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The Sword

We help people take the next step in their relationship with Jesus. That’s how we’re going to make a difference, and it’s the motivation behind everything we do.

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OUR SENIOR LEADERS

John & Barbara Burkholder

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Our Beliefs

  • We believe that Jesus Christ (the Son of God) became flesh to reveal God to man and rescue the world from evil. He, being fully God yet fully man, is the only person to live a sinless life. He was born of a virgin and took the weight of sin and evil in the world on the cross so mankind could be free from the penalty of sin and creation would be redeemed. He rose from the dead on the third day according to the Scriptures, ascended to the right hand of the Father, and will return again in power and glory.

  • We believe in one God who exists in three distinct equal persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He is the creator of the universe, never changing, eternal, all-powerful and unending in love.

  • We believe that the Holy Spirit was given, after Jesus ascended into heaven, to edify and empower the individual believer and the Church. The Holy Spirit is alive and active today. Believers should live Spirit-led, Spirit-empowered lives.

  • We believe the entire Bible is the inspired and infallible Word of God. It cannot be added to, subtracted from, or superseded in any regard. It, alone, is the final authority in determining all doctrinal truths.

  • We believe that man and woman was created in the image of God to have fellowship with Him, but became alienated from that relationship through sinful disobedience. As a result, mankind is totally incapable of coming back into a right relationship with God by his own effort.

  • We believe that man and woman was created in the image of God to have fellowship with Him, but became alienated from that relationship through sinful 

  • We believe that every Christian is to live for Jesus and not for themselves. By obedience to the Bible, participation in a community of faith, and daily yielding to the Spirit, every believer matures and becomes conformed to the image of Christ.

  • We believe that the church is the family of God on the earth. Those who have trusted, by faith, the finished work of Christ are adopted into the family. The church is to participate with God in bringing about His purposes of hope, redemption and grace in the world.

Other Core Beliefs

We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, who became wholly man without ceasing to be wholly God. 

We believe in the pre-existence of Jesus Christ, incarnation through his virgin birth, his sinless life and miracles. 

We believe in the vicarious death and atonement of Christ through his shed blood, bodily resurrection and ascension, and in his present priestly ministry. 

We believe that the Bible is the only inspired, infallible Word of God to man revealing all that is necessary for salvation, life and servanthood. 

We believe that the salvation/redemption of sinful man is only possible through the shed blood of Jesus Christ after which the practice of discipleship brings one into fuller spiritual maturity. 

We believe the baptism of the Holy Spirit is for all believers as an endowment of power, is distinct from conversion as evidenced by spiritual gifts and fruit of the Spirit. 

 We believe in the Five-fold offices of Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor and Teacher, and their mantles and anointing’s to equip and activate the gifts of the Spirit in the saints for the work of the ministry." 

 We believe that every Spirit-filled believer has the power and authority to demonstrate signs, wonders and miracles today. 

We believe We believe that the ordinances of the Church are water baptism by immersion and the Lord’s Supper and are administered to those who are born again. 

We believe We believe in the doctrine of the laying on of hands for healing, to confer office, and for impartation of anointing. 

We believe in and practice discipleship in obedience to our Lord’s command to go and make disciples. 

We believe that tithing, accompanied by free-will offerings, is God’s ordained method to finance the spreading of the Gospel and the needs of the Church. 

We believe in strong families who create strong local churches and strong communities. 

We believe in Christ’s imminent personal return in power and great glory, and in His present and everlasting dominion. 

We believe in the visible, personal, glorious return of Jesus Christ and the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, the saved unto eternal life and the lost unto eternal punishment. 

We believe in the resurrection/translation of the saints, the rapture of the Church in the age to come.

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