1. We believe
in the infallible, verbal inspiration of the whole Bible and that the
Bible is the all-sufficient rule of faith and practice (Psalm 119:160; 2
Tim. 3:16,17).
2. We believe in the personal triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
equal in divine perfection (I John 5:7-8).
3. We believe in the Genesis account of Creation (Gen. 1; 2).
4. We believe that Satan is a fallen angel, the archenemy of God and man,
the unholy god of this world, and that his destiny is the eternal lake of
fire (Isa. 14:12-15; Ezek. 28:11-19; Matt. 25:41; 2 Cor. 4:4; Eph.6:10-17;
Rev. 20:10).
5. We believe in the virgin birth and sinless humanity of Jesus Christ
(Matt. 1:18-20; 2 Cor. 5:21; 1Peter 2:22).
6. I believe in the deity of Jesus Christ (John 10:30; John 1:1, 14; 2Cor.
5:19).
7. We believe the Holy Spirit is the divine Administrator for Jesus Christ
in His churches (Luke 24:49; John 14:16,
17; Acts 1:4, 5, 8; Acts 2:1-4).
8. We believe that Man was created in the image of God and lived in
innocency until he fell by voluntary transgression from his sinless state,
the result being that all mankind are sinners (Gen. 1:26; Gen. 3:6-24;
Rom. 5:12, 19).
9. We believe that the suffering and death of Jesus Christ was
substitutionary for all mankind and is efficacious only to those who
believe (Isa. 53:6; Heb.2:9; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 Peter 3:18; 2 Peter 3:9;
1John 2:2).
10. We believe in the bodily resurrection and ascension of Christ and the
bodily resurrection of His saints (Matt. 28:1-7; Acts 1:9-11; 1 Cor.
15:42-58; 1Thess. 4:13-18).
11. We believe in the premillennial, personal, bodily return of Christ as
the crowning event of the Gentile age. This event will include the
resurrection of the righteous to eternal heaven, and the Millennium will
be followed by the resurrection of the unrighteous unto eternal punishment
in the lake of fire and that the righteous shall enter into the New
Jerusalem (John 14:1-6; 1Thess.4:13-18; 2 Thess. 2:8; Rev. 19; Rev.
20:4-6; Rev. 20:11-15; Rev. 21:8).
12.
We believe that the depraved sinner is saved wholly by grace through faith
in Jesus Christ, and the requisites to regeneration are repentance toward
God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ (Luke 13:3-5; John 3:16-18; Acts
20:21; Rom. 6:23; Eph. 2:8, 9), and that the Holy Spirit convicts sinners,
regenerates, seals, secures, and indwells every believer (John 3:6; John
16:8, 9; Rom. 8:9-11; 1 Cor. 6:19, 20; Eph. 4:30; Titus 3:5).
13. We believe that all who trust Jesus Christ for salvation are eternally
secure in Him and shall not perish (John 3:36; John 5:24; John 10:27-30;
Rom. 8:35-39; Heb. 10:39; 1Peter 1:5).
14. We believe that God deals with believers as His children, that He
chastises the disobedient, and that He rewards the obedient (Matt. 16:27;
Matt.25:14-23; John 1:12; Heb. 12:5-11; 2 John 8; Rev. 22:12).
15. We believe that the local church is a visible assembly of scripturally
baptized believers in covenant relationship to carry out the Commission of
the Lord Jesus Christ, and each church is an independent, self-governing
body, and no other ecclesiastical body may exercise authority over it.
(Matt. 4:18-22; Matt. 16:18; Mark 1:14-20; John 1:35-51; Eph. 3:21).
16. We believe that there are two pictorial ordinances in the Lord's
churches: Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Scriptural baptism is the
immersion of believers in water, administered by the authority of a New
Testament church. The Lord's Supper is a memorial ordinance, picturing His
death until He comes again (Matt. 28:19, 20; Acts 8:12, 38; Rom. 6:4; 1
Cor. 5:11-13; 1 Cor. 11:1, 2, 17-20, 26).
17. We believe
that there are two divinely appointed offices in a church, pastors and
deacons, to be filled by men whose qualifications are set forth in Titus
and 1 Timothy.
18. We believe that all associations, fellowships, and committees are, and
properly should be, servants of, and under control of the local churches
(Matt. 20:25-28).
19. We believe that Jesus Christ alone is the head of the church and that
all Christian churches should be free to worship without interference from
the government. (Eph. 1:22).
