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We believe
in the Trinity - God the
Father, Son and Holy Spirit - as the one true God. We proclaim the Father
as Creator and Preserver; His Son, Jesus the Christ, as Redeemer and
Lord; and the Holy Spirit as Regenerator and Sanctifier.
We believe
that the Gospel - God's Good
News to the world - is the revelation of God's saving will and grace
in Jesus Christ, which He gives to us through Word and Sacraments -
Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Through these means of grace the Holy
Spirit creates believers and unites them with their Lord and with one
another in the fellowship of the Holy Christian Church.
We believe
the Scriptures of the Old
and New Testaments are the inspired Word of God, through which God speaks
still, and they are the only source of the Church's doctrine and the
authoritative standard for the faith and life of the Church.
We believe
the Lord's Supper - Communion,
the Eucharist - is open to all baptized Christians.
We believe
baptism is God's action uniting us to the death and resurrection of Jesus and the sign of
our adoption as His children. We therefore practice both infant and
adult baptism.
We believe Christians are
called
to live in God's grace and
forgiveness,
to gather together regularly
in prayer, praise and loving community,
to attend to hearing and
reading God's Word and to celebrate the Sacraments,
and to work together in
God's Kingdom using the gifts and abilities God has given us.
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