy Spirit, and commissioned by Christ to go into all the world as a witness, preaching and teaching all things that Christ taught to all nations. (20)
The local church, the visible expression of the universal Church, is a body of believers in Christ who are joined together to worship God, to observe the ordinances of baptism and the Lord’s Supper, washing of feet, women wearing a covering to pray or prophesy, to be edified through the Word of God, to fellowship, and to testify in word and deed to the good news of salvation both locally and globally. The local church enters into relationships with other like-minded churches for accountability, encouragement, and mission. (21)
There shall be a bodily resurrection of the believer that died as the just and of the unjust; for the former, a resurrection unto celestial;(22) for the latter, a resurrection unto terrestrial. The unsaved also shall be resurrected unto the second death. (23)
The secret coming of the Lord Jesus Christ shall be as a thief in the night for the bride, the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ is for the body being imminent and will be personal and visible. (24) This vital truth is an incentive for holy living and sacrificial service toward the completion of Christ’s commission. (25)
The Mosaic Law or Old Testament was destroyed by the death of the Lord Jesus Christ being abolished, slain, nailed to the cross, and taken out of the way. Therefore obedience unto one Old Testament Law curses the believer into bondage to the fulfilling of all the Old Testament Law. (26)
The Ten Commandments-written in stone were for Israel to obey and not for Christians to obey; these are now known as the letter that kills the ministry of death, and the flesh whereas obedience unto any of these would be carnally mindedness leading to death. Christians are not under the Ten Commandments written in stone but have been delivered from this law of God. (27)
Marriage is the union between one man and one woman. (28)
Ten Commandments written in the heart are for Christians to obey today, known as the royal law, the law of liberty, the spirit, and the ministry of life.
SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES FOR STATEMENT OF FAITH
1. Genesis 1:26, Isaiah 44:6; 45:5-6, Mark 12:29
2. Matthew 3:16-17, 1 John 5:7-8, Romans 1:20, Colossians 2:9
3. Matthew] :23, 1 Timothy 3:]6, Revelation 1:8, Matthew 1:1, Mark 2:10, Galatians 3:16, Hebrews 2:16
4. Matthew 1:18, Luke 1:31-33
5. John 3:14, Romans 4:25
6. Luke 22:69, Psalms 110:4, Hebrews 6:2
7. Matthew 25:1-13, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-2, Zachariah 14:1-4, 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18, Matthew 16:27, Luke 1:31-33, Revelation 20:4
8. Acts 5:3-4, John 7:37-39, Acts 1:8
9. John 14:26 Galatians 5:22-23, 1 Corinthians 12:7-10, John 16:9-11
10. II Timothy 3:16, II Peter 1:21, Matthew 28:20
11. Genesis 1:26, 1 Thessalonians 5:23
12 . Genesis 2:16-17; 3:17, John 3:14-16, Romans 10:9-10
13. Psalms 9:17, Mark 16: 16, Luke 16:19-31, Revelations 20:11-15
14. Titus 3:5, John 3:3-5, Romans 4:25, 1 Corinthians 1:30, Romans 3:24, Ephesians 1:7, Romans 10:9-10, John 3:5, Ephesians 1:5
15. John 17:17, James 1:21, 2 Timothy 3:15
16. Acts 1:8, Matthew 28:18-20
17. John 7:37-39, Acts 1:8, Galatians 5:2-23
18. Isaiah 53:3-5, 1 Peter 2:24, James 5:14
19. Colossians 1:18, John 3:14-16, Ephesians 1:7, Titus 3:5, Matthew 28:18-20
20. 1 Corinthians 12: 12, Romans 6:1-4, 1 Corinthians 11: 1-6; 23-31, 1 John 1:5-7
21. Daniel ]2:3, John 5:28-29, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, 1 Corinthians 15:35-44
22. 1 Corinthians 15:40, John 5:29, Revelation 20:5; 11-15
23. Matthew 24:13, Matthew 25:1-13,1 Thessalonians 5:1-2, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-7, Matthew 16:27; 24:29-30, 1 Thessalonians 4: 13-18
24. Mathew 28:18-20
25. Ephesians 2:14-16, Colossians 2:14-15, Galatians 3:1; 5:1-4
26. 2 Corinthians 3-8, Romans 6:14; 7:6-7; 8:1-7
27. Romans 7:6; 8:1-2, 11 Corinthians 3:8-9
28. Genesis 1:26-28 & Matthew 19:4-6