“one faith,
one Lord,
one baptism”
Ephesians 4:5
Doctrinal Statement
About God
We believe that God is the Creator and Ruler of the universe. God is Trinity: He has eternally existed in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. These three are co-equal, supernatural individual persons, yet they are inseparably linked together as one God.
About Jesus Christ
Jesus is God the Son, the second person of the Trinity. He is co-equal with God the Father and God the Holy Spirit. Jesus is fully God and fully man. As the Son of God, Jesus was born of a virgin, lived a sinless human life and offered Himself as the perfect sacrifice for the sins of all people by dying on a cross. He physically rose from the dead after three days to demonstrate His power over sin and death. He ascended to Heaven's glory and will soon rapture genuine believers to be with Him. He will physically return someday to earth to reign as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. The return or second coming of Jesus Christ will be visible, personal, and premillennial.
About the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity. He is co-equal with God the Father and God the Son. He is present in the world to make men aware of their need for Jesus Christ. He also lives in every Christian from the moment of salvation. He provides the Christian with power for living, understanding of spiritual truth, and guidance in doing what is right. He gives every believer a spiritual gift/s when they are saved. As Christians, we seek to live under His control daily.
About the Bible
The Bible is God's Word to us. It was written by God through human authors, under the supernatural guidance of the Holy Spirit. It is the supreme source of truth and authority for Christian living and beliefs. Because it is inspired by God or “God-breathed”, it is the truth without any mixture of error in the original autographs.
About Human Beings
People are made in the image of God, to be like Him in character. People are the supreme object of God's creation. Although every person has tremendous potential for good, all of us are marred by a hard-wired, predisposed attitude of rebellion and disobedience to God called "sin". This attitude and the actions that result separate people from God, cause many problems in life, and have dire eternal consequences.
About Salvation
Salvation is God's free gift to us, but we must accept it. We can never make up for our sin by self-improvement or good works. Only by turning to and trusting in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, as the one and only payment for sin, can anyone be saved from sin's penalty. When we turn from our self-ruled life and turn to Jesus by faith we are saved. Eternal life begins the moment one receives Jesus Christ into his / her life by grace through faith.
About the Security of the Believer
Because God gives us eternal life through Jesus Christ, the true & genuine believer is secure in that salvation for eternity. If you have been genuinely saved, you cannot "lose" it. Salvation is maintained by the grace and power of God, not by the self-effort of the Christian. It is the grace and keeping power of God that gives us this security.
About Eternity
People were created to exist forever. We will either exist eternally separated from God by sin, or eternally with God through the forgiveness and salvation offered by Jesus Christ. Heaven and Hell are literal places of conscious eternal existence.
About Baptism and the Lord’s Supper
There are two symbolic Christian ordinances: The baptism of believers by immersion in water, by the authority of the local church, to show the death, burial, and resurrection to new life of the believer and his commitment to follow the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Lord’s Supper (communion) as the proclamation and commemoration of His death until He returns.
About Creation and Origins
The Biblical record as stated in the book of Genesis indicates that God created the heavens and the earth and everything in them in six literal days of creation. Adam and Eve literally and physically existed and are the progenitors of all human life. Sin, the fall of mankind, the resultant curse on creation, the worldwide Flood, its cataclysmic effect, and the contents of the entire book of Genesis are all literal events.
“Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.”
On Baptism
When you become a Christian by making a faith commitment to Jesus Christ for your salvation, one of the next steps is being baptized. Baptism is an event in which we go public with our faith-commitment to Jesus Christ.
Why should I be baptized?
It follows the example set by Jesus in the Bible (Mark 1:9).
Jesus commanded it (Matthew 28:19-20).
It demonstrates that you are really a believer in Christ (Acts 18:8, 1 John 2:3).
Who should be baptized?
Every person who has believed in Christ (Acts 2:41).
Because the purpose of baptism is to publicly confess your personal commitment to Christ, at Victory we wait to baptize children until they are old enough to understand its true meaning.
Why be baptized by immersion?
Jesus was baptized by immersion (Matthew 3:16).
Every baptism in the Bible was by immersion (Acts 8:38).
The word "baptize" means to "dip under water."
It best symbolizes a burial and resurrection by illustrating a death to myself, a burial to my old way of living, and resurrection to a new life in Christ.
What is the true meaning of baptism?
It illustrates our cleansing from sin (Titus 3:4-7).
When you become a Christian, all of your sins are washed away and our Lord declares you holy and righteous.
It illustrates Christ's death and resurrection (Colossians 2:12).
It illustrates new life as a Christian (Romans 6:4, Ephesians 2:8-9).
Baptism doesn't make you a believer; it shows that you already believe. Baptism doesn't save you; your faith in Christ does that. Baptism is like wearing a wedding ring: it's the outward symbol of a commitment you made in your heart.
It illustrates my connection to the Holy Spirit (Titus 3:4-7).
It illustrates my connection to the church (1 Corinthians 12:13).
When should I be baptized?
As soon as you have believed in Jesus (Acts 2:41).
Why wait?
There is no reason to delay. As soon as you have decided to receive Christ into your life, you can and should be baptized.
Email the church office today to get in touch with us about getting baptized.
“...and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,”