What we Believe

We believe in the oneness of the Godhead (Deut. 6:4) That God is omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent. He is the Father in creation, the Son in redemption, and the Holy Spirit in inspiration. We believe that God was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself, that Jesus was both human and divine. We believe that God was manifested in the flesh (John 1:14), justified in the spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world and received up into Glory.

New Birth

We believe that everyone must be born again to enter into the Kingdom of God (John 3:3,5). We further believe that to experience the new birth one must be baptized in water in The Name of the Lord Jesus Christ by immersion and be baptized with the Holy Spirit (Ghost) (Acts 2:38). With the initial evidence of speaking in tongues as the Spirit of The Lord giveth utterance.

Water Baptism

Water baptism was administered “In The Name of Jesus Christ; for this was the name given to our Savior before His birth for the purpose of saving his people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21). For there is salvation in “none other name” (Acts 4:12) whereby we must be saved. Baptism in the days of the Apostles was ALWAYS by immersion. The word “BAPTIZE” means “to make a thing be dipped or “immerse” for religious purposes; its various forms shows that only immersion was considered baptism. St. Mark records that Jesus “came up OUT OF THE WATER” and come up OUT of the water (Acts 8:39). Baptism is said by St. Paul to be a “burial with Christ”. We are buried with Him by baptism into death (Romans 6:4).

Baptism of the Holy Ghost

We believe that “all full believers” receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, as promised by our Lord, as a witness to their scripturally-based faith in Jesus (John 7:37-39); and that the new birth of the Spirit (John 3:5) is necessary to place the believer in the Kingdom of God or the body of Christ “The Church” (1 Corinthians 12:12, 13). The Holy Ghost bares witness that “we are the children of God” (Romans 8:16). It is a witness to the faith of our hearts (Acts 15:7-9).

Speaking in Tongues

We believe that “speaking with tongues” as the Spirit gives utterance (Acts 2:4) is the initial evidence of the indwelling of the Spirit, not only on the day of Pentecost for the one hundred and twenty, but for all believers for all time. Speaking with tongues is the “sound” of the Spirit, heard by EVERY BELIEVER. It is synonymous with the cry of the “newborn babe” in the first birth (birth of the flesh); for God has sent forth His Spirit into our hearts in the second birth (birth of the Spirit) “crying, ABBA FATHER” (Romans 8:15; Galatians 4:6).