WE BELIEVE...
- that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are verbally inspired by God, and inerrant in the original writings, and that they are of supreme and final authority in faith and life (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:21; Mark 12:26-36; Acts 1:16).
- that there is one God who is infinitely perfect, the Creator, Preserver and governor of all things; that there are three persons in the Godhead, eternally existing, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14).
- that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit, and born of the Virgin Mary, and is true God and true man (John 1:14; 1 Timothy 3:16; Hebrews 2:16-17).
- that man was created in the image of God, that he sinned and thereby incurred not only physical death, but also that spiritual death which is separation from God, and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature, and, in the case of those who reach moral responsibility become sinners in thought, word and deed (Genesis 1:27; Romans 5:12; Ephesians 2:3).
- that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice; and that all who believe in him are justified on the ground of His shed blood and having everlasting life (Leviticus 17:11; Matthew 26:28; Romans 5:6-8; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Galations 3:13; Ephesians 1:7, 1 Peter 1:18-19).
- that our Lord Jesus Christ rose from the dead in a bodily resurrection, ascended into heaven and is present there for us as High Priest and Advocate (Matthew 5:17; Luke 24:3, 12; Luke 3:43; John 20:24-29, Acts 1:21-22; 1 Corinthians 15).
- that the Holy Spirit is a divine person, equal with God the Father and God the Son, and of the same nature. We further believe that He was active in the creation, and is the agent in the new birth through conviction of sin, and that He also indwells, baptizes into the Body of Christ at the moment of salvation, seals, endures, guides, fills, teaches, comfort, intercedes for and sanctifies the believer; that He gives gifts to the Church and to the individual for the building up of the Church (John 14:16-17, 26; Matthew 28:19; Hebrews 9:14; John 16:8-11; Luke 1:35; Genesis 1:1-3; Acts 1:18; Acts 5:30-32; John 3:5-6; Ephesians 1:13-14; Mark 1:8; John 1:33; Acts 11:16; Luke 24:49; Romans 8:14,16, 26, 27; 1 Corinthians 12:11-13).
- that the Local Church is a body of believers in Jesus Christ gathered in a given location for worship, edification and evangelism. The Universal Church is the body of Christ consisting of all who have believed in Jesus Christ from Pentecost to the second coming of Christ. That the great mission of the church is the evangelism of the world (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8-9).
- that the blessed hope set before us in God’s Word is the personal, premillennial and eminent advent of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (Luke 12:35-40, 17:34-37; Acts 1:10-11; 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Titus 2:13).
- that all who receives by faith the Lord Jesus Christ are born again of the Holy Spirit, and thereby become the children of God
(John 3:1-21; John 1:12; Romans 8:14-17; 1 John 5:12; Galations 3:26). - that the Scriptures teach the bodily resurrection of the just and their everlasting blessedness, also the bodily resurrection of the unjust, and their everlasting punishment (Matthew 25:31-46; Mark 9:42-50; Revelation 14:11; Revelation 20:10-15; Revelation 21:1-8; Revelation 22:3-5; Daniel 12:2).
- that the only Scriptural mode of Baptism is by immersion, on repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ administered before reception into the visible church (Matthew 28:19; Acts 2:41; Acts 8:37; Acts 9:18).
- that the ordinance of the Lord’s Supper shall be frequently observed (Acts 2:41-46; 1 Chronicles 11:26).
- that the angels are spirit beings who were created to do God’s bidding. Satan, the highest spirit creation rebelled against God with angels who became demons and were banished from heaven. Today they continue to rebel against and are in conflict with God and the angels who have remained loyal to God. Demons eternal destiny is the Lake of Fire (Colossians 1:16; Hebrews 1:7, 14:2 Peter 2:4; Jude 6; Revelation 5:11; 2 Samuel 24:16; Matthew 25:41; Psalm 8:5; Dan. 10:11-14).