THIS
WE
BELIEVE
- We believe the Bible to be the inspired and only infallible, authoritative Word of
God
- We believe in the triune Godhead as eternally existent in three persons: Father,
Son and Holy Spirit.
- We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in
His miracles, in His vicarious death and atonement through His shed Blood, in His
bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His
present priestly ministry.
- We believe in evangelistic and missionary fervor and endeavor.
- We believe for the salvation of lost and sinful man, regeneration by the Holy
Spirit is absolutely essential. We further believe in the keeping power of God.
- We believe that sanctification, holiness and the overcoming life is God's design
for the Church, which is the Bride of Christ.
- We believe that Baptism is for believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and is to be
administered by immersion, thus bearing witness to the gospel of Christ's death,
burial and resurrection for us, and our own new life in Him.
- We believe that Communion, when shared by believers witnesses to the saving
power of the gospel, to Christ's presence in His church, and looks forward to His
victorious return.
- We believe in the Baptism in the Holy Spirit as on the day of Pentecost and in
the continuing ministry of the Holy Spirit as evidenced in charismatic gifts and
ministries, and in the fruit of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer.
- We believe that divine healing is obtained on the basis of the Atonement.
- We believe in Christ's imminent personal return in power and great glory, and
in His present and everlasting dominion.
- We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost: they that are
saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and they that are lost unto the
resurrection of eternal punishment.
The Apostle's Creed
We believe in God, the Father Almighty,
the Creator of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord:
Who was conceived of the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended into hell.
The third day He arose again from the dead.
He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty,
whence He shall come to judge the living and the dead.
We believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and life everlasting.
Our Statement Of Faith
1. THE SCRIPTURES
We believe that the Holy Bible was written by men supernaturally inspired; that it has truth without any
admixture of error for its matter; and therefore is, the only complete and final revelation of the will of God
to man; and the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and opinions should be tried.
(II Timothy 3:16 — 17; II Peter 1:19-21)
A. By “The Holy Bible,” we mean the collection of sixty-six (66) books from Genesis to Revelation, which,
as originally written, does not only contain and convey the Word of God, but IS the very Word of God.
B. By “inspiration,” we mean that the books of the Bible were written by holy men of God, as they were
moved by the Holy Spirit, as no other writings have ever been or ever will be inspired.
2. THE TRUE GOD
We believe that there is one, and only one, living and true God: an infinite, intelligent Spirit, the Maker
and Supreme Ruler of heaven and earth; worthy of all possible honor, and love; that in the unity of the
Godhead there are three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, equal in every divine
perfection. (Exodus 20:2-3; Psalm 83:18; I John 5:7)
3. JESUS CHRIST
We believe that Jesus Christ is God manifested in the flesh; in His divine nature truly God, in His human
nature truly man. As the mediator between God and man, once crucified, He is now risen and glorified.
and is our ever-present Savior and Lord.
(Isaiah 9:6; John 1:14; Luke 1:26 - 28; Matthew 14:13 - 21; Mark 16:9 -19; Acts 1:9 - 11; Mark 15:22-47)
4. THE HOLY SPIRIT
We believe that the Holy Spirit is a divine person; equal with God the Father and God the Son and is of
the same nature; that He was active in the creation; and in His relation to the unbelieving world, He
restrains the evil one until God’s purpose is fulfilled; that He convicts of sin, of judgment and of
righteousness; that He bears witness to the Truth of the Gospel in preaching and testimony; that He is
the agent in the New Birth; that He seals, endues, guides, teaches, witnesses, sanctifies and helps the
believer. (John 14:16 - 17; John 14:26; John 16:8 - 11; Romans 8:14; Romans8:26-27)
5. THE DEVIL OR SATAN
We believe that Satan was once holy and enjoyed heavenly honors, but through pride and ambition to
be as the Almighty, fell and drew after him a host of angels and that he is now the malignant prince of
the power of the air and the unholy god of this world. We hold him to be man’s great tempter, the enemy
of God and His Christ, the accuser of the saints, the author of all false religions, the chief power of the
present apostasy, the Lord of the Antichrist, and the author of all the powers of darkness—destined,
however, to final defeat at the hands of God’s Son and the judgment of an eternal justice in hell, a place
prepared for him and his angels. (Isaiah 14:12- 15; Ezekiel 28:14- 17)
6. THE CREATION
We believe in the Genesis account of creation, and that it is to be accepted literally and not allegorically
or figuratively; that man was created directly in God’s own image and after His own likeness; that man’s
creation was not a matter of evolution or evolutionary change of species, or developments through
interminable periods of time from lower to higher forms; that all animals and vegetable life were made
directly, and God’s established law was that they should bring forth only “after their kind”.
