New Hope Church Statement of Faith

  We believe:

1.   The Bible is the inspired Word of God and is inerrant in its original writing, and that it is the only infallible rule for faith and life.  2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Peter 1:20.21, 2 Timothy 1:13, Psalm 119:105, 160 12:6, Proverbs 30:5

2.   In one God, creator of heaven and earth, eternally existing in three persons:  God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.  Genesis 1:1,26,26, 3:22, Psalm 90:2, Matthew 28:19, I Peter 1:2,
2 Corinthians 13:14

3.  Jesus Christ is God’s only begotten Son, born of a virgin, and is true God and true man. God’s revelation of Himself, His purpose, and His will was completed in Jesus Christ as is recorded in the Bible.  Matthew 1:22, Isaiah 9:6, John 1:1-5,, 14:10-30, Hebrews 4:14,15, 1 Corinthians 15:3,4, Romans 1:3,4, Acts 1:9-11, 1Timothy 6:14-15, Titus 2:13

4.   That the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity.  His ministry is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ.  During this age, He draws men to God; convicts men of sin, righteousness, and judgment; indwells and seals the believer at conversion, and comforts, guides, instructs, and empowers the believer for Godly service.  The evidence of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit is the fruit that He produces in the believer.  Galatians 5:22-23, 2 Corinthians 3:17, John 16:7-13, 14:16,17, Acts 1:8, 1 Corinthians 2:12, 3:16, Ephesians 1:13, 5:18

5.   That man was created in the image of God, that man sinned, bringing upon himself both physical and spiritual death, which is separation from God.  Genesis 1:27, Psalm 8:3-6, Isaiah 53:6a, Romans 3:23, Isaiah 59:1,2

6.   That Jesus Christ died for our sins as a substitutionary sacrifice, He arose bodily from the dead, and has ascended into heaven where He now serves as our advocate.  Romans 5:1, 6:23, Ephesians 2:8,9, John 14:6, Titus 3:5, Galatians 3:26, 1 Corinthians 15:3-5

7.   That the shed blood of Jesus Christ provides the only basis for salvation for all who believe.
Romans 5:1-11, John 3:16, John 14:6

8.   That we are eternally saved when we recognize ourselves as sinners and put our faith in Christ, not because of any works we do.  All who receive Christ through faith are born again of the Holy Spirit.   John 10:29, 2 Timothy 1:12, Hebrews 7:25, 10:10, 14, 1 Peter 1:3-5, Ephesians 2:8-9, 1 John 5:11-13

9.   In the personal, premillenial, and imminent return of Jesus Christ and that this “Blessed Hope” has a vital bearing on the personal life and service of the believer.   John 3:16, John 14:17, Romans 6:23, 8:17-18, Revelation 20:15, 1 Corinthians 2:7-9, 1 Peter 1:3-9

10. That the church is the body of Christ which is made up of every born again believer and will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air at the rapture.  A local church is an organized body of baptized believers voluntarily associated together for the worship of God, growth in godliness, the fellowship of believers, the speaking forth of the gospel of Jesus Christ throughout the world, and the observance of the Biblical ordinances (immersion baptism and the communion supper).  The local church is independent and is free from all outside ecclesiastical or political interference.