What We Believe...
God is our Creator, Provider and Sustainer. He is love. He created in love. He delights in His creation, ie you and me. He is perfect.
We as humanity however are not perfect. We mess up. We sin.
God in His love desires for us to not be condemned for the mess ups we have made, and in His mercy sent His Son Jesus Christ, the greatest gift of all time, to take the punishment that should be ours onto himself.
Jesus' sacrifice on the cross of His very life and his resurrection from the dead restored the relationship between humanity and God.
Now the choice is ours, to either accept this great gift of forgiveness and life everlasting and to experience God here on earth through the gift of His Holy Spirit, or to deny it all.
We as humanity however are not perfect. We mess up. We sin.
God in His love desires for us to not be condemned for the mess ups we have made, and in His mercy sent His Son Jesus Christ, the greatest gift of all time, to take the punishment that should be ours onto himself.
Jesus' sacrifice on the cross of His very life and his resurrection from the dead restored the relationship between humanity and God.
Now the choice is ours, to either accept this great gift of forgiveness and life everlasting and to experience God here on earth through the gift of His Holy Spirit, or to deny it all.
Our Simple Statement of Beliefs
These are the beliefs Nazarene's hold to be true:
These are the beliefs Nazarene's hold to be true:
- We believe in one God; the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
- We believe that the Old and New Testament Scriptures, given by plenary inspiration, contain all truth necessary to faith and Christian living.
- We believe that man is born with a fallen nature, and is, therefore, inclined to evil, and that continually.
- We believe that the finally impenitent are hopelessly and eternally lost.
- We believe that the atonement through Jesus Christ is for the whole human race; and that whosoever repents and believes on the Lord Jesus Christ is justified and regenerated and saved from the dominion of sin.
- We believe that believers are to be sanctified wholly, subsequent to regeneration, through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
- We believe that the Holy Spirit bears witness to the new birth, and also to the entire sanctification of believers.
- We believe that our Lord will return, the dead will be raised, and the final judgment will take place
For a more detailed explanation of who we are as a denomination, please follow the link to a great resource entitled: Nazarene Essentials http://nazarene.org/essentials