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We Are
We are a full gospel, Bible teaching church, in
cooperative fellowship with the General Council of
the Assemblies of God and with the New York
District of the Assemblies of God.
We Believe…
• WE BELIEVE...the Scriptures are Inspired
by God and declare His design and plan for
mankind. (2 Tim. 3:15, 16).
• WE BELIEVE...there is only One True God–revealed
in three persons...Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
(commonly known as the Trinity). (Deut.6:4; Matt.
28:19; Mk. 12:29).
• WE BELIEVE...In the Deity of the Lord
Jesus Christ. As God's son Jesus was both human
and divine. In His virgin birth, vicarious atoning
death, His bodily resurrection and ascension:
(Isa.7:14: Rom.8:34; Acts 1:10).
• WE BELIEVE...though originally good, Man
Willingly Fell to Sin–ushering evil and death,
both physical and spiritual, into the world. That
man’s only hope of salvation is through the shed
blood of Jesus Christ the Son of God (1Jn.5:10;
Rom.10:13-15).
• WE BELIEVE...Every Person can have restored
fellowship with God through accepting Christ's offer
of forgiveness for sin. (Rom. 10:13-15; Jn.3:3).
• 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.
(Matt. 28:19).
• 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. (Lk. 24:49; Acts 1:4, 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. (Acts 2:4, 10:44-46, 15:8, 19:6).
• 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 Christ like. (Heb. 12:14; 1Pet.1:15-16).
• 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. (Eph. 1:22, 23: 2:22; Heb. 12:23).
• 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.
(Mk. 16:15-20; Jn. 4:23-24; Eph. 4:11, 16).
• 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). (Isa.53:4; Matt.8:16, 17; James
5:13, 14; 1 Pet. 2:24).
• 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 Thess.
4:16-17; Rom. 8:23).
• 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. At that time many in the
nation of Israel will recognize and accept Him as
the Messiah, the Savior who died for them and all
mankind. (Zech. 14:5; Matt. 24:27, 30; Rev. 1:7;
19:11-14).
• 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. (
Matt. 25:46; Mk. 9:43-48; Rev. 19:20; 20:11-15).
• 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!'
(Matt. 24:46; Rev. 20:15).
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