Statement of
Faith
We believe
in the verbal inspiration of the scriptures and the authority of both the Old
and New Testaments.
We believe
man was created in the image of God, through disobedience sinned and fell, and
that the entire human race shares in man's lost and depraved nature.
We believe
Jesus, the eternal Son of God, took upon Himself the form of a man by means of
the virgin birth. Atonement for sin was made by the sacrificial and
substitutional death of Jesus Christ.
We believe
salvation is the gift of God by grace alone and received by personal faith in
the Lord Jesus Christ, and that this faith is manifested in works pleasing to
God.
We believe
in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, in His ascension into
heaven, and His priestly intercession.
We believe
the Holy Spirit is the Promise of the Father, our Comforter sent to convict the
world of sin, which places the believer in the Body of Christ, indwells the
believer, and bestows spiritual gifts to the Church.
We believe
the baptism of the Holy Spirit is for all believers as a definite endowment of
power for service and is subsequent to, and separate from, conversion.
We believe
that the ordinances of the church, by the command of Christ, are Water Baptism
by immersion and the Lord's Supper, both of which are administered to those who
are born again.
We believe
in the eternal salvation of the believers and in the eternal damnation and
punishment of the nonbelievers.
We believe
that the consummation of all things includes the visible, personal, and glorious
return of Jesus Christ, the "Blessed Hope" of the Church.
Riviera
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