Theological statements What we believe about the inspiration of the Bible What we believe about how to study the Bible What we believe about the reliability of the Bible What we believe are the basic doctrines of the Bible	We believe that there is one living and true God, eternally existing in three persons--the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, equal in power and glory; that this triune God creates all, upholds all, and governs all. We believe that the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the Word of God, fully inspired, without error in original manuscripts, and the infallible rule of faith and practice. We believe in God the Father, an infinite, personal Spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, power, and love. We believe that he concerns himself mercifully in the affairs of men, that he hears and answers prayer, and that he saves from sin and death all who come to him through Jesus Christ. We believe in Jesus Christ, God's only begotten son, conceived by the Holy Spirit. We believe in His virgin birth, sinless life, miracles and teachings, his substitutionary death, bodily resurrection, ascension into heaven, perpetual intercession for his people, and soon, personal, visible return to the earth. We believe that in his first coming, Jesus inaugurated the fulfillment of the Kingdom of God. We believe in the Holy Spirit who came forth in the Father and Son to convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment to regenerate, sanctify, and empower for ministry all who believe in Christ. We believe the Holy Spirit indwells every believer in Jesus Christ and that he is an abiding helper, teacher, and guide. We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit and the exercise of all the Biblical gifts of the Spirit. We believe that all men are sinners by nature and choice and are therefore under condemnation, that God regenerates and baptizes by the Holy Spirit those who repent of their sins and confess Jesus Christ as savior and Lord. We believe in the universal church, the living spiritual body, of which Christ is the head and all regenerated persons are members. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ committed two ordinances to the church: baptism and the Lord's Supper. We believe in water baptism and communion open to all believers. We believe also in the laying on of hands for the empowering of the Holy Spirit, for ordaining of pastors, elders and deacons, for receiving gifts of the Holy Spirit and for healing. We believe in the personal, visible, appearing of Christ to earth and the consummation of his Kingdom; in the resurrection of the body, the final judgment and eternal blessing of the righteous and endless suffering of the wicked. We believe in what is termed "The Apostles' Creed" as embodying fundamental facts of Christian faith and endorse the historic orthodox creeds of the church.