WE BELIEVE that the Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, is the inspired and
infallible Word of God (Luke 21:33, Luke 24:44), the necessary and complete revelation of
His will for the salvation of men (John 5:47 1Thes 5:9), and is the ultimate authority for
Christian faith and life.WE BELIEVE in the one true and living God, eternally
existing in three distinct persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. (John 14:10)
WE BELIEVE that the triune God is the Creator, the Sustainer
and Ruler of creation, but is prior to, and distinct from creation.
WE BELIEVE that the first man, Adam, was created by God in His image
(Gen 1:27), but fell from his original state by sinning against God, and hence incurred
upon himself and all his posterity the guilt of sin, condemnation, and death; therefore,
all mankind are in need of salvation, but are totally incapable of saving themselves.
WE BELIEVE that Satan is a person, the author of sin (Matt 4:1,2,3), and the reason
of the fall of man (Acts 5:3 & 2 Corinthians 4:4), and is destined to the judgement of
an eternal punishment in the lake of fire (Rev. 20:10).
WE BELIEVE that after the fall, God, in His mercy and love, made provision for
men's redemption through the establishment of the covenant of grace with His people by the
promise and the actual giving of the Savior Jesus Christ, whom to believe is justification
and life. (Titus 3:5)
WE BELIEVE that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, sent by the Father, begotten by the
Holy Spirit (John 3:16), and born of the Virgin Mary (Matthew 1:23); that He lived a
sinless and obedient life, suffered and died on the cross vicariously for the sins of His
people who believe in Him (Rev 1:5); that God raised Him from the dead, exalted Him both
as Lord and Christ (1 Peter 1:3), and gave Him the promise of the Holy Spirit for His
Church.
WE BELIEVE that men are saved by grace through faith in Christ in response to the
Gospel preached, or otherwise presented, in the power of the Holy Spirit, through whom
ransomed sinners became the sons of God and heirs of eternal life; that Jesus Christ is
the only mediator between God and men; through Him and only through Him the believer has
access to the Father. (Mk 16:16)
WE BELIEVE that every believer is a new creature in Christ, and is called to walk
in the Spirit, to die unto sin, and to live unto righteousness, and thereby manifest the
fruit of the Spirit, conforming himself to the image of Christ; that good works are the
fruit of the Christian life, and are not ways of justification.
WE BELIEVE that God alone is the Lord of our conscience, and that the believers are
free from the commands of men which are contrary to, or in addition to, the Scriptures in
matters of faith and conduct.
WE BELIEVE that the Church, consisting of all true believers, being Christ's own
and indwelt by the Holy Spirit, is the Body of Christ, the Invisible Church; that the
Church is holy, universal and one in Christ, that the Invisible Church manifests itself in
the visible church, the local congregations consisting all who profess to believe in
Christ and are baptized; that as the people of God and a kingdom of priests, the Church is
called to grow unto the stature of the fullness of Christ and to fulfill her missionary
work through the exercise of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, in worship, sacraments,
fellowship, discipline and services. (Acts 28:31)
WE BELIEVE in the priesthood of all believers, and the parity of the ministers and
the laity.
WE BELIEVE that the last day, as the consummation of redemption, Christ will come
again personally and visible to the earth to judge the living and the dead; that there
will be a bodily resurrection of the dead, of the believers through the Holy Spirit unto
the inheritance of eternal life, and the unbelievers unto condemnation; and that a new
heaven and a new earth will be ushered in. (Heb 9:28)