Statement of Faith
Morning Star Ministry exists as an arm of God’s Church whose foundation is the Gospel of Jesus Christ as understood through the Bible. We desire to partner with individuals and organizations who love Jesus and long for his return. Our ministry centers around worship and intercessory prayer, equipping and sending, healing and restoration, and refuge and recharge.
We believe in one God, existing in three persons: the Father, his one and only son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. We believe God created the heavens and the earth out of nothing by his spoken word, and for his own glory.
We believe God has revealed himself and his truth in creation, in the Bible, and supremely in Jesus Christ. We believe the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are inspired by God revealing truth, pointing to Jesus Christ, and establishing the standard for faithful living.
We believe Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, and was fully God and fully man. We believe Jesus lived as a person without sin. We believe in the resurrection of Christ’s crucified body, his ascension into Heaven, and that he lives as our Lord, our High Priest, and our Advocate.
We believe God created Adam and Eve, the first humans and the historical parents of the entire human race. We believe they were created in God’s own image, distinct from all other living creatures, and in a state of original righteousness.
We believe that Adam and Eve sinned against God, thereby incurring physical and spiritual death. As a result, all human beings are born with a sinful nature, thereby guaranteeing every person will sin against God.
We believe in the existence of Satan, demons, and evil powers; and that all of these have been defeated by the cross of Christ.
We believe Jesus Christ died for our sins, according to the Bible, as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice. We believe that all who trust in Jesus are declared righteous and forgiven all their sins by his shed blood.
We believe that water baptism and the Lord’s Supper are outward expressions of an inward love for Jesus. We believe these are acts of obedience pleasing to God, encouraged and administered after rebirth by the Holy Spirit.
We believe all who trust in the Lord Jesus Christ are born again of the Holy Spirit, become children of God, and are enabled to offer spiritual worship acceptable to God.
We believe the Holy Spirit indwells and gives life to followers of Jesus, enables them to understand the Bible, empowers them for godly living, and equips them for service and witness.
We believe in the body of Christ as one Church, comprised of all those who have placed their faith and trust in Christ.
We believe that Jesus Christ will return to this earth visibly in power and great glory, to raise the dead in Christ, to gather the elect, to judge the nations, and to bring the Kingdom of Heaven fully to earth.
We believe in the bodily resurrection of the saved and unsaved. We believe in the everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the everlasting punishment of the unsaved.