 | 1. We believe in one God, the Creator of the universe and life, who eternally exists as three divine beings: God the Father, God the Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit with equal perfections, attributes, nature, and authority (Genesis 1:1, I Peter 1:2, Matthew 28:19, II Corinthians 13:14).
2. We believe the sixty-six books of the New and Old Testaments of the Bible which were written by God’s chosen men but were inspired by God Himself, and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training believers (II Timothy 3:16).
3. We believe Jesus Christ is the begotten Son of God and the Savior of the world who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, was born of the virgin, Mary, and has the power to forgive sins due to His death on the cross to pay the penalty for all mankind who were created by God. All created human beings fell into sins because of the original sin of rebellion from Adam and Eve (Genesis 1-3). Any person, therefore, can be redeemed from sins (iniquities and transgression) through Jesus Christ alone (John 3:16, Luke 1:26-35, 5:23, 24, 23:26-49, Matthew 1:20-23, I Corinthians 15:2).
4. We believe that the only way to restore the relationship between men and God is by true confession and repentance of their sins, and their acceptance of Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior (Romans 10: 9, 10, Hebrews 9:11-15, 10:26, II Peter 3:9).
5. We believe the water baptism is to signify the burial of the sins of a believer and the resurrection of a new life. It implies that how Jesus was buried with the sins of a believer and rose again on the third day to demonstrate His power of resurrection for a new life (Romans 6:3,4, I Corinthians 15:1-4).
6. We believe a lifestyle of worship, prayer, and reading, studying, and applying the Bible is significant to the growth of the believers (John 4:24, 15:3,7, Romans 12:1, Hebrew 10:1,2, I Thessalonians 5:17,18, II Corinthians 13:9, I Timothy 4:4,13, Luke 6:47,48, Hebrew 4:12).
7. We believe that the baptism, filling, and manifestation of the Holy Spirit brings divine healing, deliverance, prophetic teaching, and power to live a sanctified holy life for the believers (Luke 3:16, I Corinthians 12:7-11, I Peter 1:2, Acts 1:8).
8. We believe the Church or the believers exercise the complete function of the five-fold ministry: apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, teachers, and other spiritually gifted believers. They are to serve God in unity, in faith, in love, in purity, and in maturity in order to experience the full blessing of Christ Jesus (Ephesians 4:11-17, I Timothy 4:12, I Corinthians 12:7-11, 27, 28, Romans 12:6-8).
9. We believe in fulfilling the Great Commission of Jesus Christ of making disciples of all nations. Those who persevere under trials and overcome will be honored by God with the crown of life and other eternal rewards in heaven at the end (Matthew 28:18-20, James 1:12, Revelation 2, 3).
10. We believe heaven and hell are real places of eternal conscious existence. Heaven is for righteous people who will be everlastingly with God and hell is for unrepentant sinners who will be eternally separated from God (John 3:16-18, II Thessalonians 1:7-9, Revelation 20:11-22:5).
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