Statement of Faith

1. THE SCRIPTURES We believe that the scriptures, both the Old and the New Testaments, are verbally inspired by God, without error, and that they are the supreme and final authority for faith and practice, preserved for the English speaking people in the Authorized King James Bible.
   
2. GOD We believe there is only one true and living God, existing in three persons; the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, each being the express image of the other, being of one essence, but having distinct personalities and functions.
   
3. JESUS CHRIST We believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, God in the flesh, born of a virgin, sinless in life, Who came to shed His blood on Calvary as the substitutionary death for all mankind, was buried, rose again bodily, and ascended to the Father, according to the Scriptures.
   
4. HOLY SPIRIT We believe the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity, equal with God the Father and God the Son. The Holy Spirit testifies of Jesus Christ by enlightening the sinful mind and convincing the sinful heart of Bible Salvation.
   
5. SALVATION We believe that all mankind is sinful, has been reconciled to God by Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 5:19) and can and should be born again (saved) by the Word of God. Salvation is wholly of grace apart from works. The conditions of salvation are "..repentance towards God and Faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ." (Acts 20:21)
   
6. SECOND COMING We believe the future coming of Christ is in two parts. First, the Rapture where the saints are caught up in the air to meet the Lord (2 Thessalonians 4:13-17). Then, after the Judgement Seat of Christ, he will come in a literal, visible, personal, premillenial way to set up His kingdom.
   
7. THE CHURCH We believe that the local church is God's institution for this age and is to uphold the word of God and the Saviour of mankind in a Christian testimony to its community. Every Christian worker should be actively involved in and answer to the local church. The ordinances of Believer's Baptism by immersion in water, and the Lord's Supper as a commemoration of His death until He comes, are both to be administered by authority of the local church.
   
8. HEAVEN AND HELL We believe in the eternal blessedness of the saved in Heaven and the eternal punishment of the lost in Hell. The lost, because of unbelief, will spend eternity in the Lake of Fire while the saved will ever abide with the Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, we must win the lost before it is too late.