We believe and affirm that there exists one God, living and true, infinite and perfect, in all His divine attributes and unique in essence.
He exists eternally in three persons and reveals himself as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit without any division in His nature, essence, or being, each equally worthy of worship and obedience (Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 45:5-7; Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14).
God the Father is the first person of the Trinity, the creator and ruler of all things. He is all‑powerful, sovereign over all creation, providence, and redemption. Though He is the creator of every human being, He is Father in a special, saving way only to those who believe in Christ.
Everything that happens takes place under His wise decrees and ultimately for His glory. Yet in His sovereignty He is neither the author nor the approver of sin. In grace He chooses His people for salvation and truly saves all who come to Him through His Son. Those who come to Him in Christ are adopted into His family, and He becomes their Father in a covenantal, redeeming sense (Genesis 1:1–31; Psalm 103:19, 145:8–9; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Romans 8:14–15, 11:36; Ephesians 1:11, 4:6; 2 Corinthians 6:18; Habakkuk 1:13; John 1:12, 15:16; Galatians 4:5; Hebrews 12:5–9).
We believe and affirm that Jesus Christ is the second person of the Trinity, the only‑begotten Son of God, begotten not in time but from all eternity. He is God incarnate, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, without sin.
In Him there are two natures: He is truly God and truly man. As the God‑man, He possesses all the divine attributes, being of one substance and co‑eternal with the Father.
He perfectly honored the divine law through His obedience and redeemed His people by His death—by the shedding of His blood as a sacrifice on the cross. His death was voluntary, substitutionary, propitiatory, and redemptive.
On the third day, He rose bodily from the grave, then ascended into heaven and now sits at the right hand of the Father as the only mediator between God and man. One day He will return to this world to judge the living and the dead and to bring His redemptive work to its final consummation (John 3:16; 8:56–58; 10:15, 30; 14:9; Matthew 1:18; 2:1; Romans 3:24–25; 5–8; 1 Peter 2:24; 3:22; 1 Corinthians 15:4; Acts 1:9; 1 Timothy 2:5; 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18).
We believe and affirm that the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity, co‑equal, co‑eternal, and co‑existent with the Father and the Son. He is called God in Scripture, possesses all the divine attributes, and carries out the works of God such as creation, regeneration, resurrection, transformation, and salvation.
He is the One who distributes spiritual gifts to the church, yet He does not draw attention to Himself or to His gifts. Instead, He glorifies Christ by applying the work of redemption to the lost and by building up and strengthening all believers.
We believe that He is sovereign in granting His gifts for the growth and maturity of every believer in this present age. We also believe that the operation of miracles, signs, wonders, and speaking in tongues in the earliest days of the church served to confirm the apostles as bearers of God’s revelation, and that these signs were never meant to be ongoing, defining marks in the daily lives of believers.
We do not deny that God still works in powerful and extraordinary ways; He remains free to act as He pleases. However, we do not identify His ongoing work with the kinds of practices and claims often promoted in various religious movements today, which frequently go beyond or even against the pattern and teaching of Scripture (Matthew 28:19; Acts 1:8; 5:3–4; 9:14; Jeremiah 31:33; 2 Corinthians 3:17–18; 12:12; Luke 1:35; 1 Corinthians 2:10; 6:11; 12:4–11; 13:8–10; Psalm 139:7–10; Ephesians 4:7–12, 30; Genesis 1:1–2; John 3:3, 5–8; 16:13; Romans 3:11; 8:13; 15:30; Galatians 5:16–24; Hebrews 2:1–4).
In Vida Abundante, we believe and affirm that the church is the body of Christ, represented by people who have been saved and are born again through the Holy Spirit, and these people live to exalt, praise, and complete the purposes of God.
In essence the church is a visible and external manifestation of God’s divine purpose in which Christ is the head and supreme authority (1 Corinthians 11:3, 12:12-13; Ephesians 1:22, 3:6).
We believe and affirm that the Scriptures are a testimony of God himself; it’s here where we find God who in himself is truth and only speaks truth.
Through His Holy Spirit, he inspired men to write an infallible and inerrant word with a Divine authority so that God would reveal himself to a lost humanity and reveal Jesus Christ as creator and Lord, redeemer and judge (Exodus 24:4; Deuteronomy 4:1-2; Joshua 8:34; Matthew 5:17-18; John 5:39; 2 Timothy 3:15-17).
We believe and affirm that man was created in the image and likeness of God, and women were also created in the image and likeness of God from man. However, after the fall the image was corrupted by sin. As a result, all humans are born in sin, under the curse of sin, and separate from Holy God because of sin.
Because of sin man is no longer “good,” is unable to look for God, and is unable to save himself from sin. Despite this corruption humanity as God’s image bearers still have value and thus, must be treated with dignity and respect (Genesis 1:26-28, 2:21-22, 3:23-24; Psalm 51:5, 58:3; Romans 5:12-14; 1 Corinthians 15:20-22).
We believe and affirm that salvation is a gift from God and not based on a personal decision. The work of salvation is completely by grace and is attributed to God alone through the redemptive work of Christ by the shedding of his blood on the cross, by which he obtained eternal redemption for those who believe.
Thus, salvation is not based on human works or merits but on the sacrifice of Christ on the cross (John 1:12; Ephesians 1:7; 2:8-10; 1 Peter 1:18-19).
The Last Things (Eschatology)
We believe and affirm that God, in His time and through His will, shall bring the world to an end according to His promise, and that Jesus Christ will gloriously and visibly return to this world, and that the dead will rise.
Further, Christ will judge all men who have been unjust and send them to hell, the eternal place of punishment, but those who are just who have been raised and glorified will receive their reward, dwelling with Christ for all eternity (Isaiah 2:4; Matthew 16:27-19:18; 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18, 5:1-11; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9; Revelation 21).
