WE BELIEVE
One God - Creator and Sustainer of all things. Exists eternally in 3 persons: Father, Son, Holy Spirit.
Matthew 28:19
Bible - Divinely inspired. Old and New Testaments have authority and are the only written Word of God. Holy Spirit preserves God's Word and by it speaks God's truth to people. 2 Timothy 3: 16-17
Humankind - created in the image of God. Image marred in every part by Adam and Eve's disobedience. We need right relationship with God and can't do so on our own because of sin.
Jesus Christ - God's eternal Son, born of a virgin, suffered, died and rose from the dead on the 3rd Day. He is now at God the Father's right hand making people right with the Father through faith. Philippians 2: 5-11
Justification - God justifies (makes right) all who trust in Jesus... We then begin to live in holiness (purity) through this faith. Romans 3: 21-26
Entire Sanctification - God calls us, in a moment of full surrender, to have whole-hearted love for God and others. This does not make us faultless, we must live daily by faith in Christ Jesus.
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