What we believe:
1. WE BELIEVE…The Scriptures are Inspired by God and declare His design and plan for mankind.
2. WE BELIEVE…There is only One True God–revealed in three persons…Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
(commonly known as the Trinity).
3. WE BELIEVE…In the Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. As God’s son Jesus was both human and divine.
4. WE BELIEVE…though originally good, Man Willingly Fell to Sin–ushering evil and death, both
physical and spiritual, into the world.
5. WE BELIEVE…Every Person Can Have Restored Fellowship with God Through ‘Salvation’ (trusting Christ,
through faith and repentance, to be our personal Savior). [1 of 4 cardinal
doctrines of the AG]
6. 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.
7. 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. [1 of 4 cardinal doctrines of the AG]
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.
9. 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 Christlike.
10. 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.
11. 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, to build up or edify
the body of believers–the Church and to Meet human need with ministries of love
and compassion.
12. 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). [1 of
4 cardinal doctrines of the AG]
13. 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 of 4
cardinal doctrines of the AG]
14. 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. This
millennial reign will bring the salvation of national Israel and the
establishment of universal peace.
15. 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.
16. 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!’