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Our Mission

Our Mission is to proclaim Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord in the power of the Holy Spirit, to encourage and strengthen God’s people in their faith and to reach out to the world with the “Good News” of God’s saving grace in Christ.

Values

Ø    We value Jesus Christ, as our Savior and our God, our protector and Deliverer, our everlasting King.

Ø    We value Christ-centered teaching, that is in complete agreement with the Bible, the infallible source of all truth.

Ø    We value the empowering of the Holy Spirit, who creates faith in our heart, preserves us in faith and who provides gifts for ministry to others.

Ø    We value a servant’s heart, knowing that Jesus did not come to be served but to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many.

Ø    We value integrity, character, and sincerity in our relationships with others.

Ø    We value divine worship, believing that God is worthy to be praised and that He inhabits the praises of His people.

Ø    We value public and private prayer, believing that God answers the prayers of His people and; that much of history has been shaped by prayer and fasting.

Ø    We value relational church life, recognizing that God would have us be like-minded, having the same love, and being one in spirit and in purpose.

Ø    We value children, for they are God’s gift to us; and they are the future of the church.

Ø    We value every member as a minister, recognizing their contributions for the maturing, equipping, and building up of the Body of Christ.

Vision

Ø    To share and demonstrate the Gospel by our words and life style to our family, friends, and neighbors so that they might know God’s love and enter into His kingdom.

Ø    To provide a setting where people may worship God in spirit and in truth, sing His praises, hear His Word proclaimed, and call upon Him in prayer.

Ø    To provide abundant opportunities for Christian fellowship, recognizing that it delights God when His people love one another even as He has loved us.

Ø    To minister compassionately to the sick, discouraged, anxious, fearful and grieving, believing that the Word of God offers hope and peace in all of life’s stressful and difficult situations.

Ø    To teach our children about the love of Jesus to instruct them in the fundamental truths of the Christian faith, to encourage activities with other Christian youth, and to shepherd them over the difficult years that they might remain steadfast into adulthood.

Ø    To help our members identify their own spiritual gifts that they might be used of God, taking an active role as co-workers in the Lord’s vineyard.

Ø    To provide in-depth instruction in the teachings of the Christian faith through organized Bible studies, conferences, seminars, and retreats.

Ø    To reach out lovingly to the lost, using every Biblical and godly means to lead them to the Savior.

Ø    To encourage the support of foreign missions through prayer
and financial assistance, mission speakers and short-term missionary trips.

Ø    To make sure that each member of the church is loved, cared for, valued, and esteemed as a member of the Body of Christ.

Statements of Beliefs

Ø    We believe that all the words of Scripture, as originally given, were inspired by God. 
(2 Timothy 3:16; 1 Corinthians 2:13)

Ø    We believe that God has revealed Himself as one God existing in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; distinguishable but indivisible.
(Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14)

Ø    We believe in the creation, the test and fall of man as recorded in Genesis, which led to his total spiritual depravity and inability to attain to righteousness. 
(Romans 5:12,18)

Ø    We believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of man, conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, fully God and fully man.
(Luke 1: 26-35; John 1:18)

Ø    We believe Christ died for our sins, was buried, descended into hell, and rose again the third day, personally appearing to His disciples.
(1 Corinthians 15: 1-4; Romans 4:25)

Ø    We believe in the bodily ascension of Jesus to Heaven, His exaltation, and His personal, literal, and bodily coming again the second time.
(John 14: 2, 3; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)

Ø    We believe in the salvation of sinners by grace through repentance and faith in the perfect and sufficient work of the cross of Calvary by which we obtain remission of sins.
(Ephesians 2:8,9; Hebrews 9:12,22; Romans 5:ll)

Ø    We believe in water baptism for the believer in order to fulfill the command of Christ. 
(Matthew 28:19; Acts 2:37-41, 19:1-6)

Ø    We believe in the operation of the gifts of the Spirit as manifested in early church.
(Romans 12; 1Corinthians 12-14)

Ø    We believe in the Spirit-filled life and the development of godly character in the fear of God as an expression Christian faith.
(Ephesians 5:18 ; 2Corinthians 6:14 ; 7: 1)

Ø    We believe in the breaking of bread commonly called Holy Communion of the Lord’s Supper for believers.
(1Corinthians 11:28 -32)

Ø    We believe in eternal life for the believer (John 3:16 ; 5:24 ) and eternal punishment for the unbeliever.
(Mark 9:43 -50; 2Thessalonians 1:9)

Ø    We believe in the reality and personality of Satan and the eternal judgment of Satan and his angels.
(Matthew 25:31; Revelation 20:10-15)

Ø    We believe in the local church as the bride of Christ and that the gates of Hell will not prevail against it. 
(John 3:29; Matthew 16:18)