1. The Holy Scriptures . We believe the Holy
Scriptures to be the verbally inspired Word of God, authoritative, inerrant,
infallible and God-breathed.
2. The Trinity . We believe in one Triune God,
existing in three persons – Father, Son and Holy Spirit – eternal in being,
identical in essence, equal in power and glory, and having the same
attributes and perfections.
3. God, the Father . We believe in God the
Father, of whom are all things. God is infinite, eternal and unchangeable in
His being, wisdom, holiness, justice, goodness and truth.
4. God the Son, Jesus Christ . We believe that
the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man, without ceasing
to be God, having been conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin
Mary, in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful man.
5. God, the Holy Spirit . We believe the Holy
Spirit is a person who convicts the world of sin, righteousness and
judgment. In the present age, He also regenerates believers in Christ,
baptizes them into the Church (the body of Christ), indwells them
permanently, seals them unto the day of redemption, bestows spiritual gifts
upon each one, and fills those yielded to Him.
6. The Alienated Condition of Man . We believe
that man was created in the image and likeness of God, but that in Adam’s
sin, the race fell, inherited a sinful nature, became alienated from God,
and is totally unable, without God’s grace, to regain its former position.
7. Salvation . We believe that salvation is a
gift of God in grace, and is received by man through personal faith in the
Lord Jesus Christ, whose precious blood was shed for the forgiveness of our
sins.
8. The Eternal Security of the Believer . We
believe that all true believers, once saved, are kept secure in Christ
forever.
9. The Church . We believe that the Church, the
body and bride of Christ, is a spiritual organism made up of all born again
persons of this present age, irrespective of their affiliation with
Christian organizations.
10. The Second Coming of Christ . We believe in
the personal, imminent coming of the Lord Jesus Christ for His own, the
Church, and His subsequent premillennial return to earth to set up His
Kingdom.
11. The Eternal State. We believe that the souls
of those who have trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation do, at
death, immediately pass into His presence, and there remain in conscious
bliss until the resurrection of the body at His coming for the Church, when
soul and body reunited shall be associated with Him forever in glory; but
souls of unbelievers remain after death in conscious misery until the final
judgment of the Great White Throne at the close of the millennium, when soul
and body reunited shall be cast into the lake of fire, not to be
annihilated, but to be punished with everlasting separation from the
presence of the Lord and the glory of His power.
12. The Responsibility of Believers. We believe
that all believers should seek to walk by the Spirit, not bringing reproach
upon their Lord and Savior, and that separation from sinful pleasures and
practices is commanded of God. We believe that it is the obligation of every
believer to demonstrate by life and testify by word to the truths of the
Holy Scriptures and to seek to proclaim the gospel to all the world. We
believe that it is the responsibility of all believers to remember the work
of the Lord in prayer and to support it with their means as the Lord has
prospered them.
13. Church Ordinances . We believe that the Lord
Jesus Christ instituted the ordinances of baptism and the Lord’s Supper to
be observed by all believers until His return.