Our Statement of Faith

The Holy Bible
We believe in the verbal inspiration of the Holy Bible, both the Old and the New Testaments.
(II Timothy 3:16; Hebrews 4:12; 1 Peter 1:23-25; 2 Peter 1:19-21)

God
We believe in one God revealed in three Persons: The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
(Matthew 3:16-17, 23-29; John 17)

Man
We believe that man in his natural state, is a sinner – lost, undone, without hope, and without God.
(Romans 3:19-23; Galatians 3:22, Ephesians 2:1-2, 12)

Divinity and Humanity of Christ Jesus
We believe that Jesus Christ of Nazareth is God come in the flesh and that He is both divine and human.
(Luke 1:26-38; John 14:1-3; Acts 2:36; 3:14-15; Philippians 2:5-12; Hebrews 1:3-15)

Blood Atonement
We believe in the saving power of the Blood of Jesus Christ and His imputed righteousness to all who believe on Him with faith.
(Acts 4:12; Romans 4:1-9; 5: 1-11; Ephesians 1:3-15)

Bodily Resurrection
We believe in the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ.
(Luke 24:39-42; John 20:24-29)

Ascension
We believe that Jesus Christ ascended to the Father and is presently seated at the right hand of the Father making intercession for us.
(John 14:1-6; Romans 8:34)

Second Coming
We believe in the visible, bodily return of Jesus Christ to this earth to gather His Church (His Bride) and judge the world.
(Acts 1:10-11; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10; James 5:8; Revelation 1:7)

Salvation
We believe that the terms of salvation are repentance toward God for sin and a personal, heartfelt faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, which results in regeneration of the person. This salvation is entirely by grace of our Lord and not of works. Works are excluded except as fruit of salvation.
(Acts 3:19-20; Romans 4:1-5; 5:1; Ephesians 2:8-10)

Local Church
We believe that the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ is a local expression of a body of believers who have been baptized in the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; who are under recognized delegated authorities; and who assemble to worship, carry forth the Great Commission, and minister as the Holy Spirit leads.
(Matthew 16:18; 28:19-20; Acts 2:40-47; 20:28; Ephesians 5:22-32; 1 Timothy 3:15)

Ordinances
We believe that the two ordinances of the Church are water baptism and communion (The Lord’s Supper).
(Matthew 3:15-16; 28:19-20; Acts 8:38; Romans 6:1-4; Luke 22:13-20)

Separated Life
We believe that believers should seek, as the early disciples did, to practice the separated life from the world and unto Jesus Christ and to set standards of conduct which shall exalt our Lord and His Church.
(Romans 12:1-3; 2 Corinthians 6:17; Galatians 6:14; Ephesians 5:11; Colossians 3:17)

Heaven and Hell
We believe the Holy Scriptures clearly set forth the doctrines of eternal punishment for the lost and eternal bliss and salvation for the saved – Hell for the unsaved and Heaven for the saved.
(Matthew 25:34, 41, 46; Luke 16:19-31; John 14:1-3; Revelation 20:11-15)

Holy Spirit
We believe the Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Trinity whose purpose in the redemption of man is to convict him of sin, regenerate the repentant believer, guide the believer into understanding the Holy Scriptures, and indwell and give gifts to believers as He wills that they may minister as Christ would to men. We believe the manifestations of the Holy Spirit, recorded in 1 Corinthians 12:8-11, shall operate in churches today that yield to the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe a believer can be baptized in the Holy Spirit during the time Jesus is regenerating him or at any time subsequent to regeneration (new birth) experience. We believe that the Baptism in the Holy Spirit, with an evidence of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance, is for all believers as promised by John the Baptist, as witnessed by the early disciples of Christ, and as evidenced in the lives of many present-day believers in the Lord Jesus Christ.
(Luke 11:13; John 7:37-39; 14:16-17; Acts 2:39-48; Matthew 3:11; Acts 1:4-5, 8; Acts 10:44-47; 19:1-6)

Divine Healing
We believe divine healing has been provided for us in the atonement of our Lord Jesus Christ. Divine healing may be received through the laying on of hands by elders, laying on of hands by believers, by the prayer of an anointed person gifted for healing the sick, by the anointing with oil and the prayer of faith, or by a direct act of faith where the believer receives healing from the Lord Jesus Christ without ministry from anyone else. We also believe that God can use doctors, medicine, and other material means for healing.
(Isaiah 52:5; James 5:14-16; Mark 16:18; 1 Corinthians 12:9; Mark 11:23)

Priesthood of All Believers
We believe that each believer is a priest of the Lord Jesus Christ and has direct access to the Father through the Lord Jesus. Each person must believe for himself, be baptized for himself, and answer to his Creator for himself.
(Revelation 1:6; 1 Peter 2:9)

Government of the Church
We believe that the New Testament Church should be apostolic in nature and governed by delegated authorities. Those authorities at Victory Church are the pastors and elders with trans-local apostolic oversight. We understand and believe that God’s order of government for the local church is one of the church being birthed under the oversight of an apostle. Once that level of local government is established, the church operates in an autonomous way under the oversight of an apostle in an ongoing relationship. This relationship is to be one by mutual consent of the apostle and the pastor and elders of the local church.
(Numbers 11:16-17; 1 Timothy 3:1-7; Titus 1:5-9)

Tithes, Offerings and First Fruits
We believe that God’s plan of finance for His work is by tithes, offerings, and first fruits and that it is a joy for His children to acknowledge His Lordship in this manner.
(Malachi 3:6-12; Genesis 14:17-20; Hebrews 7:1-10; Matthew 23:23; 2 Corinthians 8 & 9; Acts 20:35)