Good Shepherd

Statement of Faith 

 

 

1.

We believe in the divine inspiration of both the Old and New Testament: that they are inerrant and the final authority for faith and life.

 
       
  2.

We believe in one God, eternally existing in the three persons of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

 
       
  3.

We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary being true God and man.

 
       
  4.

We believe that man was created in the image of God on the sixth day of creation; that he sinned and incurred physical and spiritual death; and that mankind is born with a nature to sin in thought, word and deed.

 
       
  5.

We believe that Jesus Christ was crucified according to the Scriptures as a substitutionary sacrifice to pay for the sins of mankind.

 
       
  6.

We believe in the physical resurrection of Jesus Christ after crucifixion,  His ascension into heaven where He sits at the right hand of the Father to make intercession for us.

 
       
  7.

We believe that those who receive His sacrifice by faith are born again by the Holy Spirit to beome children of God and disciples of Jesus Christ.

 
       
  8.

We believe in the water baptism of believers by immersion as a sign of faith and obedience to Christ.

 
       
  9.

We believe in the empowerment of disciples through the infilling of the Holy Sprit to be His witnesses.

 
       
  10.

We believe in the gifts of the Holy Spirit who gives revelation, wisdom, healing, miracles and tongues.

 
       
  11.

We believe in the five fold ministry gifts of Jesus Christ to the Church that are to equip the Church to serve.

 
       
  12.

We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and unjust at the imminent premillennial return of Jesus Christ; the reserrection of the righteous to everlasting joy and the wicked to everlasting punishment.