Beliefs

This church is a member church of the Missionary Church, Inc.

1.    We believe the Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, to be the divinely inspired Word of God, without error in the original manuscripts, and the complete revelation of God's will for the salvation of mankind and the final authority for all Christian faith and living. (II Timothy 3:16,17; II Peter 1:20,21)

2.    We believe in one God, maker and sustainer of all things, infinitely perfect, one in essence and eternally existing in three persons, co-equal in authority and glory -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.(Matt. 28:18-20; II Cor. 13:14)

3.    We believe that Jesus Christ is the unique revelation of God to man, equally and completely true God and true man, having been conceived by the Holy Spirit and Virgin born; that He died on the cross for man s sins; that He was buried and arose bodily from the dead according to the Scriptures; that He ascended with His glorified body to the right hand of the Father and is even now making intercession for us as our faithful High Priest. (I Cor. 15:1-7; Matt. 1:20-23)

4.    We believe that the Holy Spirit's mission is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ; to convict the world of sin, righteousness and of judgment; to regenerate and indwell those who believe; to guide, instruct, fill and empower the believer for godly living and service. (John 16:7-14; Gal. 5:16-26)

5.    We believe that God by a direct and decisive act created man in His own image; but that man became a sinful creature, alienated from God through his own disobedience and is therefore eternally lost apart from the redemptive work of Christ. (Gen 1:26,27; Rom. 5:12; Eph. 1:7)

6.    We believe that the shed blood, sacrificial death and glorious resurrection of Christ provided the only basis for salvation; and that by repentance from sin and faith in the redemptive work of Christ, man is born again by the Holy Spirit and becomes a child of God.  (Acts 4:12;  John 1:12; 3:3-7)

7.    We believe that the church is an organism composed of all born-again believers in the Lord Jesus Christ who have been called out of darkness and vitally united to Jesus Christ by faith; that God has given gifted men to the church for the purpose of building up the body of Christ; that each individual believer has been given a spiritual gift which is essential to the total functioning of the body of Christ; and that two ordinances have been given to the church--baptism and communion. (Eph. 4:11-16; I Cor. 12-14;  Rom. 6:4; 12; I Cor. 11:27-29)

8.    We believe in the literal return of Jesus Christ which will be personal, bodily, visible, premillennial, and redemptive. (Acts 1:10,11; I Thess. 4:14-18)

9.    We believe in the bodily resurrection of the dead; the believer to everlasting life and joy in the presence of the Lord; and the unbeliever to judgment and conscious torment forever. (Dan 12:1,2; Rev. 20:11-15)

A complete statement of faith including other important matters related to doctrine and practice may be found in the Constitution of the Missionary Church of the United States.