| SCF Statement of Faith |
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We believe that the 66 books of the Bible, Old Testament and
New Testament, are the fully
inspired Word of God and that it is without error in
the original manuscripts.
The Bible is the only infallible rule of faith and
practice.
We believe that there is one true and living God who exists
eternally in three persons referred to as the Trinity; The
Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
All three persons of the triune God are coeternal and
coequal in power, nature and glory.
We believe in God the Father, the first person of the
Trinity.
Creatively He is the Father of all mankind; spiritually He
is the Father to all who believe in the atoning work of
Jesus Christ.
We believe in Jesus Christ, the second person of the
Trinity. As the
only begotten son of God, He was conceived by the Holy
Spirit and born of a virgin.
As God incarnate Jesus lived a
perfect and sinless life, died on a cross to pay the
penalty for sin, rose from the dead on the third day,
ascended to heaven where He makes intercession for His
people and will one day return to earth physically and
visibly.
We believe in the Holy Sprit, the third person of the
Trinity. The
Holy Spirit is in the world to convict of sin, righteousness
and judgment.
The Holy Spirit seals those who believe upon the finished
work of Jesus Christ unto salvation and indwells them to
sanctify, help, teach guide and empower for service.
The Holy Spirit bestows gifts upon whom He wills as
He wills, as defined by scriptures, to further the purposes
of God in the world and lives of believers
We believe that mankind is sinful by nature and by choice
and is therefore in need of a savior.
We believe that salvation is a work that can only be
accomplished by God, by grace through faith and in no way
can be earned or merited by man.
Salvation of man is attained through
repentance of sin and true belief in the atoning
death of Jesus Christ for sin and physical
resurrection from the dead.
We believe that the Church consists of all who place their
faith in Jesus Christ and that He alone is the head over the
Church. The
assembling of the Church in local bodies is an essential and
commanded practice and is for the purpose of equipping the
saints through the teaching of the word, fellowship,
worship, prayer and the keeping of the prescribed ordinances
of the Church.
We believe that there are two ordinances commanded by Jesus
Christ to the Church.
The ordinance of baptizing believers by immersion in
water for the purpose of
proclaiming their saving faith in Christ and the
ordinance of the Lord’s Supper or communion.
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