Ingalls Community Bible Church
Statement of Faith
The purpose of this church shall be to work together for the unity, edification, discipline, and encouragement to believers; that they might grow in grace and holy conduct, and seek to win souls for Christ and to further his cause on the mission fields at home and abroad. Mark 16:15; Acts 2:42; Romans 12; Colossians 3:12-15; Ephesians 1:12-16
1. We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God, and the one rule of doctrine and duty. 2 Timothy 3:16,17
2. We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Matthew 28:19
3. We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His substitutionary and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and His personal return in power and glory. John 1:1-2; Luke 1;26-33; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Peter 1:18-19; Acts 2:24; Acts 1:8-11
4. We believe in one condition of salvation, which is acceptance of the Lord Jesus Christ as personal Savior. John 1:12; John 3:16
5. We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life. Acts 1:8; Ephesians 1:13
6. We believe in the resurrection of the saved to life, and the lost to condemnation. John 5:23, 29
7. We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in Christ. John 17:11
8. We believe there are two ordinances, Baptism and the Lord’s Supper which are divinely enjoined upon all Christians. Acts 7:47-48; 1 Corinthians 11:23-29
9. We believe in executing Christ’s last command to his disciples to carry the Gospel to the ends of the earth. Acts 1:8