What we believe

  1. All Scripture is divinely inspired by God. (2 Tim. 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21)
  2. One God eternally exists in three Persons:  Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Matt. 3:16,17; 1 Cor. 8:6; 2 Cor. 13:14; 1 John 5:7)
  3. Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit, born of virgin Mary, and is true God and true man. (Isa. 7:14; John 1:1,14)
  4. Man was created in the image of God; man sinned and thereby incurred not only physical death but also spiritual death, which is separation from God; and all human beings are born with a human, sinful nature. (Gen. 1:26; 2:16,17; Rom. 5:12)
  5. Christ died for our sins as a substitutionary sacrifice, and all who believe in Him are justified by His shed blood. (John 3:16; Rom. 5:1,8,9; Heb. 7:25; 1 Tim. 2:5)
  6. The crucified body of our Lord was resurrected from the dead; He ascended into heaven and is our Intercessor. (Matt. 28:6; 1 Cor. 15:4; Acts 1:9-11)
  7. The personal, pre-millennial return of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, is imminent. (John 14:3; Acts 1:11; Rev. 4:1)
  8. All who repent of their sins and receive by faith the Lord Jesus Christ are born again of the Holy Spirit and become the children of God. (Acts 20:21; John3:3,5; John 1:12)
  9. All believers are baptized by the Holy Spirit into this one True Body and are set apart to a holy walk. (1 Cor. 12:13; 1 Cor. 1:30,31)
  10. All true believers, having been born again into the family of God, possess everlasting life, shall never perish, and are eternally secure in Him. (John 10:28,29; 1 Peter 1:23)
  11. The bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust is certain:  the everlasting blessedness of the saved and everlasting punishment of the lost. (1 Thess. 4:13-18; Rev. 20:11-15; John 5:28,29)
  12. Immersion is the only Scriptural mode of baptism and is for believers only. (Rom. 6:3,4; Acts 8:36-38)
  13. The Lord’s Supper is a commemoration of His death until He comes and is to be celebrated periodically. (Luke 22:17-20; 1 Cor. 11:23-26)
  14. As children of the Lord, we should endeavor, by God’s grace, to live a consistent Christian life and refrain from worldliness, and to conduct ourselves so that we will not be a stumblingblock to anyone. (Rom. 12:1,2; Col. 3:1-17)
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