Explanation of Statement of Faith

1. The Statement of Faith articulates both an evangelical and Pentecostal doctrinal position with Wesleyan influences. The following is a summary of the Statement of Faith:
2. The Church believes that the Holy Bible consisting of sixty-six books including the Old and the New Testament, is the inspired Word of God, a revelation from God to Man, concerning the will of God in all things necessary to our faith, conduct and salvation, so that whatever is not contained therein is not to be enjoined as an article of faith.
3. It believes in one God, eternally existing in three persons (Trinity), namely the God the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.
4. It believes that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of the virgin Mary. It also believes in Christ’s Death, burial, resurrection, and ascension.
5. It believes that man was created in the image and likeness of God, but fell by voluntary transgression and his only hope of redemption and salvation is in Jesus Christ; that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, that repentance is commanded of God for all, and is necessary for forgiveness of sin; that salvation, new birth and justification are wrought by the grace of God, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and the renewing work of the Holy Ghost.
6. It believes in the ordinance of believer’s baptism by immersion, in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, for all who repent and believe Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.
7. It believes that all believers are entitled to and earnestly seek the promise of the Father, the Baptism in the Holy Spirit according to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ; that the full consummation of the Baptism of the believers in the Holy Spirit is evidenced by the initial sign of speaking in tongues and subsequent manifestation of the Spiritual gifts and Fruit of the Holy Spirit.
8. It believes that the Lord’s Supper, consisting of the elements of bread and the fruit of the wine, is a memorial of His sufferings and death
9. It believes that the deliverance from sickness is provided for all in Christ’s atonement and is the privilege of all believers, and the anointing of the sick with oil for healing and the laying on of hands.
10. It believes in the pre-millennial Second Coming of Christ
11. It believes in the promise of new heavens and a new earth wherein the righteous will dwell.