Faith Statement

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One God revealed in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

Jesus as both fully human and fully divine: God sent His only begotten Son who became flesh and lived among men, was crucified on a cross to die for the sins of the whole world, was resurrected and given an eternal body on the third day and is now seated in Heaven at the right hand of the Father, all things being made subject to His complete authority in Heaven and on the earth.

Jesus as Messiah: the promised and prophesied Savior, who came to defeat the works of the devil and redeem mankind.

Salvation is by grace through faith: the restoration of relationship with God the Father and rescue from the power of the enemy of all mankind, and is available to all people through Jesus Christ, and only through Him.

Healing included in the Atonement: by His stripes we are physically healed and by His blood we are spiritually healed. Because God is the same yesterday, today, and forever…because He never changes…God in His role of Jehova Rapha (God who heals us) is still the God who remains true to His Name and heals all our diseases.

 The inerrancy of scripture: the Holy Bible is the inspired Word of God given to man through men, and the Bible is a dependable source of God’s truth, which is found in both the Old Testament and in the New Testament; that the Old Testament is a type and shadow to prepare the world to receive the New Covenant made possible through Christ, wherein God has reconciled the world to Himself.

Literal Heaven and Hell: God intended His beloved creation to be reconciled to Himself and so to spend eternity in His glorious and delightful Presence; and yet there is an eternal separation and literal place of damnation, called hell, which was created for rebellious angels but is also a final destination for all who refuse to accept the freely given pardon from sin that is found in the Lordship of Jesus Christ.

Literal devil: also called satan, who comes to steal, kill, and destroy. The devil was once an archangel who rebelled against God and was thrown out of Heaven with the other angels who followed him. He is a very real spiritual entity whose great desire is to destroy everything good and decent. We believe he has power but not authority…and that greater is the One within all believers.

In the authority of the Believer: because in Christ every Believer has access to all the attributes of Jesus who has been given all authority in heaven, on the earth, and beneath the earth.

Angels and demons are real: and can and will impact our physical reality from their spiritual domain.

Deliverance from demonic oppression is for the Believer: based on Jesus’ description of deliverance as the “children’s bread” (Mt. 15:26), and His warnings found in Mt. 12:43-44 and Luke 11:24-26.