Who We Are:

 

We are a simple gathering of Jesus Christ-followers captivated by His love and His Gospel of Grace; learning to live victoriously through the love of Jesus! We are a non-denominational, Holy Spirit-filled, Bible believing, grace teaching, full gospel church.

 

Our Purpose

 

1. To live in a vital, love relationship with Christ and be conformed to His image through the work of the Holy Spirit. We desire to know & love God, and make Him know to others - proclaiming & demonstrating the truth of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. (John 17:3, Acts 1:4 - 8)

 

2. To understand our new identity in Christ. When we are born again we are given a new nature - having received the perfect salvation that Jesus Christ has accomplished for us. We are new creations, the old nature is gone. We are now spirit, soul & body; that is, we are a spirit (indwelt by the Holy Spirit) with a soul (mind, will and emotions) living in a body. As born again believers, we are the righteousness of God in Christ - dearly loved and highly favored! (2 Corinthians 5:17 and 21, 1 Thessalonians 5:23)

 

3. To teach Believers to live victoriously. “For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.” (Romans 5:17)

 

4. To love people and serve the community. We strive to serve our local community in every possible Christian way. (2 Corinthians 5:20-21)

 

5. To surrender to the work of the Holy Spirit - desiring to do only that which glorifies the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. (1 Corinthians 10:31, Romans 8:4 - 9)

 

Our Core Beliefs

 

The Bible 

 

We believe the Word of God (the Christian Bible, both Old and New Testament), to be the inspired and only perfect, infallible and authoritative Word of God. We believe that God still speaks through prophetic revelation concerning specific issues of life but all true prophesies will conform to the revelation of the written Word of God. The Bible is true and is our absolute guide in every area of life.

 

God 

 

We believe there is only one God, eternally existent in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Each distinct from the Other, and Each are fully God, yet They are perfectly harmonized in Their Triune Being.

 

The Deity of Jesus Christ

 

We believe in the deity of our Lord, Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious atoning and saving death; in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, in His future return to this earth in power and glory, and His present life for us as High Priest and Advocate. (Colossians 2:9 & 10)

 

The Holy Spirit

 

We believe that the Holy Spirit is our Comforter, Teacher, Strengthener and the guarantee of our inheritance. As believers, we are one Spirit with Him, unified as one people in Him. (1 Corinthians 6:17)

 

Love

 

We believe that the only true basis of Christian life & fellowship is (Agape) love, without which we have no right to claim ourselves as Christians.

 

Worship

 

In our worship services we focus on a “personal love relationship” with God through song, worship, prayer and the clear teaching of the Word of Christ. We believe that God is worthy of all praise, reverence, and love; and that the highest calling of a Christian is to worship Him in spirit and in truth.

 

Salvation

 

We believe that the finished work of Jesus provides forgiveness of sin; freedom from the power of sin (sin nature); the gift of enteral life (which is primarily defined as a love relationship with the Father God and Jesus Christ, John 17) and provision for all other aspects of abundant life for all mankind. (John 10:10, John 17:3). Faith in Jesus and His finished work brings an individual into the experience of what He has already provided for all. We believe that salvation is by grace, through faith, and both grace and faith are free gifts from God. These cannot be attained or earned by our own works. We believe that regeneration by the Holy Spirit is an essential aspect of personal salvation. Salvation is offered to all people who realize they are in a sinful state, turn form sin and confess their need (and desire) to be saved.

 

Healing and the Abundant Life

 

We believe that healing and the overall giving of abundant life is part of the atonement of Jesus Christ, and as such is to be believed for and received by all believers. We believe that the redemptive work of Christ on the cross provides healing of the human (body) in answer to believing prayer and proclamation. God wants us to live in spiritual, physical, mental, emotional, relational and material health – prosperity in all aspects of life. (3 John 2). He has provided for these through the finished work of Jesus and the current working of the Holy Spirit! (John 10:10)

 

Baptism of the Holy Spirit

 

We believe that filling of the Holy Spirit is a baptism of power and is given to all believers who ask for it. The primary, initial characteristic of the filling of the Holy Spirit is a release of LOVE through the life of the believer. Other signs may accompany this, but Love is the essential one. God has given a personal prayer language to all His children – that is: “praying in the Spirit”or “tongues.” (Acts 2)

 

Spiritual Equipping & Gifts

 

We believe the continuance of gifts as found in (1 Corinthians 12:4-11 & Romans 12). We believe that God utilizes ALL spiritual gifts as given in Scripture, in accordance with His perfect will. We believe each Christian is endowed with both general gifts and specific gifts. Each believer is unique unto the Lord, and each is uniquely gifted. Believers seek to discover our gifts and use them in our service to both God and to each other. We believe in the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a victorious and holy life. We believe in the free expression of all gifts and anointings of the Holy Spirit when demonstrated in proper order. Our goal is to be led and empowered by the Holy Spirit in all matters! We need Him to live through us in all areas of life. The primary evidence of the Holy Spirit’s presence in and through our lives is the fruit of the spirit as expressed in Galatians 5:22-23.

 

Heaven & Hell

 

We believe in heaven and hell with a never-ending hope that all people will be saved (by placing faith in Jesus Christ in this life). (1 Timothy 2:4)

 

The Second Coming of Jesus

 

We believe in the second coming of Jesus Christ (our blessed hope) and the rapture of the Church at Christ’s coming in the air.

 

The Nature of Mankind

 

We believe that man was created in the image of God. He loves and cherishes all people (John 3:16). Therefore every human life is sacred, precious and to be protected - from the moment of conception to the end of one’s life on earth.

 

Victory Over the Enemy

 

We believe in a literal devil and his host of fallen angels, and though these are at work in the world today, we believe Satan is a created being, and as such he is limited in presence and power. We believe that Satan has no authority over true believers. He and all darkness were defeated at the cross of Jesus Christ and we are now privileged to walk in that victory! (Colossians 2:14 & 15, James 4:7 & 8)

 

Our desire is to know Christ Jesus in all His fullness and to make Him known as we are being conformed into His image by the power of His Holy Spirit - awakening to our new identity in Him!