Message for September 28, 2025 from Pastor LaVerne

WHAT WE BELIEVE

We believe the Bible to be God’s revelation to man.  

  It was written by men under the supernatural guidance of the Holy Spirit.  We hold to whatever the Word says about itself.  It is perfect, inspired, unchangeable, without error in doctrine, conduct, and principle.  It is our instruction manual for life.

We believe that there is one God, infinitely perfect and eternally existent in the person of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

We believe that salvation is the gift of God through Jesus Christ and that through the shed blood of Jesus on the cross, He provides the only way for the forgiveness of all sin.  Salvation occurs when one places his faith in the death and resurrection of Christ as the sufficient payment for his sin.

We believe in water baptism as the outward expression of the inward cleansing of sins from one’s heart.  It is done by faith to identify oneself as a committed follower of Jesus Christ.

We believe in the Baptism of the Holy Spirit to be a separate work from the born-again experience.  The purpose of this Baptism is to empower the believer to do the works of the Kingdom.  Upon receiving the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, the believer can and should speak with other tongues.

We believe the Bible teaches bodily healing as a part of the atonement made at Calvary.  Although not everyone who is sick gets healed, we believe it is God’s will to be healed.

We believe the gifts of the Spirit are for the church and operate today under the Holy Spirit’s guidance.  Believers are encouraged to seek and use these gifts for the edification of others.

We believe in the giving of tithes and offerings.  The principle of the tithe was established in the Old Testament under faith before the law was ever given.  In the New Testament, a person does not operate by law but by faith under grace. Giving is an act of faith rather an act of law.

We believe in the observance of the Lord’s Supper (Communion).  It is an important event in the life of the believer.  It is remembering the blood shed by Jesus Christ on the cross (with the juice) and the body of Jesus broken for us (the bread or wafer).   We do not take Communion every week but at specific times as led by the Spirit of God.

We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ. His virgin birth, His miracles, His vicarious atoning death through the shed blood, His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the right hand of the Father,  and His personal return in power and glory.