THE WORD OF GOD. We believe that the Bible is God’s special revelation of Himself to us. It is the Word of God (2 Timothy 3:15-17), fully inspired and without error in the original manuscripts (Psalm 19:7-8), written by men under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit (2 Peter 1:20-21), and that it alone has supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct (John 17:17). The Trinity. We believe that there is one living and true God (Deuteronomy 6:4) eternally existing in three persons; that these persons are equal in every divine perfection, and that they execute distinct but harmonious offices in the work of creation, providence and redemption (Matthew 28:19).

GOD THE FATHER. We believe in God, the Father who is the sovereign Creator of Heaven and earth (Genesis 1:1-2). We believe He is an infinite, personal God, perfect in holiness (Isaiah 6:3), wisdom, power and love (Romans 11:33). We believe He reigns supremely above every detail of history and the universe (Isaiah 45:5-7). God knows all things past, present and future.

 JESUS CHRIST. We believe in Jesus Christ, God's only begotten Son (John 3:16), conceived by the Holy Spirit (Matthew 1:20). We believe in His virgin birth (Matthew 1:23), sinless life (Hebrews 4:15), miracles and teachings (Gospels). He is fully God and fully man. We believe in His propitiatory death (Romans 3:25), bodily resurrection (John 20:27-28), ascension into Heaven (Acts 1:9) and His perpetual intercession for His people (Hebrews 2:17). We also believe in His future, personal, imminent and visible return to earth (Revelation 22:20).

THE HOLY SPIRIT.  We believe in the Holy Spirit who came forth from the Father and Son (John 14:26) to convict the world of sin, righteousness and judgment. We believe that those who repent and believe have been regenerated and are being sanctified by the Holy Spirit (John 1:12-13, 1 Corinthians 12:3). We believe that the Holy Spirit in-dwells every believer in Christ, and that He is an abiding helper, teacher and guide (2 Thessalonians 2:13).

REGENERATION. We believe that all men are sinners by nature (Ephesians 2:3) and by choice (Romans 1:24) and are, therefore, under condemnation (Romans 1:18). All have joined Adam in the original fall. It is impossible for men to believe without the miracle of regeneration (Romans 8:7-8). We believe that those who are born again are so by the causal and irresitible power of God (1 Peter 1:3) being saved by His grace through the gift of faith (Ephesians 2:8-9).

THE CHURCH. We believe in the universal church, a living spiritual body, of which Christ is the head and all regenerated persons are members and are His elect Bride. (Colossians 1:18). We believe in the local church, consisting of a company of professing believers in Jesus Christ (Philippians 2:1-11) and associated for worship, work and fellowship (Acts 2:42-47). We believe that God has given the members of the local church the primary tasks of ministry (Ephesians 4:11-13) and proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ to a lost world (Matthew 28:18-20, Habakkuk 2:14).

CHRISTIAN CONDUCT. We believe that a Christian should live first for the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31) and then for the well-being of his neighbor (James 2:14-20): that his conduct should be blameless before the world (Colossians 4:5); that he should be a faithful steward of his possessions (Colossians 3:17); and that he should seek to realize for himself and others the full stature of maturity in Christ (Philippians 3:12-21).

THE ORDINANCES. We believe that our Lord Jesus Christ has committed two ordinances to believers in the local church.  They are baptism and the Lord's Supper.  Believers ought to participate in these ordinances by faith. Baptism symbolizes repentance, spiritual cleansing and one's identification with Jesus Christ in His death, burial and resurrection (Romans 6:3-5). This ought to be enacted by the believer’s immersion in water (baptism should be by immersion where possible) in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  We believe that the Lord's Supper was instituted by Christ for commemoration of His death (1 Corinthians 11:23-26). We believe that these two ordinances should be observed and administered until the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.

THE LAST THINGS. We believe in the personal and visible return of our Lord Jesus Christ to earth and the establishment of His kingdom (Revelation 20:1-15). We believe in the resurrection of the body (Romans 8:18-21), the final judgment (Matthew 25:31-46), the eternal happiness of the righteous (Revelation 21:1-4), and the eternal suffering of the wicked (Mark 9:48).

 

FCF Creed

1. WE BELIEVE IN THE HOLINESS OF GOD: "Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy. (Leviticus 19:2)

2. WE BELIEVE IN THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD: Remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, 10 declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, 'My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,' (Isaiah 46:9-10)

3. WE BELIEVE IN THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD: But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it- 22 the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness. (Romans 3:21-25)

4. WE BELIEVE IN THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD: Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations. The LORD is faithful in all his words and kind in all his works. (Psalm 145:13)

5. WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF GOD: May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, 2 that your way may be known on earth, your saving power among all nations. (Psalm 67:1-2)

6. WE BELIEVE IN LIMITED ATONEMENT: I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. (John 10:14-16)

7. WE BELIEVE IN UNCONDITIONAL ELECTION: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:3-4)

8. WE BELIEVE IN IRRESISTIBLE GRACE: And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. (Ezekiel 36:26)

9. WE BELIEVE IN TOTAL DEPRAVITY: For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. 8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. (Romans 8:7-8)