What We Believe

We Believe in... 

1. The Trinity of God, composed of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, is the same in essence, equal in poster and glory. (John  4:24; John 15:26; II Cor. 13:14; Matt. 6-9; John 8:36; John 14:26; I  John  5:7.) 
2. The infallible, inerrant Scriptures of the Old and New  Testaments were given by inspiration of God and are the only rule of faith and practice. ( II Tim. 3:16-17; II Pet. 1:21; Prov. 30:5-6.) 
3. The Bible Account of Creation. (Gen. 1:1; Heb. 11:3; John 1:1-3; Col. 1:16,17.) 
4. The Personality of Satan. ( I Peter 5:8-9; Eph. 6:12; Isa. 14:12-15; Ezek. 28:12-15; II Cor. 11:13-15; Rev. 20:1-3, 10.) 
5. The Fall of Adam from his original rectitude and in him all the posterity in consequence of which we inherit a fallen and depraved nature, and of man's inability to restore himself into the favor of God. (Gen. 1:27, 2:17, Gen. 3; Rom. 5:12,19; Rom. 3:23; Rom. 3:11; Jer. 13:2; John 1:13.) 
6. The Virgin birth and deity of Christ. ( Isa. 7:14; Matt. 1:23; Luke 1:31-35; Matt. 16:16-17; John 10:30; John 1:1-3.) 
7. Christ's Atonement for Fallen Man. ( Isa. 53:1-10; Rom. 5-6; Rom. 5:10,11;II Cor. 5:21.) 
8. Christ's bodily resurrection and ascension back to His Father. (  Mark  16:6; Matt. 28:7; Luke 24:1-3; I Cor. 15:12-20; Acts 1:1-11; Acts   7:55-60; Rev. 1:18; 1 Thes. 4:16.) 
9. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit. (John 16:7-14; John 15:26; Eph. 1:13; Rom 8:9-16.) 
10. Justification before God by faith without any mixture of works.  All  such justified persons are in the body of Christ. (Rom 3:20; Rom  3:28;  Eph 2:8-9; Gal. 3; Heb. 11:1-6.) 
11. Good works are the fruits of faith, and follow after  justification, and  are the evidence of a gracious state, and all  believers are bound to  obey every command of God from the principle of  love. (Eph. 2:10; Titus  2-.11-13; Tit. 3:7-8; James 2:17; John 8:31;  John 14:15; John 14:23.) 
12. Separation of God's children from the world. (2 Cor. 6:14-18; Rom. 12:1-2.) 
13. Water Baptism to be administered to believers only.( Eph. 4:5; Acts 8: 35-39; Rom. 6:4-5; Acts 2:38; Matt. 28:19-20.) 
14. The Lord's Supper as a church ordinance whereby members of the  church,  through partaking of the bread and the fruit of the vine,  memorialize  the death of the Redeemer and anticipate His second coming.  (Matt.  26:26-30; Mark 14:22-25; Luke 22:19-20; I Cor. 11:17-29.) 
15. A New Testament church of the Lord Jesus Christ is a local body  of  baptized believers who are associated by covenant in the faith and   fellowship of the gospel, observing the two ordinances of Christ, committed to His teachings, exercising the gifts, rights, and   privileges invested in them by His Word, and seeking to extend the   gospel to the ends of the earth. This church is an autonomous body,   operating through democratic processes under the Lordship of Jesus   Christ. In such a congregation members are equally responsible. Its   Scriptural officers are pastors and deacons. (Matt. 16:15-19; 18:15-20;   Acts 2: 41-42,47; 5:11-14; Rom. 1:7; I Cor. 1:2; 3:16; 5:4-5; I Tim   3:1-15; 4:14; I Peter 5:1-4.) 
16. World Wide Missions according to the Great Commission which  Christ gave  his church. (Matt. 28:19,20; Mark 15:14-15; Matt. 9:37-38;  Acts 1:8-9;  John 20:21; Rom 1:14-16; 10: 12-15.) 
17. The personal, bodily return of the Lord Jesus Christ to receive  His  Saints in the air. ( Acts 18:11: I Thes. 4:16,17; 2 Thes. 2:1; Rev.   1:7; John 14:1-3.)
18. The bodily resurrection of the dead and that one thousand years   separate the resurrection of the saved and the resurrection of the lost. (John 5:25-29; John 11:24-26; I Thes 4:13-17; Acts 24:15; I Cor. 15; Rev. 20:1-6; Rev. 20: 11-15.) 
19. The reality of hell, involving eternal punishment of the finally unrepentant people. (Mark 9:43-48; Luke 6:19-31; Rev. 14:11; Rev. 19-20; Rev. 20:12-15; II Thes. 1:7-9; Matt. 25:41; Luke 12:4-5; II Peter 3:7.) 
20. Eternal security of the believer. (John 10:28-29; Rom. 8: 30-39; I John  5:18; Eph. 4:30; I Peter 1:5; Luke 10:42; John 17-.12.