STATEMENT OF BELIEFS

Statement of Faith

1. WE BELIEVE that the Bible, containing the Old and New Testament, is the inspired and infallible Word of God (Luke 21: 33, Luke 24: 44), the necessary and complete revelation of His will for the salvation of man (John 5: 47, 1 Thes 5: 9), and is the ultimate authority for Christian faith and life.

2. WE BELIEVE in the one true and living God, eternally existing in the three distinct persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit (John 14: 10).

3. WE BELIEVE that the triune God is the Creator, the Sustainer, and Ruler of Creation, but is prior to, and distinct from creation.

4. WE BELIEVE that the first man, Adam, was created by God in his image (Gen 1: 27), but fell from his original state by sinning against God, and hence incurred upon himself and all his posterity the quilt of sin, condemnation, and death; therefore, all mankind are in need of salvation, but are totally incapable of saving themselves.

5. WE BELIEVE that after the fall of Adam, God, in His mercy and love, made provision for man's redemption through the establishment of the covenant of grace with His people by the promise and the actual giving of the Savior, whom to believe is justification and life (Titus 3: 5).

6. WE BELIEVE that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, sent by the Father, begotten by the Holy Spirit (John 3: 16), and born of the Virgin Mary (Matthew 1: 23); that He lived a sinless and obedient life, suffered and died on the cross vicarious for te sins of His people who believe in Him (Rev 1: 5); that God raised Him from the dead, exalted Him both as Lord and Christ (1 Peter 1: 3), and gave Him the promise of the Holy Spirit for His Church.

7. WE BELIVE that men are saved by grace through faith in Christ in response to the Gospel preached, or otherwise presented, in the power of the Holy Spirit, through whom ransome sinners became the swons of God and heirs of eternal life; the Jesus Christ is the only mdiator between God and Man; through Him the believer has access to the Father (Mark 16: 16).

8. WE BELIEVE that every believer is a new creature in Christ, and is called to walk in the Spirit, to die unto sin, and to live unto righteousness, and thereby manifest the fruit of the spirit, conforming himself to the image of Christ: that good works are the fruit of the Christian life, and are not ways of justification.

9. We BELIEVE that God alone is the Lord of our conscience, and that the believers are free from the commands of men, which are contrary to, or in addition to, the Scriptures in matters of faith and conduct.

10. WE BELIEVE that the Church, consisting of all true believers, being Christ's own and indwelt by the Holy Spirit, is the Body of Christ, the Invisible Church; that the Invisible Church manifests itself in the visible church, the local congregations consisting all who profess to believe a kingdom of priests, the Church is called to fulfill her missionary work through the exercise of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, in worship, sacraments, fellowship, and services (Acts 28: 31).

11. WE BELIEVE that priesthood of all believers, and the parity of the ministers and the laity.

12. WE BELIEVE that the last day, as the consummation of redemption, Christ will come again personally and visible to the earth to judge the living and the dead; that there will be a bodily resurrection of the dead, of the believers through the Holy Spirit unto the inheritance of eternal life, and the unbelievers unto condemnation; and that a new heaven and a new earth will be ushered in (Heb 9: 28).

Our mission is to help all of God's children through prayer.

Galations 2: 20: I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. [KJV]