“I consider that
the chief dangers which confront the coming century will be religion
without the Holy Ghost, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without
repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God, and
heaven without hell.”
- William Booth,
Founder of the Salvation Army
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What We Believe
1. God
We believe that the one true God has revealed Himself in the Trinity as
eternally self-existent, self-revealed Father, Son and Holy Ghost
(Deuteronomy 6:4; Mark 12:29; Isaiah 43:10-11; Matthew 28:19).
2. The Lord 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 death and atonement through His
shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand
of the Father, and in His personal and literal second coming in power and
glory.
3. The Bible
We believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God, a revelation from God to
men; the infallible rule of faith and conduct, and is superior to
conscience and reason. (2 Timothy 3:15, 16; 1 Peter 2:2) We believe in the
unique divine inspiration of all canonical books of the Old and New
Testaments, so that they are infallibly and uniquely authoritative and
free from error of any sort, in all matters with which they deal,
scientific and historical as well as moral and theological.
4.
Salvation
We believe that we are justified when we repent of our sins, and believe
in Jesus Christ. We believe in the eternal redemption of all saints who
are faithful to the end. Matthew 24:13; Revelation 2:10. We reject the
theory of "Once in grace always in grace" regardless of conduct. I
Corinthians 10:12; Galatians 5:4. We believe all who die out of Christ
will be punished eternally, but those who die in Him shall share His glory
forever. Daniel 12:2; Matthew 25:46; John 5:29; Jude 7.
5. Baptism
with the Holy Ghost
We believe in the baptism with the Holy Ghost, and speaking with other
tongues, as the Spirit gives utterance to be the initiatory physical
evidence of this experience. Acts 2:4; 10:44-46; 19:6. We believe in the
operation of the nine gifts of the Spirit.
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