Bold Preaching
Expository and Applicational (2 Timothy 4:1-5)
1. We believe there is only one true God, named Yahweh, who is the eternal King, Creator and Redeemer of all that is. He is perfectly holy, just, loving, and truthful. He reveals Himself to be eternally self-existent - one being in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
2. We believe the Bible to be the inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of God to the earth.
3. We believe humankind was created in the image of God, for the express purpose of knowing, and being known by Him, yet we willfully rejected the Lordship and glory of God for which we were intended. Because of this, sickness, death and judgment entered the world, and now creation experiences the effects and consequences of our sin.
4. We believe the Lord Yeshua (Jesus) Christ, the only begotten Son of God, was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin, Mary, and is God's Anointed One, empowered by the Holy Spirit to inaugurate God's eternal Kingdom on earth. He was crucified as the atoning sacrifice for our sins, died, was buried, resurrected and ascended into heaven, and is alive today, interceding on our behalf. He is both fully God and fully man.
5. We believe we are saved by God's grace, through faith in the person and finished work of Jesus Christ. Anyone can be restored to fellowship with God through repenting, believing and receiving Jesus as their Savior and Lord.
6. We believe in the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a holy life, and to minister supernaturally. The baptism of the Holy Spirit is poured out on believers that they might have power to bear accurate witness to the reality of the true and living God. The Holy Spirit, convicts, regenerates, justifies, adopts, and empowers us as we enter the Kingdom of God as His sons and daughters.
7. We believe the victorious redemptive work of Christ on the cross provides freedom from the power of the enemy, sin, lies, sickness and torment.
8. We believe the Church consists of all who put their faith in Jesus Christ. He gave His church the ordinances of Baptism and Communion. The Church exists to perpetuate the ministry of Jesus Christ and further advance His kingdom by establishing the truth of God in all situations, preaching and exemplifying the Gospel, practicing fellowship, and evangelism both in our own communities and around the world.
9. We believe God has established Apostles, Prophets, Pastors, Evangelists, and Teachers to actively serve, train, and equip the body of believers (the church) for the work of the ministry—each one in their own God-given form and fashion.
10. We believe in the ever-increasing Kingdom of God and in the Blessed Hope, which is the glorious visible return of our Lord Jesus Christ for His spotless bride, His church. Heaven and hell are real places. There will be a resurrection of the saved and the lost, the one to everlasting life and the other to everlasting death.