I. THE SCRIPTURES

We believe in the authority and sufficiency of the Holy bible, consisting of the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments, as originally written; that it was verbally and plenarily inspired and is the product of Spirit-controlled men, and therefore is infallible and inerrant in all matters of which it speaks.

We believe the Bible to be the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creed and opinions shall be tried (2 Tim. 3:16,17; 2 Pet. 1:19-21).

II. THE TRINITY

We believe that there is one true God existing eternally as three distinct, yet inseparable personalities.

God the Father

We believe God the Father is the first person of the Holy Trinity. He is the Lord God Almighty, the Creator of the universe; He is eternal, immutable, omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent, holy, and worthy of all honor and love; He is patient, loving and kind, but He is also just and will be the final judge in all matters pertaining to mankind (Ex. 20:2,3; 1 Cor. 8:6; Rev. 4:11).

God the Son

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is the second person of the Holy Trinity and that He is eternal, immutable, omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent. He is Lord of Lords and King of Kings; He is the eternal God, Judge, and Savior, the Creator, Supporter, and Preserver of all things. He was born of the Virgin Mary through a divine, miraculous act of the Holy Spirit, and He is both fully God and fully man (Jn. 1:1; Col. 1:16,17; Rev. 17:14).

We believe that He died on the cross for the sins of all mankind, that He was buried in the tomb, that He rose again on the third day, that He ascended to the Father's right hand where He now as High Priest intercedes for believers, and that He will return for His own (1 Cor. 15:3,4; Heb. 7:25). He is the only way of salvation for lost mankind (Jn. 14:6).

God the Holy Spirit

We believe that the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Holy Trinity; that He was active in the creation; that in His relation to the unbelieving world He restrains the evil one until God's purpose is fulfilled; that he convicts of sin, of righteousness and of judgment; that He bears witness to the truth of the gospel in preaching and testimony; that He is the Agent in the new birth; that He gives spiritual gifts to all believers to serve the body of Christ; that he baptizes, seals, indwells, endues, guides, teaches, sanctifies, fills and helps the believer (Jn. 14:16,17; Jn. 14:26; Gen. 1:2; Jn. 16:7-11; Jn. 3:5,6; Eph. 1:13,14; Rom. 8:14,16,26,27; 1 Cor. 12:13; Eph. 4:11-13).

III. THE DEVIL, OR SATAN

We believe in the reality and personality of Satan, the Devil; that he was created by God as an angel but through pride and rebellion became the enemy of his Creator; that he became the unholy god of this age and the ruler of all the powers of darkness and is destined to the judgment of the lake of fire (Matt. 4:1-11; 2 Cor. 4:4; Rev. 20:10).

IV. CREATION

We believe the Biblical account of the creation of the physical universe, angels, and man; that this account is a literal, historical account of the immediate creative acts of God without any evolutionary process (Gen. 1,2; Col. 1:16,17; Jn. 1:3)

V. MAN

We believe that man was created in innocence (in the image and likeness of God), but by voluntary transgression Adam fell from his sinless and happy state, and all men sinned in him and therefore are totally depraved, are partakers of Adam's fallen nature, and are sinners by nature and by choice, and therefore are under just condemnation without defense or excuse (Gen. 3:1-6; Rom. 3:10-19; 5:12,19).

VI. SALVATION

We believe that the salvation of sinners is wholly of grace through Jesus Christ, the Son of God, Who voluntarily took upon Himself our nature, yet without sin, and honored the divine law by His personal obedience, thus qualifying Himself to be our Savior; that by the shedding of His blood in His death He fully satisfied the just demands of a holy and righteous God regarding sin; that His sacrifice was a voluntary substitution of Himself in the sinner's place, the Just dying for the unjust; and that having risen from the dead He is now enthroned in Heaven.

We believe that repentance is a change of mind and purpose toward God prompted by the Holy Spirit and is an integral part of saving faith. We believe that God offers redemption and restoration to all who confess and forsake their sin, seeking His mercy and forgiveness through Jesus Christ (Acts 3:19-21; I John 1:9).

We believe that in order to be saved, sinners must be born again through faith in Christ; that the new birth is a new creation in Christ Jesus; that it is instantaneous and not a process; that in the new birth the one dead in trespasses and in sins is made a partaker of the divine nature and receives eternal life, the free gift of God (Eph. 2:8; Rom. 2:24,25; Jn. 3:16; Matt. 18:11; Phil. 2:7,8; Heb. 2:14-17; Isa. 53:4-7; 1 Cor. 15:3,4; 2 Cor. 5:21; 1 Pet. 2:24; Lu. 13:3).

VII. JUSTIFICATION

We believe that justification is that judicial act of God whereby He declares the believer righteous upon the basis of the imputed righteousness of Christ; that it is bestowed, not in consideration of any works of righteousness which we have done, but solely through faith in the Redeemer's shed blood (Rom. 3:24; 4:5; 5:1,9; Gal. 2:16).

