What We Believe
We believe in the one living and true God, both holy and loving, eternal, unlimited in power, wisdom, goodness, the Creator and preserver of all things. Within this unity there are three persons of one essential nature, power and eternity – the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, these three are one (1 John 5:7-8; Eph. 4:5-6; Deut. 6:4).
How We Praise God
We believe that God dwells in the midst of praise and worship, according to the Holy Scriptures. We praise Him with musical instruments, we praise Him in the song and dance, we praise Him with our lips, we praise Him with the clapping of our hands, we praise him through the arts, we praise Him with our lifestyle (Psalm 150).
Speaking in Tongues
We believe in speaking in tongues as the Spirit gives utterance, and that speaking in tongues is the initial evidence of the infilling of the Holy Ghost. The five-fold purpose for speaking tongues: 1) To control the whole person (James 3:8). 2) For a sign (1 Corinthians 14:22; Acts 2:8, 11). 3) To speak to God (1 Corinthians 14:2). 4) For edification (1 Corinthians 14:4; Romans 8:26). 5) As a weapon of warfare (Ephesians 6:18).
Repentance and Faith
We believe that for men and women to appropriate what God’s preeminent grace has made possible, they must voluntarily respond in repentance and faith. The ability comes from God, but the act is the individuals (Acts 2:38).
Justification, Regeneration and Adoption
We believe that when one repents of personal sin and believes on the Lord Jesus Christ, that at the same moment that person is justified, regenerated, adopted into the family of God, and assured of personal salvation through the witness of the Holy Spirit (Romans 10:9).
Sanctification: Initial, Progressive, Entire
We believe that sanctification is that work of the Holy Spirit by which the child of God is separated from sin unto God and is enabled to love God with all the heart and to walk in His holy commandments (love), blameless. Sanctification is initiated at the moment of justification and regeneration. From that moment there is a gradual or progressive sanctification as the believer walks with God and daily grows in grace and in a more perfect (mature) obedience to God (Romans 12:1-2).