God's DREAM, our way of life.
Discipleship - Becoming more like Christ.
Relationship - Growing in community.
Evangelism - Sharing Christ with our neighbors and the world.
Adoration - Connecting to God through prayer and worship.
Mission - Pursuing our created purpose.
What We Believe:
1. WE BELIEVE...The Scriptures are Inspired by God and declare His design and plan for mankind.
2.
WE BELIEVE...There is only One True God–revealed in three
persons...Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (commonly known as the Trinity).
3. WE BELIEVE...In the Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. As God's son Jesus was both human and divine.
4.
WE BELIEVE...though originally good, Man Willingly Fell to Sin–ushering
evil and death, both physical and spiritual, into the world.
5.
WE BELIEVE...Every Person Can Have Restored Fellowship with God Through
'Salvation' (accepting Christ's offer of forgiveness for sin). [1 of 4
cardinal doctrines of the A/G]
6. WE BELIEVE...and practice two
ordinances—(1) Water Baptism by Immersion after repenting of one's sins
and receiving Christ's gift of salvation, and (2) Holy Communion (the
Lord's Supper) as a symbolic remembrance of Christ's suffering and
death for our salvation.
7. WE BELIEVE...the Baptism in the Holy
Spirit is a Special Experience Following Salvation that empowers
believers for witnessing and effective service, just as it did in New
Testament times. [1 of 4 cardinal doctrines of the A/G]
8. WE
BELIEVE... The Initial Physical Evidence of the Baptism in the Holy
Spirit is ‘Speaking in Tongues,’ as experienced on the Day of Pentecost
and referenced throughout Acts and the Epistles.
9. WE
BELIEVE...Sanctification Initially Occurs at Salvation and is not only
a declaration that a believer is holy, but also a progressive lifelong
process of separating from evil as believers continually draw closer to
God and become more Christlike.
10. WE BELIEVE...The Church has
a Mission to seek and save all who are lost in sin. We believe 'the
Church' is the Body of Christ and consists of the people who,
throughout time, have accepted God's offer of redemption (regardless of
religious denomination) through the sacrificial death of His son Jesus
Christ.
11. WE BELIEVE...A Divinely Called and Scripturally
Ordained Leadership Ministry Serves the Church. The Bible teaches that
each of us under leadership must commit ourselves to reach others for
Christ, to worship Him with other believers, and to build up or edify
the body of believers–the Church.
12. WE BELIEVE...Divine
Healing of the Sick is a Privilege for Christians Today and is provided
for in Christ's atonement (His sacrificial death on the cross for our
sins). [1 of 4 cardinal doctrines of the A/G]
13. WE
BELIEVE...in The Blessed Hope—When Jesus Raptures His Church Prior to
His Return to Earth (the second coming). At this future moment in time
all believers who have died will rise from their graves and will meet
the Lord in the air, and Christians who are alive will be caught up
with them, to be with the Lord forever. [1 of 4 cardinal doctrines of
the A/G]
14. WE BELIEVE...in The Millennial Reign of Christ when
Jesus returns with His saints at His second coming and begins His
benevolent rule over earth for 1,000 years. This millennial reign will
bring the salvation of national Israel and the establishment of
universal peace.
15. WE BELIEVE...A Final Judgment Will Take
Place for those who have rejected Christ. They will be judged for their
sin and consigned to eternal punishment in a punishing lake of fire.
16.
WE BELIEVE...and look forward to the perfect New Heavens and a New
Earth that Christ is preparing for all people, of all time, who have
accepted Him. We will live and dwell with Him there forever following
His millennial reign on Earth. 'And so shall we forever be with the
Lord!'