WE BELIEVE that the blood of Jesus Christ, shed on the cross, provides the sole basis for the forgiveness of sin. Therefore, once we confess with our mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in our hearts that God raised him from the dead, we shall be saved (Romans 10:9). Jesus died for our sins (I Cor. 15:3) not because he had to, but because he loves us and that each of us is important, really important, in the eyes and in the heart of God (Jn. 15:13).