Declaration of Faith
We
Believe:
- In the verbal
inspiration of the Bible.
- In one God eternally
existing in three persons; namely, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
- That Jesus Christ is
the only begotten Son of the Father, conceived of the Holy Ghost, and born
of the Virgin Mary. That Jesus was crucified, buried, and raised from the
dead. That He ascended to heaven and is today at the right hand of the
Father as the Intercessor.
- That all have sinned
and come short of the glory of God and that repentance is commanded of God
for all and necessary for forgiveness of sins.
- That justification,
regeneration, and the new birth are wrought by faith in the blood of Jesus
Christ.
- In sanctification
subsequent to the new birth, through faith in the blood of Christ; through
the Word, and by the Holy Ghost.
- Holiness to be God's
standard of living for His people.
- In the baptism with
the Holy Ghost subsequent to a clean heart.
- In speaking with
other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance and that it is the initial
evidence of the baptism of the Holy Ghost.
- In water baptism by
immersion, and all who repent should be baptized in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
- Divine healing is
provided for all in the atonement.
- In the Lord's Supper
and washing of the saints' feet.
- In the premillennial second coming of Jesus. First, to
resurrect the righteous dead and to catch away the living saints to Him in
the air. Second, to reign on the earth a thousand years.
- In the bodily
resurrection; eternal life for the righteous, and eternal punishment for
the wicked.