Statement of Faith
- We believe in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as verbally
inspired by God and inerrant. They are preserved for all generations and
are the supreme and final authority in faith and life. The King James
Bible is God's Word to the English speaking people.
(II Tim. 3:16-17, II Peter 1:20-21)
- We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and
Holy Spirit. (II Cor. 13:14; Matt. 28:19)
- We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit of the virgin
Mary and is true God and true man. (John 1:1-18; Luke 1:26-35)
- We believe that man was created in the image of God; that he sinned and
thereby incurred not only physical death, but also spiritual death which is
separation from God; and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature
and are totally depraved and that they must be born again to be accepted of
God. (Rom. 5:12; Rom. 3:9-20; John 3:1-21)
- We believe the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures,
as a representative and vicarious sacrifice; and that all who believe upon Him
are justified on the ground of His shed blood and are saved by grace through
faith wholly apart from human merit and works.
(I Cor. 15:3-4; Heb. 9:22; Rom. 5:8-9,
Eph. 2:6 10).
- We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, in His
ascension into heaven and in His present life there for us as High Priest
and Advocate. (I Cor. 15:3-4, Acts 1:9-11;
Heb. 4:14-16; I John 2:1-2)
- We believe that all who receive by faith the Lord Jesus Christ are born
again of the Holy Spirit and thereby become the children of God; that
they are indwelt and sealed by the Holy Spirit and so secured unto the
day of redemption. (John 1:12-13; I Cor. 6:19-20;
Eph. 1:13-14; Eph. 4:30)
- We believe that the New Testament Church is a local, independent,
visible body of baptized believers who have covenanted themselves
together to carry out the commands of our Lord Jesus Christ, including
preaching the gospel to every creature, baptizing them, and teaching them.
We believe that the Church is the only organization Christ left behind to
carry on His work in the world. (Acts 2:47; Matt. 16:18;
Rev. 22:16)
- We believe baptism is the immersion of the believer in water by the
authority of the local church, to show burial of the old life of sin and
the resurrection to the new life of the Christian. The one other church
ordinance is that of the Lord's Supper and it is to be observed by the
members of the local church to show forth the Lord's death till He comes.
Moreover, we believe that neither water baptism nor the Lord's Supper has
any saving merit. (John 1:12-13; Rom. 6:3-4; I
Cor. 11:23-26)
- We believe that the Scriptures clearly teach every believer is to live a
life of separation unto the Lord from all worldly and sinful practices;
to abide in Christ; to walk in the Spirit; and to enjoy victory over the
world, the flesh, and the devil; and faithfully do the work of a personal
soul-winner. (Rom. 12:1-2; II Cor. 6:4-7:1; I
John 2:15-17; Col. 3:1-17)
- We believe in that "blessed hope", the personal and imminent coming of our
Lord into the air for His Saints, raising from the grave those who sleep
in death; that He will personally and literally return with His Saints to
reign over all the earth for 1,000 glorious years. We believe that between
these events will occur the seven years of tribulation, Daniel's seventieth
week. (I Thess. 4:13-16, Titus 2:11-14;
Matt. 24:27-30; Rev. 1:7)
- We believe "the gifts and callings of God are without repentance," and
therefore His covenant people, Israel, now "scattered and peeled," shall
be redeemed and re-gathered to Palestine; and under the personal and
millennial reign of Christ upon David's throne in Jerusalem, shall become
the head of the nations. (Rom. 11:25-32; Isa. 11:1-12)
- We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust, the
everlasting blessedness with the Lord of the saved, and the everlasting
punishment in the Lake of Fire of the lost. (John 5:28-29;
Rev. 20:4-6; Rev. 20:11-15; II Thess. 1:6-9;
Rev. 21:1-8; Matt. 25:41,46)
- We believe that Satan is a personal being, a fallen angel, the prince of
devils, the great enticer and deceiver, the god of this age, and the
adversary of Christ and His Church, and that his destiny is eternal
punishment. (Isa. 14:12-15; II Cor. 4:3-4;
II Cor. 11:14; I Peter 5:6; Rev. 12:9-11;
Rev. 20:10)
- We believe in the Bible account of creation, in six days by God, and
oppose the theory of evolution as being of the devil. We believe
Christ holds all the laws of nature together. (Gen. 1:2;
John 1:1-10; Isa. 40:25-28; Psa. 147:4;
Col. 1:16-17)
- We believe in the stewardship of our lives: our minds, talents, time,
money, health, loved ones, and all things belong to the Lord; we each
will be called upon to give an account of our stewardship for God's
glory and that a tenth of all our material wealth is His and should be
brought each week to His storehouse. We believe that we have not given
an offering until we have paid the tithe and given above it from the
nine-tenths that remain.
(Mal. 3:10; Prov. 3:9-10; Matt. 23:23;
I Cor. 16:2)
- 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 only 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 the Earth.
(Matt. 22:21; Rom. 13:1-7)
- We believe that a marriage is a covenant between one man and one woman
who were made a man or a woman by God at conception and plan to always
be a man or woman. We believe God designed only two genders; male and
female. Homosexuality, trans-sexuality, and bisexuality are sinful
lifestyle choices. We believe co-habitation of a man and a woman as
husband and wife without a legal, biblical marriage covenant is a
sinful practice. (Gen. 1:26-27, 2:20-25;
Eph. 5:22-33; Col. 3:18-19)
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