HUMANITY

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We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God in innocence and without sin, but in Adam’s action and his free choice, man sinned against God and brought sin into the human race.  Man thereafter inherited a sinful nature, becoming spiritually dead and alienated from God. Man of himself is incapable of remedying his lost and depraved condition or coming back into right relationship with God by his own merit or effort. Man was created to glorify, worship, serve, and have fellowship with God.  Adam and Eve were made to complement each other in a one-flesh union in the covenant of marriage that establishes the only God-ordained pattern of sexual relations for men and women.  Men and women are absolutely equal in essence, dignity and value but are distinct by divine design. As part of God’s good created order, men and women are to have different yet complementary roles and responsibilities in the home and church. As it relates to the church, men and women are both expected to lead; however, the office of Minister/Pastor, Elder, or Decon is reserved for qualified men.

 

(Genesis 1:26-30; 2:5, 2:7, 2:18-22-23; 3:1-24; 9:6; Psalms 1:1-6; 8:3-6; 32:1-5; 51:5; Isaiah 6:5; Jeremiah 17:5; Matthew 16:26; Acts 17:26-31; Romans 1:19-32; 3:5-18, 3:23; 5:12; 5:19; 6:6; 7:14-25; 8:14-18, 8:29; 1Cointhians 1:21-31; 15:19, 15:21-22; Ephesians 2:1-22; Colossians 1:21-22; 3:9-11; 1 Timothy 3; Titus 1; 3:5)