Mount Hope Church is affiliated with the Assemblies of God and we agree with these Fundamental Truths.

1. We believe the Holy Bible is inspired by God and declares His design and plan for mankind.
2. We believe there is only one true God—revealed in three persons: The Father, the Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.
3. We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. As God’s son Jesus was both human and divine.
4. We believe, though originally good, man willingly fell to sin, ushering evil and death, both physical and spiritual, into the world.
5. We believe every person can have restored relationship with God through salvation. That is, trusting Christ, through faith and repentance, to be our personal Savior.
6. We believe and practice two ordinances:
   1. Water Baptism by immersion after repenting of one’s sins and receiving Christ’s gift of salvation.
   2. Holy Communion (the Lord’s Supper) as a symbolic remembrance of Christ’s suffering and death for our salvation.
7. We believe the Baptism in the Holy Spirit is a special experience, following salvation, that empowers believers for witnessing and effective service, just as it did in New Testament times.
8. We believe an initial evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit is “Speaking in Tongues” as experiences on the Day of Pentecost and referenced throughout the book of Acts and the Epistles.
9. We believe sanctification initially occurs at salvation and is not only a declaration that a believer is holy, but also a progressive lifelong process of separating from evil as believers continually draw closer to God and become more Christ-like.
10. We believe the Church has a mission to seek and save all who are lost in sin. We believe the Church is the Body of Christ and consists of people who, throughout time, have accepted God’s offering of redemption through the sacrificial death of His son Jesus Christ.
11. We believe a divinely called and scripturally ordained leadership ministry serves the Church. The Bible teaches that each of us under leadership must commit ourselves to reach others for Christ, to worship Him with other believers, to build up or edify the body of believers, the Church, and to meet human need with ministries of love and compassion.
12. We believe divine healing of the sick is available today and is provided for in Christ’s atonement (his sacrificial death on the cross for our sins).
13. We believe in the Blessed Hope—When Jesus raptures, His Church prior to His return to Earth (the second coming). As this future moment in time, all believers who have died will rise from their graves and will meet the Lord in the air, and Christians who are alive will be caught up with them to be with the Lord forever.
14. We believe in the Millennial Reign of Christ—when Jesus returns with His saints at His second coming and begins His benevolent rule over Earth for 1,000 years. The millennial reign will bring the salvation of national Israel and the establishment of universal peace.
15. We believe a final judgment will take place for those who have rejected Christ. They will be judged for their sin and consigned to eternal punishment in a punishing lake of fire.
16. We believe and look forward to the perfect New Heavens and New Earth that Christ is preparing for all people, of all time, who have accepted Him. We will live and dwell with Him there forever following His millennial reign on Earth. “And so shall we forever be with the Lord!”