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The following statements of faith are the focus of the HOPE Church, and are shared by all its members:

We believe the Bible, which contains the 66 books of Old and New Testaments, is the inspired and infallible Word of God, the complete revelation of His will for the salvation of men, and the divine and final authority for Christian faith and life.

We believe in the one true and living God, the Creator, the Sustainer and Ruler of Heaven and Earth, eternally existing in three distinct persons - the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

We believe that the first man, Adam, was created by God in His image, but fell from his original state by sinning against God, and hence incurred upon himself and all his posterity the guilt of sin, condemnation, and death; therefore, all humans are in need of salvation, and are totally incapable of saving themselves.

We believe that after the Fall, God, in His mercy and love, made provision for human redemption through the establishment of the covenant of grace with His people by the promise and the actual giving of the Savior Jesus Christ, whom to believe is justification and life.

We believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, sent by the Father, begotten by the Holy Spirit, and born of the virgin Mary; that He lived a sinless and obedient life, suffered and died on the cross vicariously for the sins of those who believe in Him; that God raised Him from the dead, exalted Him both as Lord and Christ, and gave Him the Holy Spirit for His church.

We believe that humans are saved by grace through faith in Christ in response to the Gospel preached, or presented in the power of the Holy Spirit, through whom ransomed sinners become the children of God and heirs of eternal life. That Jesus Christ is the only mediator between God and men; and only through Him the believer has access to the Father.

We believe that every believer is a new creature in Christ, and is called to walk in the Spirit, to die unto sin, and to live unto righteousness, and thereby manifest the fruit of the Spirit, conforming oneself to the image of Christ; that good works are the fruit of the Holy Spirit, and are not ways of justification.

We believe that God alone is the Lord of our conscience, and that the believers are free from the commands of men which are contrary to, or in addition to, the Scriptures in matters of faith and conduct.

We believe that the church, consisting of all true believers, being Christ's own and indwelt by the Holy Spirit, is the Body of Christ. The Church members consisting all who profess to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and are baptized; is called to grow unto the stature of the fullness of Christ and to fulfill her ministry work through the exercise of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, in worship, ordinances, fellowship, discipline, and services.

We believe that in the last day, at the consummation of redemption, Christ will come again personally and visibly to the earth to judge the living and the dead; that there will be a bodily resurrection of the dead, of the believers through the Holy Spirit unto the inheritance of eternal life, and the unbelievers unto condemnation; and that a new heaven and a new earth will be ushered in.