We believe in the verbal inspiration of the scripture and the authority of the bible.  We believe man was created in the image of God, through disobedience sinned, 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 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 in the Holy Spirit as 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 ofthe Holy Spirit is for all believers as a definite endowment of power for service and is subsequent to and separate from conversion. We believe in the eternal salvation of the believer and in the eternal damnation and punishment of 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