Orchard Christian Fellowship Core Beliefs

We believe that the entire Bible is the inspired Word of God and is truth.  Therefore, we believe:

1.  That there is one God, eternally existent in three persons:  the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. 
2. That Jesus Christ was, and is, the Son of God.
3. In His Virgin birth, sinless life, miracles, stoning death, bodily resurrection, ascension to the right hand of God the Father, and in His personal return to earth in power and glory.  
4. That all have sinned and that the only means of cleansing from sin is through the blood of Christ.
5. That regeneration by the Holy Spirit is essential for personal salvation.
6. That man is justified by faith in Jesus Christ, apart from works.
7. That the redemptive work done by Christ provides healing for the whole man:  body, soul, and spirit.  
8. That, with rare exceptions, a person baptized in the Holy Spirit will speak with new tongues.
9. In the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling presence, the believer can live a godly life and exhibit the fruits of the Spirit.
10. That the gifts of the Spirit, as listed in the New Testament, should be practiced in the church today.  
11. In the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, the saved to eternal life and the lost to eternal judgment.  
12. In water baptism by immersion in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
13. That the Bible is the infallible Word of God given to men by inspiration of God.
14. In the reality of deliverance from demonic bondage for all persons, saved or unsaved, and that a Christian cannot be demon possessed.
15. In the remembrance of the Lord’s death in the ordinance of the Lord’s Supper.