Doctrinal Beliefs
What we believe about God can best be explained in the light
of what the scriptures have to say about Him. We as Christians, embrace the New Testament as the clearest Word of God's revelation
to man, through Jesus Christ, and can readily see and believe God better in the light of His revelation to us by His son,
Jesus Christ.
We believe in Jesus Christ as
the sovereign giver of spiritual gifts to the church. We believe spiritual gifts are given for the perfecting of the saints,
for the work of ministry and for the edifying of the body of Christ and are given without regard to ethnicity, social class
or gender (Ephesians 4:7 and Galatians 3:26-28).
We believe in the divine priesthood of the Holy Spirit
and His present day ministry to believers which includes the sovereign distribution of spiritual gifts to believers for empowerment,
for service in the church (1 Corinthians 12).
We believe in the autonomy of the local
church as an independent entity with regard to matters of government, policy operation and discipline (1 Corinthians 5:5;
1 Thessalonians 5:21; 2 Thessalonians 3:6, 14-15; Acts 6:3-5, 11:22, 14:23; Titus 1:5).
We believe in the biblical terminology of leadership
in the church.
We believe in the formal and intentional praise and worship of almighty
God as a proper Spirit lead corporate acknowledgment and response to His person and work (Psalms 46-50; John 4:23).
We believe all believers are exhorted to be filled, walk in, be lead by and live in the power of the
Holy Spirit (Ephesians 5:18; Galatians 5:16, 18, 25).
We believe being
born of the Spirit, the baptism of the Spirit and the filling of the Spirit are distinct, separate, valid and valuable ministries
of the Holy Spirit which may occur simultaneously at salvation. Being baptized and filled with the Holy Spirit may and should
occur subsequent to salvation in obedience to biblical exhortation. Being born of the Spirit occurs once and for all at salvation.
The baptism of the Holy Spirit occurs once and for all when one request such. The evidence of the Spirit baptism is the speaking
with other tongues. Being filled with the holy spirit should not only be a continuous reality but an on-going characteristic
of the believers consecrated holiness (Acts 2:4; Acts 9).