1.
The one living God, who eternally exists in three Persons: the Father, the
Son, and the Holy
Spirit, loves everyone.
2.
God uniquely revealed and inspired the Bible, so that it alone is God’s Word
written, hence
the Holy Scriptures are the only inerrant authority for what we believe about
God’s moral law,
salvation from sin and how we should live.
3.
Since the disbelief and disobedience of Adam and Eve, all humans have failed
to obey God’s
two major laws summed up by the Lord Jesus Christ. We have failed to love God
with our whole
being and we have failed to love our neighbors as ourselves. People have
become slaves to
selfishness and are alienated from God and one another.
4.
Jesus’ death in our place reconciles us to God. His atoning sacrifice provided
redemption from
the power of sin, forgiveness for our guilt, and reconciliation to Himself and
others. We become
acceptable to God, or justified, not by works, but by God’s grace alone,
through faith in Christ
alone. We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, sinless
life, miracles, death on the
cross to provide for our redemption, bodily resurrection and ascension into
heaven, present ministry
of intercession for us, and His return to earth in power and glory.
5.
The Holy Spirit draws sinners to repentance, belief in the Gospel and trust in
the risen Christ of
whom it speaks. The Holy Spirit then assures believers of salvation, gives
them gifts for servant
ministries, and empowers them to meet the needs of the lost, the poor, and the
oppressed.
6. All believers in the Lord Jesus Christ are
members of His one international, multi-ethnic and
transcultural
body called the universal church. Its unity is displayed when we reach beyond
racial and denominational lines to demonstrate the Gospel’s reconciling power.
7.
Our primary calling is to communicate the Gospel to everyone in our generation
and nurture
disciples. Nothing must divert us from carrying out our Lord’s great
commission until His glorious
return to reign in righteousness.
