Radiant Church’s Statement of Faith

We believe that Jesus Christ (the Son of God) became flesh to reveal God to man and rescue the world from evil. He, being both fully God and fully man, is the only person to live a sinless life.

He was born of a virgin and took the weight of sin and evil in the world on the cross so mankind could be free from the penalty of sin, and creation would be redeemed.

He rose from the dead on the third day according to the Scriptures, ascended to the right hand of the Father, and will return in power and glory.

Christians are people who have invited the Lord Jesus Christ to come and live inside them by His Holy Spirit.

They relinquish the authority of their lives over to him, thus making Jesus the Lord of their lives, as well as Savior.

They put their trust in what Jesus accomplished for them when He died, was buried, and rose again from the dead.

Given at Pentecost, the Holy Spirit is the promise of the Father, sent by Jesus after His ascension, to empower the church to preach the Gospel throughout the whole earth.

We believe the entire Bible is the inspired and infallible Word of God. It cannot be added to, subtracted from, or superseded in any regard. It alone is the final authority in determining all doctrinal truths.

The Holy Spirit is manifested through a variety of spiritual gifts to build and sanctify the church, demonstrate the validity of the resurrection, and confirm the power of the Gospel.

The Bible’s lists of these gifts are not necessarily exhaustive, and the gifts may occur in various combinations. All believers are commanded to desire the manifestation of the gifts in their lives earnestly.

These gifts always operate in harmony with the Scriptures and should never be used in violation of biblical parameters.

Jesus Christ was conceived by God the Father, through the Holy Spirit (the third person of the Trinity) in the Virgin Mary's womb; therefore, He is the Son of God.

Repentance is the commitment to turn away from sin in every area of our lives and to follow Christ, which allows us to receive His redemption and to be regenerated by the Holy Spirit.

Thus, through repentance, we receive forgiveness of sins and salvation.

We are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, His death, burial, and resurrection. Salvation is a gift from God, not a result of our good works or of any human efforts.

Jesus Christ was physically resurrected from the dead in a glorified body three days after His death on the cross.

In addition, both the saved and the lost will be resurrected; they that are saved to the resurrection of life and they that are lost to eternal separation from God.

Man was created good and upright, but by voluntary transgression, he fell; his only hope of redemption is in Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

The church is the Body of Christ, the habitation of God through the Spirit, with divine appointments for the fulfillment of Jesus' great commission.

Every person born of the Spirit is an integral part of the church, a member of the body of believers. There is a spiritual unity of all believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Sanctification is the process of yielding to God’s Word and His Spirit in order to complete the development of Christ's character in us.

It is through the present ministry of the Holy Spirit and the Word of God that the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.

Heaven is the eternal dwelling place for all believers in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. After living one life on earth, unbelievers will be judged by God and sent to hell.