The Holy Scriptures: We believe the Scriptures, both Old and New
Testaments, to be the verbally inspired Word of God, written by men under God’s
control, inerrant and infallible in the original manuscripts, and the final
authority for faith and practice (2 Timothy 3:15-17; 2 Peter 1: 20-21; Psalm
19:7-9).
The Godhead: We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons:
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. These three being identified in essence, equal in
power and glory, and possessing precisely the same attributes and perfections
(Deut. 6:4; Matthew 28:19-20; 2 Cor.
The Condition of Man: We believe that man was created in the image and
likeness of God, in innocence, and without sin. However, in Adam’s sin the race
fell, inherited a sinful nature, and became spiritually dead and alienated from
God. Now man is in a lost and depraved condition (Gen. 1:26; 3:1-24; Romans
The Person and Work of Christ: We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ,
the eternal Son of God, became man without ceasing to be God, having been
conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin, in order that He might
reveal God and redeem sinful man. He accomplished this redemption by
voluntarily giving Himself as a sinless substitutionary
sacrifice on the cross, thus satisfying God’s righteous judgment against sin.
After His bodily resurrection from the grave, He ascended to the right hand of
His Father where He intercedes on behalf of those who trust Him (John 1:1,2,14,18;
Luke 1:34; Rom. 3:24-26).
The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit: We believe that the Holy Spirit
is the Divine Person who convicts the world of sin, that He alone brings new
life, that He places all believers into one true church, which is the body of
Christ, that He indwells them permanently, and fills those who are yielded to
Him (John 3:5-8; 16:7-11; 1 Cor. 12:13; Eph. 4:30).
Creation: We believe the Biblical account of the creation of
the physical universe, angels and man; that this account is neither allegory
nor myth, but a literal, historical account of the direct, immediate creative
acts of God; that man was created by a direct work of God not from previously
existing forms of life; and that all men are descended from the historical Adam
and Eve, first parents of the entire human race (Gen. 1; 2; Col. 1:16-17; John
1:3).
Salvation: We believe that salvation is the gift of God’s grace, apart
from human works, and freely bestowed upon all who put their faith in the
finished work of Christ at
Security, Assurance, and Responsibility: We believe that all the saved are kept by God’s power and are thus secure in
Christ forever. It is their privilege to rejoice in that assurance. This
assurance must not be the occasion for sin; for God in His holiness cannot
tolerate persistent sin in His children, and in His love He corrects them. True
faith in Christ must be expressed in fruitful, God-pleasing living (Romans
8:29-39; I John 5:14; Hebrews 12:6; James 2:20).
The Church: We believe that the true Church, called in Scripture, the
Body of Christ, is a spiritual organism into which every person who has trusted
Jesus Christ for salvation in this present age has been baptized by the Holy
Spirit. The Scripture also teaches the establishment of local churches—groups
of redeemed individuals joined together for worship, instruction, fellowship
and service (Eph. 1:22-23; Acts 2:42; 13:1-2).
The Ordinances: We believe that there are two ordinances instituted by
our Lord Jesus Christ which should be observed by all the believers until His
return: Baptism, and the Lord’s Supper.
Baptism is the outward testimony of the spiritual transformation in the life of
one who has placed their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ alone for salvation. We
believe baptism by immersion is the Biblical mode portraying that which baptism
symbolizes — our death, burial, and resurrection of Christ (Matt.28:19-20; Acts
2:41; 8:12; 8:36-38; Rom. 6:3-5).
The Lord’s Supper is a commemoration of His death to be observed by all
self-examined believers (Matthew 26:26-29; I Cor.
The Second Coming of Christ: We believe in the personal, imminent, pretribulatinal, pre-millennial, coming of the Lord Jesus
Christ for His church (I Thes.