The Scriptures

We believe in the Holy Bible Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the inspired word of God, inerrant in the original writing, and that they are the only infallible authoritative word of God.

God

We believe that there is one true God, who is eternal, the Creator of the universe, who has revealed Himself as a trinity in the unity, the Father, Son, and the Holy spirit – three persons and yet but one God.

God the Son

We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, which is to say, He is Himself very God; being conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary.

We believe that the Lord Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures, as a representative, final and substitutionary sacrifice, and that all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood.

We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His ascension into heaven in His glorified body, and in His present life there for us as High Priest, Advocate, and the only Mediator between God and man.

God the Holy Spirit

We believe the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God. He exalts Christ, He convicts of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment. He calls men to the Savior, and effects regeneration, comforts believers, and seals the believer unto the day of redemption, and through illumination He enables men to understand truth.

Man

We believe that man was created by a direct and special act of God, in His own image (personality); that man sinned willfully and thereby incurred, not only physical death, but also spiritual death which is separation from God; and that 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.

Salvation

We believe that all who receive by faith the Lord Jesus Christ are born of the Holy Spirit (baptized by the Holy Spirit) at the time of conversion, and that they also have the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and thereby become Children of God, and shall never fall away from the stat of grace, but shall persevere to the end.

We believe that children are exempt from the penalty of sin until they reach an age of spiritual accountability.

Baptism and the Lord’s Supper

We believe there are two ordinances given to the Christian: Believers Baptism (by immersion) in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit; and the Lord’s Supper, which are divinely commanded upon all Christians. Without merit in themselves, they provide an expression of faith regarding the believer’s identification and fellowship with Christ.

Marriage

We believe that from the beginning God created man as male and female. Marriage is the lifelong joining of one man and one woman in a covenant union before God for the purpose of a physical, emotional, and spiritual relationship between the husband and wife (Genesis 2:18-24; Matthew 19:4-6; Malachi 2:14). All sexual relationships outside of marriage are contrary to sound biblical teaching and subject to God’s judgment (1 Timothy 1:9,10; Hebrews 13:4).

The Lord’s Day

The first day of the week is the Lord’s Day. It is a Christian institution for regular observance. It commemorates the resurrection of Christ from the dead and should be employed in exercises of worship and spiritual devotion, both public and private.

The Church

We believe the church is the body of believers baptized by the Holy Spirit into one body; its mission is to witness concerning its Head, Jesus Christ, preaching the gospel among all nations.

Last Things

We believe in “that Blessed Hope” which is the rapture of the church, when the dead in Christ shall rise first; then we who are alive in Christ shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air to be with the Lord forevermore. All this we believe to be prior to the Great Tribulation.

We believe in the personal, premillennial, and imminent return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to earth following the Great Tribulation to establish His kingdom.

We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just at the rapture and the unjust at the Great White Throne Judgment, the everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the everlasting conscious punishment of the lost.

Spectacular or Sign Gifts

We believe that the so-called sign gifts as listed in 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 were given as a sign to the Jews and that their purpose ceased at the completion of the canon of the Scriptures, as indicated in 1 Corinthians 13:9-10.