Living For More Statement of Faith

1. We believe the Holy Bible to be the inspired and only infallible, authoritative Word of God.

(2 Timothy 3:16,17).  

2. We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

(Isaiah 44:8; II Corinthians 13:14).  

The Father — Whose glory is so exceeding bright that mortal man cannot look upon His face and live, but whose heart was so filled with love and pity for His lost and sin-benighted children that He freely gave His only begotten Son to redeem and reconcile them unto Himself.

(Exodus 33:20; John 3:16).  

The Son — Co-existent and co-eternal with the Father, who, conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary took upon Himself the form of man, bore our sins, carried our sorrows, and by the shedding of His precious blood upon the cross of Calvary, purchased redemption for all that would believe upon Him: then, bursting the bonds of death and hell rose from the grave and ascended on high leading captivity captive, that as the great mediator between God and man, He might stand at the right hand of the Father making intercession for those whom He laid down His life.

(John 1:1-3; Job 38:4-7; Matthew 1:23; Ephesians 2:18).  

The Holy Spirit — The third person of the Godhead, the Spirit of the Father shed abroad, omnipotent, omnipresent, performing an inexpressibly important mission upon earth, convicting of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment, drawing sinners to the Savior, rebuking, pleading, searching, comforting, quickening, teaching, glorifying, baptizing and empowering from on high those who yield to His tender ministrations, preparing them for the great day of the Lord's appearing.

(1 John 5:7; John 15:26) (Also, 2 Corinthians 13:14; Matthew 28:19; Romans 8:11; John 16:7-14).  

3. We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious death and atonement through His shed Blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His present priestly ministry.

(1 Timothy 3:16; Romans 3:25,26).  

4. We believe in evangelistic and missionary fervor and endeavor.

(Acts 1:8; Mark 16:15-18).  

5. We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential. We further believe in the keeping power of God.

(Hebrews 9:22; Jude 24,25).  

6. We believe that sanctification, holiness and the overcoming life is God's design for

the Church, which is the Bride of Christ.

(Ephesians 5:25-27).  

7. We believe that sexual purity is a necessary expression for all of God's children and requires abstinence from adultery, fornication, incest, homosexuality, or other sexual

relationships or practices forbidden by Scripture.

(Hebrews 13:4, 1 Corinthians 6:18; Leviticus 18:1-30).  

8. We believe that God created mankind as two distinct sexes: male and female and that each person affirms God’s infinite wisdom by living in alignment with their birth sex.

(Genesis 1:26-28; Matthew 19:4-5).  

9. We believe that marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for a lifetime and is a sacred institution established by God.

(Matthew 19:4-6).  

10. We believe that since mankind is created in God's image, human life is of inestimable worth and significance in all its dimensions, from conception to the grave.

(Genesis 1:27; Psalm 139:13-14).  

11. We believe that water baptism is for believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and is to be administered by immersion, thus bearing witness to the gospel of Christ's death, burial and resurrection

for us, and our own new life in Him.

(Matthew 28:19; Romans 6:4).  

12. We believe that Communion, when shared by believers, witnesses to the saving power of the gospel, to Christ's presence in His church, and looks forward to His victorious return.

(1 Corinthians 11:23-26).  

13. We believe in the Baptism in the Holy Spirit as on the day of Pentecost and in the continuing ministry of the Holy Spirit as evidenced in charismatic gifts and ministries, and in the

fruit of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer.

(Acts 2:4; Acts 10:46; Acts 19:6; Ephesians 4:11; 1 Corinthians 12:8-11; Galatians 5:22,23).  

14. We believe that divine healing is obtained on the basis of the Atonement.

(1 Peter 2:24; Matthew 8:17).

15. We believe in Christ's imminent personal return in power and great glory, and

in His present and everlasting dominion.

(Acts 1:8; Revelation 1:7; Daniel 7:14).  

16. We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost: they that are saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of eternal punishment.

(John 5:28,29; Revelation 20:15).  

17. We believe in unity and the body of Christ working together to fulfill the call of the great commission. We are called to work together as the body of Christ in love to fulfill the mission

of the church to preach the Gospel and make Disciples.

(John 17:11, 1 Corinthians 12:12- 31)