Statement of Faith
What we believe about the Bible
We believe in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as verbally inspired of God, and inerrant in the original writings, and that rightly divided, they are the supreme and final authority in faith and life. (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:19-21; Acts 17:11; and Isaiah 8:20)
What we believe about God
We believe in one God, Yaweh, THE Holy Spirit.
GOD THE FATHER - We believe in God the Father, Yaweh, Creator of heaven and earth, perfect in holiness, infinite in wisdom and measureless in power. We rejoice that He concerns Himself mercifully in the affairs of men, that He hears and answers prayer, and that He saves from sin and death all who come to Him through His only begotten Son, Yashua The Christ. (Matthew 5:48; Genesis 1:1; Hebrews 11:3; Nehemiah 9:6; Hebrews 1:2-3; Psalm 103:19; Ephesians 1:11; 1 Kings 8:27; and Psalm 90:2)
THE SON - We believe in Yashua The Christ, Yaweh's only begotten Son, conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, sinless in His life, and making atonement for the sin of the world by His shed blood and death on the cross. We believe in His bodily resurrection, His ascension into heaven, and His high priestly intercession for His people through becoming the New Ark, The Living Ark and Recepticle of God and the reconnecting of God's Holy Spirit to us who believe. We believe in His personal, visible and triumphant return to the world according to His promise. (Isaiah 9:6; Matthew 1:18-25; John 1:14; Hebrews 10:9; John 1:29; 1 John 2:1-2; John 14:3; 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17; and Acts 1:11)
THE HOLY SPIRIT - We believe in the Holy Spirit, who came forth from God to Adam, then died when Adam sinned, convicting the world of sin, and then regenerated through Yashua's death, resurrection and Assention when He sent it back to those who believe, to sanctify and comfort those who believe in Yashua The Christ. (John 15:26; John 16:8-11; Romans 6:3-6; 1 Corinthians 12:13; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; and 1 Peter 1:1-3)
What we believe about People
MAN - We believe that man was created in the image of God, that he sinned and thereby incurred not only physical death but also spiritual death, which is separation from God; and that all human beings are sinners by nature and by choice. (Genesis 1:27; Genesis 2:15-17; and Romans 3:10-12, 23) And by choice they can be saved through Yashua. (Romans 10:8-10)
SALVATION - We believe that, God, (Yaweh), so loved the world that He gave his one and only Son Yashua, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. (John 3:16 NIV) We believe that all who receive, by faith, Yashua The Christ as Savior and Lord are born again of the Holy Spirit and, therefore, become children of God. (Romans 10:8-10) We believe that justification means that a person is declared righteous in the sight of God by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. (John 1:12; Romans 3:21-26; Ephesians 1:13; 2:8-10)
STATUS IN ETERNITY - We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust, the everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the everlasting, conscious punishment of the lost. (Matthew 25:46)
HUMAN RESPONSIBILITY - We believe that every human being has responsibility to God alone in all matters of faith. (Romans 14:11-12)
What we believe about the Church
THE CHURCH - We believe in the Church as a Congregation -- a living, spiritual body in which Yashua The Christ is the Head and of which all regenerated people are members. We believe that a visible church is a Congregation of believers in Yashua The Christ, alive with Him in the baptism of the Holy Spirit and associated for the purpose of leading believers toward maturity through worship, instruction, fellowship and evangelism. We believe that The Christ has committed to the local congregation, the ordinances of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and Communion to be observed until He comes, and that The Christ has committed to the congregation the responsibility to proclaim the rightly divided Word of God to a lost world and their need to accept Yashua The Christ as Savior and to recognize Him has Lord. We believe that human betterment and social improvement are essential products of the Gospel. (Ephesians 1:22-23; Romans 6:3-5; Matthew 28:19-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; and John 8:31-32)
ATTITUDE TOWARD CIVIL GOVERNMENT - We believe that each church/congregation is independent and autonomous, and must be free from interference by any ecclesiastical or political authority; therefore, Church and State must be kept separate, as having different functions, each fulfilling its duties free from the dictation or patronage of the other. We also believe that it is the responsibility of the church/congregation (individually and corporately) to live in submission to the government, as long as that does Not violate Scripture or conscience and to pray for those who are in authority over us.
(1 Timothy2:1-3; Titus 3:1; 1 Peter 2:13-14; Acts 5:29; Matthew 23:10; Romans 13:1-7)
Yaweh Bless you through His Son Yashua's Holy name, Amen.