We are a Wesleyan church and our doctrine is in line with
Wesleyan Doctrine. But beyond that, we believe that it is our call as
Christians to be in the world but not of it. We believe in living a holy
life, but we do not believe this is characterized by a list of rules,
but rather by a life surrendered to Christ.
We believe that we are called to dynamically interact with the people
around us, to live among them and share our lives with them in order to
reach them with the truth of Jesus Christ. We believe that everyone has
a calling to serve in the church and our world, that we are all called
to His service.
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We consider these beliefs non-negotiable:
Faith in the Holy Trinity
The Father – We believe in one living and true God,
both holy and loving, eternal, unlimited in power, wisdom, goodness, the
Creator and Preserver of all things.
The Son of God – We believe in Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God.
The Holy Spirit – He is the Administrator of grace to all mankind. He is ever present, assuring, preserving, guiding, and enabling the believer.
The Word of God
We believe that God’s Word is inspired and infallible. It is
fully inerrant in their original manuscripts and superior to all human
authority. You don’t fit the Bible in your life, you fit your life in
the Bible. God’s Word has never failed man. It is a perfect road map
that leads to eternal life with God.
God’s Purpose for Humanity
We believe that the two great commandments which require us to
love the Lord our God with all the heart, and our neighbors as
ourselves, summarize the divine law as it is revealed in the Scriptures.
They are the perfect measure and norm of human duty, both for the
ordering and directing of families and nations, and all other social
bodies, and for individual acts, by which we are required to acknowledge
God as our only Supreme Ruler.
Marriage and the Family
God’s plan for human sexuality is that it is to be expressed
only in a monogamous lifelong relationship between one man and one woman
within the framework of marriage. This is the only relationship which
is divinely designed for the birth and rearing of children and is a
covenant union made in the sight of God, taking priority over every
other human relationship.
Personal Choice
We believe that humanity’s creation in the image of God included ability to choose between right and wrong.
The Atonement
We believe that Christ’s offering of Himself, once and for all,
through His sufferings and death on the cross, provides the perfect
redemption and atonement for the sins of the whole world, both original
and actual.
Repentance and Faith
We believe that for men and women to appropriate what God’s
prevenient grace has made possible, they must voluntarily respond in
repentance and faith. The ability comes from God, but the act is the
individual’s. Repentance begins by the convicting ministry of the Holy
Spirit. It involves a willful change of mind that renounces sin and
longs for righteousness, a godly sorrow for and a confession of sin.
Faith, in turn, is the only condition of salvation. It begins in the
agreement of the mind and the consent of the will to the truth of the
gospel.
Justification, Regeneration and Adoption
We believe that justification is the judicial act of God
whereby a person is accounted righteous, granted full pardon of all sin,
delivered from guilt, completely released from the penalty of sins
committed.
We believe that regeneration, or the new birth, is that work of the
Holy Spirit whereby, when one truly repents and believes, one’s moral
nature is given a spiritual life with the capacity for love and
obedience.
We believe that adoption is the act of God by which the justified
and regenerated believer becomes a partaker of all the rights,
privileges and responsibilities of a child of God.
Good Works
We believe that although good works cannot save us from our
sins or from God’s judgment, they are the fruit of faith and follow
after regeneration.
Sin after Regeneration
We believe that it is possible to fall into sin after regeneration.
Sanctification
We believe that sanctification is that work of the Holy Spirit
by which the child of God is separated from sin unto God and is enabled
to love God with all the heart and to walk in all His holy commandments
blameless. Regeneration is when we have God. Sanctification is when God
has you.
The Gift of the Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is the agent of all Spiritual
gifts and that these gifts are given to glorify God and not man.
However, we major on the fruit of the Spirit and not the gifts of the
Spirit. Gifts of the Spirit without first the fruit of the Spirit is
like a tree without roots.
The Second Coming of Christ
We believe that the certainty of the personal and imminent
return of Christ inspires holy living and zeal for the evangelization of
the world.
The Church
We believe that the Christian church is the entire body of
believers in Jesus Christ, who is the founder and only Head of the
church. We believe that the church was/is God’s only plan to save the
world and is a powerful gathering of people beyond anything man could
construct.
Destiny
We believe that there is life after death and all are on their way to either heaven or hell.
The Sacraments: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper
We believe that water baptism and the Lord’s Supper are the
sacraments of the church commanded by Christ and ordained as a means of
grace when received through faith.
We believe that water baptism is an outward and visible sign of an
inward transformation of the heart and should be administered to all
believers.
We believed that the Lord’s Supper is a sacrament of our redemption
by Christ’s death and our hope in His victorious return, as well as a
sign of the love that Christians have for each other.