BELIEFS

• SALVATION: Romans 10:9 says, "if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved."

We believe that salvation is available to each and every person - no matter who you are or what sins/crimes you've committed prior to being saved.

We do NOT believe in the "one-saved, always-saved" doctrine. Matthew 24:13 says, "the one who endures until the end shall be saved." We have to continue cultivating our relationship with Jesus in order to maintain our salvation.

• INTIMACY WITH JESUS:   Jeremiah 29:13 says, "you will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all of your heart."

We believe in having a radical, hold-nothing-back relationship with Jesus Christ. We believe in the bridal paradigm, as spoken about in Hosea 2 and Song of Songs. It is important to note that intimacy with Jesus is NOT a physical thing, like people who are married have, but rather, a heart-to-heart intimacy. Physical marriage is supposed to be an allegory of our spiritual marriage to Him - meaning having a deep relationship with Him and knowing Him as a Best Friend and a Husband (in the spiritual sense of the word).

• TRIUNE GOD: Genesis 1:26 says, "let Us make man in Our Image, after Our Likeness." 

We believe that God is One-in-Three, Three-in-One. There is only One God but He exists in Three Persons - the Father, the Son, and Holy Spirit. John 10:30 says, "I and the Father are One." 

• HEAVEN AND HELL:  Matthew 13:49-50 says, "The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them into a blazing inferno, where there will be gnashing of teeth."

 We believe in a literal heaven and hell. Revelation 22:3-4 says, "The Throne of God and the Lamb of God shall be in this city and His servants will see Him. They will see His Face and His Name will be on their foreheads." If you ask Jesus to be your Savior and maintain a relationship with Him, you will be with Him forever in heaven. If you don't have a relationship with Him, you will be separated from Him forever.

• WORD OF GOD:  2 Timothy 3:16-17 says, "all scripture is God-breathed and useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness." 

The Bible is the infallible Word of God. Every single word in the Bible is given by God Himself.  John 1:1 says, "in the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God." The Bible also says to study to show yourself approved (2 Timothy 2:15) so, we must seek out the Word and understand the depths of it. 

• GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT:  1 Corinthians 12:8-10 says, "for to one by the Spirit of the Lord is given the gift of wisdom; to another word of knowledge; to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another tongues; and to another the interpretation of tongues. 

We believe in AND operate in the gifts of the Spirit. We believe that the gifts of the Spirit never died off because Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8) and are VERY important for the body of Christ today.

• MANIFESTATIONS OF HOLY SPIRIT: Acts 2:15 says, "these people are not drunk as you suppose." This refers to being "drunk" in the Spirit. This is something we believe in, experienced many times over, and want others to encounter. It is a sensation of being overwhelmed with the Lord's Presence that you may feel like you're intoxicated. Ephesians 5:18 tells us not to be drunk with wine but to be full of Holy Spirit. We also believe in other manifestations of Holy Spirit, including but not limited to, being slain in the Spirit (2 Chronicles 5:14), shaking under the power of God (Habakkuk 3:16). laughing in the Spirit (Genesis 17:17), the joy of the Lord (Luke 10:21), etc.
• DELIVERANCE: Luke 4:18 says, "the Spirit of the Lord is upon me and He has anointed me to preach the Gospel to the poor; He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to deliver the captives, recover sight to the blind, and heal the brokenhearted."

Christians CAN and DO have demons. We have helped dozens of Christians get delivered from the demonic. Jesus came to set the captives free and that means He wants us to get deliverance.

• RESURRECTIONS: John 11:39-44 says, "Jesus said, 'take away the stone.' Martha, the sister of the dead man, said, 'but Lord, there is an odor. He has been dead four days.' Jesus said to her, 'did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?'  So they took away the stone and Jesus lifted His Eyes to heaven and said, "Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. I know that You always hear Me but, I said this on account of the people standing around Me so that they may believe that You sent Me.'  When He said this, He cried out with a loud voice, 'Lazarus, come out.'  The man who died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, 'unbind him and let him go.'"

We have prayed for and witnessed the resurrection of several people and we both have been resurrected ourselves. The resurrection of the dead is very real and very powerful.

• WOMEN IN MINISTRY: Joel 2:29 says, "even on the male and female servants, in those days, I will pour out My Spirit." 

All people can be anointed to do the Lord's work, regardless of their age, gender, or race. Every office of the five-fold ministry was held by a woman in the Bible. Some examples include: Junia (Romans 16:7), Deborah (Judges 4:4), Lydia (Acts 16), Mary Magdalene (Matthew 27:55-56), to name a few. Junia was an apostle, Deborah was a prophetess, Lydia was a pastor/teacher, and Mary Magdalene was an evangelist.

Women can be anointed to preach the Gospel just as much as men can. After all, Galatians 3:28 says that there is no more male or female in Christ.

• FIVE-FOLD MINISTRY: Ephesians 4:11 says, "so Christ Himself gave the apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers."

Just like the gifts of the Spirit, there are multiple offices. We each have different gifts and different callings and all gifts and callings are valuable to the body of Christ.

•  SIGNS AND WONDERS: 1 Kings 8:10-11 says, "and it came to pass, when the priests had come out of the Holy Place, that the cloud filled the House of the Lord and the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud."

We believe in signs and wonders, as well as unusual signs and wonders. The Bible says that if all the things God did were documented they could not fill every book in the world (John 21:25). Ergo, the Lord does incredible things and sometimes, things He does are unusual. We have witnessed gold dust appear on people and even things such as angel feathers appear and gemstones from heaven appear. Jesus even gave Hepzibah a bracelet one time from Him. True signs and wonders should always point people back to Jesus no matter what they are.