VIII. SANCTIFICATION

We believe that sanctification is the divine setting apart of the believer unto God accomplished in a threefold manner; first, an eternal act of God, based upon redemption in Christ, establishing the believer in a position of holiness at the moment he trusts the Savior; second, a continuing process in the saint as the Holy Spirit applies the Word of God to the life; third, the final accomplishment of this process at the Lord's return (Heb. 10:10-14; Jn. 17:17; 2 Cor. 3:18; 1 Cor. 1:30; 1 Thess. 4:3,4; 5:23,24; 1 Jn. 3:2).

IX. THE SECURITY OF THE SAINTS

We believe that all who are truly born again are eternally kept by God the Father for Jesus Christ so that no true believer will ever be lost (Phil. 1:6; Jn. 10:28,29; Rom. 8:35-39).

X. THE CHURCH

We believe that a local church is an organized congregation of believers who have been immersed. Members are associated by covenant of faith and fellowship of the gospel; observing the ordinances of Christ; governed by His laws; and exercising the gifts, rights and privileges invested in them by His Word; that its officers are pastors and deacons, whose qualifications, claims and duties are clearly defined in the Scriptures. We believe that the true mission of the church includes the worship of God, the edification of believers, and the witnessing to the lost. We hold that the local church has the absolute right of self-government free from the interference of any hierarchy of individuals or organizations; and that the one and only Superintendent is Christ through the Holy Spirit; that it is Scriptural for true churches to cooperate with each other in contending for the faith and for the furtherance of the gospel; that each local church is the sole judge of the measure and method of its cooperation; that on all matters of membership, of policy, of government, of discipline, of benevolence, the will of the local church is final (Phil. 1:1; 1 Tim. 3:1-13; Acts 2:41,42).

We believe in the unity of all New Testament believers in the Church which is the Body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:12,13; Eph. 1:22,23; 4:11,12; Col. 1:18).

XI. BAPTISM AND THE LORD'S SUPPER

We believe that Christian baptism is the single immersion of a believer in water to show forth our identification with the crucified, buried, and risen Savior, through Whom we died to sin and rose to a new life; that baptism is to be performed under the authority of the local church; and that it is prerequisite to the privileges of church membership.

We believe that the Lord's Supper is the commemoration by believers of His death until He come, and should be preceded always by solemn self-examination (Acts 2:41,42; 8:36,38,39; Rom. 6:3-5; Col. 2:12; 1 Cor. 11:23-28). 3 REV 2021-09-30

XII. SEPARATION

We believe in obedience to the Biblical commands to separate ourselves unto God from worldliness and ecclesiastical apostasy (2 Cor. 6:14-7:1; 1 Tim. 6:3-5; 2 Tim. 2:3,4; Rom. 16:17; 2 John 9-11).

XIII. MARRIAGE

We believe that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person as male or female. These two distinct, complementary genders together reflect the image and nature of God. Rejection of one’s biological sex is a rejection of the image of God within that person. We believe that the term “marriage” has only one meaning: the uniting of one man and one woman in a single, exclusive union, as ordained by God and delineated in Scripture (Gen. 1:26-27; 2:18-25; Lev. 18:6-28; 1 Cor. 7:2; 1 Thes. 4:3-5; 1 Cor. 6:9-11,18-20; 10:13; Heb. 13:4).

XIV. CIVIL GOVERNMENT

We believe that civil government is of divine appointment for the interests and good order of human society; that magistrates are to be prayed for, conscientiously honored and obeyed, except in those things opposed to the will of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who is the only Lord of the conscience and the coming King of kings (Rom. 13:1-7; Acts 23:5; Acts 5:29; 4:19,20; Dan. 3:17,18).

XV. RAPTURE AND SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

We believe in the premillennial return of Christ, an event which can occur at any moment, and that at that moment the dead in Christ shall be raised in glorified bodies, and the living in Christ shall be given glorified bodies without tasting death, and all shall be caught up to meet the Lord in the air before the seven years of the Tribulation (1 Thess. 4:13-18; 1 Cor. 15:51-54; Phil. 3:20,21; Rev. 3:10).

We believe that the Tribulation will be culminated by the revelation of Christ in power and great glory to sit upon the throne of David and to establish the millennial kingdom (Dan. 9:25-27; Matt. 24:29-31; Lu. 1:30-33; Isa. 9:6,7; 11:1-9; Rev. 20:1-4,6).

XVI. THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED

We believe that there is a radical difference between the righteous and the wicked; that only those who are justified by faith in our Lord Jesus Christ and sanctified by the Spirit of our God are truly righteous in His esteem; while all such as continue in unbelief are in His sight wicked and under the curse; and this distinction holds true after death, in the everlasting joy of the saved in a literal heaven and the everlasting suffering of the lost in a literal hell (Rom. 6:17,18,23; Prov. 14:32; Luke 16:25; Rev. 20:14,15; Jn. 14:1-3)