Bible: We believe the Bible is the Word of God. Accepting fully the writings
of the New and Old Testaments as divinely inspired works. (II Timothy 3:16-17;
II Peter 1:20-21)
Sin: We believe man was created in
holiness but sinned in the Garden of Eden. The original sinful nature has
passed to all men. Therefore, all men are sinners by nature and choice, sinful
and lost. We believe man has no possible means of salvation without Christ.
(Romans 5:12; Romans 3:10,23; Ephesians 2:8,9; Ephesians 2:1-3; Titus 3:5)
We believe there is one God
eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. (Deuteronomy
4:35, 6:4; Matthew 3:16, 17; Psalm 9:7; John 10:30; John 14:26; I John 5:7)
Jesus Christ: We believe in the Deity of
Christ; His virgin birth; His shed blood for atonement; His resurrection; His
ascension into Heaven to be our Intercessor; His Lordship over all creation. We
believe His death made payment for our sin fully and completely and His
resurrection is our hope. (John 1:1-3; I John 1:7; Hebrews 9:11-12; I Peter
1:18-19; I Corinthians 15:3-4; Romans 8:34; Hebrews 7:25; Matthew 28:18;
Philippians 2:9-11; Philippians 2:6-7; Romans 4:25; Isaiah 53:4-5)
Holy Spirit: We believe the Holy Spirit
convicts of sin, makes believers children of God through the new birth assuring
them of Heaven, and by His indwelling enables Christians to live a Godly life.
(John 16:8-11; Titus 3:5; I Corinthians 12:13; I Corinthians 6:19,20; Romans
8:14,16; Romans 8:1-4; Galatians 5:16; Ephesians 5:9,18)
Salvation: We believe in Salvation by grace
through faith - that salvation is the free gift of God, not by any virtue or
works of man, but received only by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. We
believe all true believers possess the gift of eternal life, sonship in the
family of God, and the divine guarantee that shall never perish. (John 3:16;
Ephesians 2:8,9; Titus 3:5; John 1:12; John 10:28; John 3:18; I Peter 2:24)
Baptism: We believe baptism is the act of
obedience in which believers, in Christ, give symbolic testimony to our new
life in Christ Jesus. It is also our belief that scriptural baptism is held to
be only by total immersion of a believer. (Acts 8:38; Romans 6:4)
Satan: We believe in the existence of
Satan, the deceiver and god of this present world; that he was defeated and
judged at the cross, and therefore his final doom is certain. (John 8:44; Job
1:6-12; Job 2:1-8; II Corinthians 4:4; Ephesians 2:2; I John 3:8, 4:4, 5:18;
Rev. 20:10)
Second Coming: We believe in the second coming
of Christ; the time being unrevealed but always imminent. We believe that when
He comes, He will first resurrect the dead and the translation of the living
remove from the earth His waiting church; then pour out the righteous judgments
of God upon the unbelieving world; afterwards descend with His church and
establish His glorious and literal kingdom over all the nations for a thousand
years. (John 14:1-3; Acts 1:1; I Thessalonians 4:13-18; I Corinthians 15:51-57;
Rev. 6-19; Rev. 19:1-20)
Fellowship: We believe in the spirit of fellowship among the saints.
We have established a Covenant with one another in Christ Jesus
