STATEMENT OF FAITH
We, the Antioch Church, accept wholeheartedly the revelation of God given in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments and is summarized in the statements of the Christian church as the Apostles’ Creed, the Nicene Creed and the Athanasian Creeds. We explicitly assert doctrines that are regarded as crucial to our faith and to the Christian living.
1. The Scripture, both Old and New Testament, to be the inspired Word of God, the complete revelation of His will for the salvation of men, and the supreme authority for all the personal and collective aspects of Christian life.
2. The triune God, one God in three persons: the Father as Creator and Preserver, His Son Jesus Christ as Redeemer and Lord, and the Holy Spirit as Regenerator and Sanctifier.
3. The universal sinfulness and guilt of human being bring everyone under God’s righteous condemnation. All human being, created in the image of God, fell into sin but requires regeneration by the Holy Spirit for salvation.
4. The justification by the grace of God through believers’ faith in Christ, the incarnate and crucified Son of God, is the sole ground of our salvation and redemption.
5. The work of God the Holy Spirit is to illuminate, regenerate, indwell and sanctify the believers
6. The unity of all true believers form the one universal Church, the Body of which Christ is the Head.
7. We believe and expect the personal, visible return of the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe in the resurrection of all people to final judgement and the resurrection of the believers to eternal life with God.