Statement of Faith
We believe...
1. The Bible is the inspired and infallible Word of God, without error in the original manuscripts, and the supreme and final authority for all of faith and life. (Matthew 5:17, 18; 2 Timothy 3:16, 17; 2 Peter 1:20, 21)
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2. There is one God, eternally existent in the three Persons of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 28:18–20; John 4:24; 2 Corinthians 13:14).
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3. God created the heavens and the earth, including all life, in six literal days. (Genesis 1; Exodus 20:11)
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4. Man was created in the image of God but fell into sin and is therefore lost and under God’s wrath and just condemnation. (Genesis 1:26, 27; 3; Romans 3:9–18; 5:12–21; Ephesians 2:1–3)
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5. In the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, who came as God in human flesh, being fully God and fully man, except without sin. (John 1:1, 14; Philippians 2:5–11; Hebrews 4:15; 1 Peter 2:21–23) (Matthew 1:23; 28:6; Luke 1:35; Acts 1:9–11; 2 Corinthians 5:18–21; 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18)
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6. In the virgin birth of Jesus Christ, His miracles, His atoning death through His shed blood on the cross, His bodily resurrection, His ascension, and His imminent bodily return in power and glory. (Matthew 1:23; 28:6; Luke 1:35; Acts 1:9–11; 2 Corinthians 5:18–21; 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18)
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7. Jesus Christ paid the penalty for man’s sin through His substitutionary death, the successful accomplishment of which was attested to by His subsequent visible, bodily resurrection. (Romans 4:24, 25; 5:6–11; 2 Corinthians 5:17–21)
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8. God, by His grace, offers salvation as a free gift to the sinner to be responded to in individual faith, not trusting in any personal works, but in the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ alone. (Romans 3:20–28; Ephesians 2:1–10; Titus 3:3–7)
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9. Marriage was designed and instituted by God as the union between one man and one woman. God has commanded that sexual intimacy take place only within that marriage union. (Genesis 1:27, 28; 2:20–25; 1 Corinthians 6:18–20; 1 Thessalonians 4:3–8; Hebrews 13:4)
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10. God forms each child as a living human being in the womb from the time of conception— distinctly male or female—for His good purposes. (Psalm 139:13–16; Jeremiah 1:4, 5)
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11. Parents are given by God the authority and responsibility to lovingly and wisely care for and educate their children, bringing them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. (Deuteronomy 6:4–7; Ephesians 6:1–4)
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