Doctrinal Statement
1. We believe in the personal Triune God: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit and that they are equal in divine perfection. (Matthew 28:19)
2. We believe in the infallible, verbal inspiration of the entire Bible. (II Timothy 3:16-17, Psalm 119:160)
3. We believe in the Genesis account of creation. (Genesis chapters 1 & 2)
4. We believe in the virgin birth and sinless humanity of Jesus Christ. (Matthew 1:18-20,
II Corinthians 5:21, I Peter 2:22)
5. We believe that Satan is a fallen angel and is the enemy of God and man. He is the at work in the world today, and his destiny is the eternal lake of fire. (Isaiah 14:12-15, Ezekiel 28:11-19, Matthew 25:41,
II Corinthians 4:4, Ephesians 6:10-17, Revelation 20:10)
6. We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ. (John 10:30, John 1:1 & 14, II Corinthians 5:19)
7. We believe that man was created in the image of God and lived in innocence until he fell by voluntary transgression from his sinless condition, the result being that through Adam all mankind became sinners.
(Genesis 1:26, Genesis 3:6-24, Romans 5:12 & 19)
8. We believe that the suffering and death of Jesus Christ was substitutionary for all of mankind and is effective only for those who believe. ( Isaiah 53:6, Hebrews 2:9, I Peter 2:24, I Peter 3:18, II Peter 3:9,
I John 2:2)
9. We believe in the bodily resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ, and the bodily resurrection of His Saints. (Matthew 28:1-7, Acts 1:9-11, I Corinthians 15:42-58, I Thessalonians 4:13-18)
10. We believe the Holy Spirit is the divine Administrator for Jesus Christ in His Churches. (Luke 24:49, John 14:16-17, Acts 1:4-8, Acts 2:1-4)
11. We believe that the miraculous spiritual gifts were done away when the Bible was completed. Faith, Hope and Love are the vital abiding spiritual gifts today. (I Corinthians chapters 12-14)
12.We believe that love for one another as Jesus loves the believer is seen in our discipleship, proves our love for God and symbolizes our authority as New Testament churches. Love is therefore the great commandment of the Lord Jesus Christ upon which all others are dependent. ( Matthew 22:35-40, John:13:34, John 15:12, I John 4:7-21, I John 5:1-3, Revelation 2:4-5)
13. We believe in the premillennial. personal, bodily return of Jesus Christ. This event will include the resurrection of the righteous to live eternally in Heaven, and the Millennium. the unrighteous will also be resurrected to stand in judgement at the Great White Throne followed by eternal punishment in the lake of fire. (John 14:1-6, I Thessalonians 4:13-18, II Thessalonians 2:8, Revelation 20:4-6,Revelation 20:11-15, Revelation 21:8)
14. We believe that sinful man is saved wholly by grace through faith in the finished work of Christ, and the necessity of repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and that it is the Holy Spirit that convicts sinners, regenerates, seals, secures and indwells every believer. ( Luke 13:3-5, John 3:16-18, Acts 20:21, Romans 6:23, Ephesians 2:8-9, John 3:6, John 16:8-9, Romans 8:9-11, I Corinthians 6:19-20, Ephesians 4:30, Titus 3:5)
15. We believe that all who trust in Jesus Christ for salvation are eternally secure in Him and shall not perish. ( John 3:36, John 5:24, John 10:27-30, Romans 8:35-39, Hebrews 10:39, I Peter 1:5)
16. We believe that God deals with believers as His children, that He chastises the disobedient, and rewards the obedient. Matthew 16:27, Matthew 25:14-23, John 1:12, Hebrews 12:5-11, II John 8,
Revelation 22:12)
17. We believe that Jesus Christ established His church during His earthly ministry and that it is always a local, visible called out assembly of scripturally baptized believers that are in a covenant relationship ti carry out the Great Commission of the Lord Jesus Christ, and that each church is an independent, self-governing body, and no other ecclesiastical body may exercise authority over it. We believe that Jesus Christ gave the Great Commission to the New Testament churches only, and that He promised the perpetuity of His churches. (Matthew 28:19-20, Mark 1:14-20, John 1:35-51, Ephesians 3:21)
18. We believe that there are two pictoral ordinances in the Lord's churches: Baptism and the lord's supper. Scriptural baptism is the immersion, in water, of believers that have repented toward God and have received the gift of salvation by grace, through faith in the finished work of Christ. Baptism is administered by the authority of a New Testament church in the name of the Father, the son, and the Holy Spirit. The Lords Supper is a memorial ordinance, restricted to the members of the church observing this ordinance.
(Acts 8:12, Matthew 28: 19-20, Romans 6:4, I Corinthians 5:11-13, I Corinthians 11:1-2, 17-20 & 26)
19. We believe that there are two divinely appointed offices in a New Testament church, pastor and deacons, to be filled by men whose qualifications are set in Titus and I Timothy.
20. We believe in the biblical definition of marriage as the union between a man and a woman.
(Genesis 2:21-24, Matthew 19:4-6, Mark 10:6-9, I Corinthians 7:2-4, Ephesians 5:22-31)