1. We believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God, without error in the
original writing, and is the only infallible rule of faith and practice. Timothy 3:16
2. We believe in one God eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son and
Holy Spirit. Deuteronomy 6:4, Matthew 28:19, Genesis 1:26
3. We believe that Jesus
Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, and is true
God and true man. Matthew 1:18-23
4. We believe in the deity
and personality of the Holy Spirit. Acts 5:3,4
5. 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. Genesis 1:26, 27;
Genesis 3:1-9; Romans 2:23
6. We believe that the
Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures in voluntary
substitution of Himself in the sinner's place, and that all who believe in
and receive Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood, are born of
the Holy Spirit and thereby become the children of God, and are kept by Him
unto eternal life. John 10:17, 18
7. We believe in the resurrection
of the crucified body of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His ascension into Heaven,
and in His present position there for us as High Priest and Advocate.
Acts 2:22-24; Acts 1:9-11; Hebrews 5:5, 6
8. We believe in the personal,
visible, premillennial return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Acts
1:10, 11; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-3
9. We believe that the Holy Spirit
convicts and regenerates the sinner, at the time of regeneration baptizing
the believer into the one body of which Christ is the Head, and that He indwells,
guides, instructs, fills and empowers the believer. John 16: 8-11;
Romans 8:9; John 14:26
10. We believe that the
baptism of the Holy Spirit is given by Christ as a second blessing with the
evidence of gifts according to 1 Corinthians 12; John 1:23, 24
11. We believe that the
church consists of all those who have believed in the Lord Jesus Christ and
are regenerated by the Holy Spirit. Romans 10:9-13
12. We believe that the
local church is a group of baptized (immersed) believers who meet together
regularly for fellowship, prayer, and edification; and that water baptism
and the Lord's Supper are ordinances to be observed by the church during this
present age, but that they are not to be regarded as a means of salvation.
Acts 2:38-47
13. We believe the mission
of the church is to go into all the world, to make disciples of all the nations,
and to teach them to do all things which He has commanded in His Word.
Mark 16:15-18
14. We believe in the reality
and personality of Satan. 1 Peter 5:8
15. We believe in the bodily resurrection of the dead, the eternal life of the saved and the eternal separtation from God and conscious punishment of the lost. Revelation 20:11-15; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 |
