THE ESSENTIALS
- We believe in God revealed to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
- We believe in the deity of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
- We believe in His virgin birth, sinless life, powerful miracles, and the sacrifice of His vicarious and atoning death.
- We believe in His bodily resurrection, ascension and future return to Earth as both Lord and King.
- We believe in the absolute inspiration of Holy Scripture.
- We believe that justification is by grace through faith in our Lord’s sacrificial death on the cross.
- We believe that we have been sanctified by the blood of Jesus Christ and we are being sanctified by a process in which the believer is changed to reflect the character of Jesus by yielding to God’s Word and Holy Spirit.
- We believe that every convert is to be baptized by immersion.
- We believe that the baptism of the Holy Spirit is an endowment of power available to every Christian at or subsequent to conversion. As a result, spiritual gifts should be manifest with balance and guidance from the local church ministry.
- We believe that the church is God’s chosen instrument to proclaim and manifest God’s kingdom on the earth. The message and mission of the church is “the gospel of the kingdom” which simply means the “rule” of God. Our responsibility then is to enforce the victory of God over every dark and godless influence, until King Jesus returns.
- We believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of Heaven and Earth. And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord: who was conceived by Holy Spirit, born of Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried; the third day He rose from the dead; He ascended into Heaven and sits at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty; from there He shall come to judge the living and the dead. We believe in Holy Spirit, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting.
TYPES OF WORSHIP
• Praising: Ps. 109:30
• Singing: Ps. 47:6
• Shouting: Ps. 32:11
• Lifting of Hands: Ps. 134:2
• Clapping: Ps. 47:1
• Playing musical instruments: Ps. 150:3-5; Ps. 149:3
• Standing: Ps. 134:1
• Bowing/Kneeling/Prostrating: Ps. 95:6
• Dancing: Ps. 149:3
• Flag/Banner waving: Song of Solomon 2:4
• Shofar/Trumpets: Ps. 150:3
• Giving: Ps. 96:8-9
OTHER EXPRESSIONS OF WORSHIP
- Gifts of the Spirit: 1Cor. 14:26
- The New Song (spontaneous songs of praise): Ps. 96:1
- Tongues/Interpretation: 1Cor. 14:2, 26
- Prophecy: 1Cor. 14:3, 29
- Teaching: 1Cor. 14:26
- Decreeing: Job 22:28
- Prayer for healing with anointing oil: James 5:14-15