We are an Evangelical Church that seeks to cultivate sincere professions of faith and lead people to be geunie disciples.
The Holy Scriptures declare there is but one true and living God, an eternal being without a body, indivisible, of infinite power, wisdom and goodness. He is the Creator and Preserver of all things visible and invisible. He rules with gracious regard for the well-being and salvation of all men, to the glory of His name. In this Godhead there is a Trinity of one substance and power, and coeternal, namely, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Genesis 1:1; Exodus 3:14; Deuteronomy 6:4; John 8:58, 1 Timothy 1:17, Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14
The Holy Scriptures declare that Jesus Christ is truly God and truly man, in Whom the divine and human natures are perfectly and inseparably united. He is the eternal Word made flesh, the only begotten Son of the Father Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. As ministering Servant, He lived, suffered and died on the cross. He was buried, rose from the dead and ascended bodily into heaven to be with the Father, from whence He shall return. He is eternal Savior and Mediator, Who intercedes for us, and by Him all men will be judged.
Acts 17:3; Colossians 2:9,Hebrews 2:16-17; Acts 2:22; 4:10, John 1:14, Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23,Acts 1:3; 1 Corinthians 15:3-8, Acts 1:9-11; Acts 2:22-24, Hebrews 4:14-16; Hebrews 7:25; 1 Timothy 2-5, 2 Corinthians 5:10; Revelation 20:11-15 2
The Holy Scriptures declare that the Holy Spirit proceeds from and is one Being with the Father and the Son. He convicts the world of sin, of righteousness and of judgment. He leads men, through faithful response to the Gospel, into the fellowship of the Church. He comforts, sustains, empowers and sanctifies the faithful, and guides them into all truth.
John 15:26-27; John 14:16-17, Acts 5:3, 4. John 16:8-11, John 16:7, 12-13; John 14:26
The Holy Scriptures in their entirety are the inspired, inerrant, written Word of God. They alone contain the will of God as far as it is necessary for us to know it for our salvation, so that whatsoever is not contained therein, nor can be proved thereby, is not to be enjoined on any as an article of faith, or as a doctrine essential to salvation. By the Holy Scriptures we understand those sixty six canonical books of the Old and New Testament. In both the Old as well as the New Testament, everlasting life is offered to mankind by Christ, Who being both God and man, is the only Mediator3 between God and man. Even though Christians are not bound by the ceremonies and rites of the Old Testament they are nevertheless not exempt from the keeping of the moral laws.
2 Timothy 3:15-17; 2 Peter 1:19-21, Galatians 1:8-9; Revelation 22:18-19, 1 Timothy 2:5, Galatians 3:11, 24-25; Galatians 4:9-10; Colossians 2:16, 5 Matthew 22:37-40; James 2:8; 1 Timothy 1:5
The Holy Scriptures declare that the church is the community of (born again) believers under the Lordship of Christ. It is the fellowship of the redeemed in which the Word of God is preached by men divinely called, and the sacraments are duly administered according to Christ’s own appointment. Under the discipline of the Holy Spirit the Church exists for the maintenance of worship, the edification of believers and the redemption of the world.
Acts 2:47; 2:41-47; 1 John 1:7; Romans 1:18, 21
The Holy Scriptures declare that the sacraments, ordained by Christ, are not only pledges and symbols of the Christian’s profession, but they are also signs of God’s love and grace toward us, by which He works invisibly in us, quickening, strengthening and confirming our faith in Him. Two sacraments are ordained by Christ our Lord, namely Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.
Baptism signifies entrance into the household of faith, and is a symbol of repentance and inner cleansing from sin, a representation of the new birth in Christ Jesus and a mark of Christian discipleship, and is to be administered to those who receive Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.
Children are under the atonement of Christ, and as heirs of the Kingdom of God, are acceptable subjects for Christian baptism. The promise of God is “unto you and unto your children” (Acts 2:39). Children of believing parents through baptism become a special responsibility of the Church. They must, however, be nurtured and led to a personal acceptance of Christ, and by profession of faith confirm their baptism. We at Emmanuel Believe that the Bible teaches that Baptism is done by immersion, meaning being fully submerged in water.
The Lord’s Supper is a representation of our redemption, a memorial of the sufferings and death of Christ, and a token of love and union which Christians have with Christ and with one another. Those who rightly, worthily and in faith eat the broken bread and drink the blessed cup partake of the body and blood of Christ in a spiritual manner until He comes.
Matthew 28:19, 20; Acts 2:38-41; 8:36-39; 16:30-33, Luke 22:19-22; 1 Corinthians 11:23-29