(Genesis 1:1; Colossians 1:16 - 17; Hebrews 11:3)
7. THE FALL OF MAN
We believe that man was created in innocence under the law of God, but by voluntary transgression, fell
from his sinless and happy state, in consequence of which all mankind are now sinners, not by
constraint, but by choice, and therefore under just condemnation without defense or excuse. (Genesis
3:1 -6; Romans 5:12)
8. THE VIRGIN BIRTH
We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten of the Holy Ghost in a miraculous manner; born of Mary, a
virgin, as no other person was ever born or can ever be born of woman; and He is both the Son of God,
and God the Son. (Genesis 3:15; Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:18 -25)
9. THE ATONEMENT FOR SIN
We believe that the salvation of sinners is wholly of grace; through the mediatorial offices of the Son of
God, who by the appointment of the Father freely took upon Himself our nature, yet without sin, honored
the divine law by His personal obedience and by His death made a full and vicarious atonement for our
sins; that His atonement consisted not in setting an example by His death as a martyr, but was the
voluntary substitution of Himself in the sinner’s stead on the tree; that, having risen from the dead, He
is now enthroned in heaven. He is in every way qualified to be a suitable, compassionate, and
all-sufficient Savior. (John 3:16; II Corinthians 5:21)
10. GRACE IN THE NEW CREATION
We believe that in order to be saved, sinners must be born again; that the new birth is a new creation
in Jesus Christ; that it is instantaneous and not a process; that in the new birth the one dead in
trespasses and sins is made a partaker of the divine nature and receives eternal life, the free gift of God;
that the new creation is brought about in a manner above our comprehension, not by culture, not by
character, nor by the will of man, but wholly and solely by the power of the Holy Spirit in connection with
divine truth, so as to secure our voluntary obedience to the Gospel; that its proper evidence appears in
the holy fruits of repentance and faith and newness of life. (John 3:3; II Corinthians 5:17; II Peter 1:4)
11. THE FREENESS OF SALVATION
We believe in God’s electing grace; that the blessings of salvation are made free to all by the Gospel,
that it is the immediate duty of all to accept them by a cordial, penitent and obedient faith; and that
nothing prevents the salvation of the greatest sinner on earth but his own inherent depravity and
voluntary rejection of the Gospel, which rejection involves him in an aggravated condemnation. (Romans
10:13; Ephesians 2:8 - 9)
12. JUSTIFICATION
We believe that the BLESSING which Christ secures to those who believe in Him is justification; the
justification includes the pardon of sin and the gift of eternal life on principles of righteousness; that it is
bestowed not in consideration of any works of righteousness which we have done, but solely through
faith in the Redeemer’s blood, His righteousness is imputed unto us. (Romans 5:1; Romans 5:9; Romans
4:1 – 8 Titus 3:5)
13. SANCTIFICATION
We believe that sanctification is the divine setting apart of the believer unto God accomplished in a three
fold manner: first, an eternal act of God, based upon redemption in Christ, establishing the believer in
a position of holiness at the moment he trusts in Christ; second, a continuing process in the saint as the
Holy Spirit applies the Word of God to the life; third, the final accomplishment of this process at the
Lord’s return. (Hebrews 10:10 - 14; Hebrews 3:1; John 17:17; II Corinthians 3:18)
14. ADOPTION
We believe that adoption is the gracious act whereby the Father, for the sake of Christ, places new
believers into the honored position of mature sons in contrast with regeneration, whereby the believer
receives the nature of God and becomes a child of God. The full benefit of the position accorded by
adoption as the sons of God awaits the glorification of the believer at the coming of the Lord. (Ephesians
1:5; Galatians 4:1 -7; Ephesians 1:13 - 14; I John 3:1 -2)
15. THE SECURITY OF THE SAINTS
We believe that all who are truly born-again are kept by God the Father for Jesus Christ; that there is
nothing present, nor anything that ever will be that can take a believer’s salvation. (Philippians 1:6; John
10:28; Romans 8:35 - 39)
16. REPENTANCE AND FAITH
We believe that repentance and faith are solemn obligations and also inseparable graces, wrought in
our souls by the quickening Spirit of God; thereby, being deeply convicted of our guilt, danger and
helplessness and of the way of salvation by Christ, we turn to God (TURN TO CHRIST) with unfeigned
contrition, confession and supplication for mercy; at the same time heartily receiving the Lord Jesus
Christ and openly confessing Him as our only and all-sufficient Savior.
(Acts 2:37 - 38; Romans 10:9 - 11)
17. THE CHURCH
We believe that the New Testament Church is a congregation of baptized believers associated by a
covenant of faith and fellowship of the Gospel; observing the ordinances of Christ; governed by His laws;
exercising the gifts, rights, and privileges invested in them by His Word; we believe the true mission of
the church is found in the Great Commission: first, to make individuals disciples; second, to build up the
church; third, to teach and instruct as He commanded. We hold that the local church has the absolute
right of self government, free from the interference of any hierarchy of individuals or organizations; and
that the one and only Superintendent is Christ through the Holy Spirit; that it is scriptural for true churches
to co-operate with each other in contending for the faith and for the furtherance of the Gospel; that every
church is the sole and only judge of the measure and method of its co-operation; on all matters of
membership, of policy, of government, of discipline, of benevolence, the will of the local church is final.
(Acts 2:41 - 47; Acts 20:17 - 28; Ephesians 3:1 - 6; I Corinthians 12:12 -13; I Corinthians 11:2; Ephesians
1:22-23; Ephesians 4:11; I Timothy 3:1 -7; I Timothy 5:17; Colossians 1:18; Acts 15:13 - 18) (Back To
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18. BAPTISM
We believe that baptism states the fact of an event that has already transpired beforehand; that it is an
outward symbol of an inward reality - a genuine conversion; that it is in obedience to the Lord’s
command; that it is following Christ’s example; that it means fulfilling all righteousness; that it means
identification with Christ in his death, burial and resurrection; that it means association with Christ’s body;
that only those who have been saved may be baptized; that a person should be baptized in the name
of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost; that baptism is done by water through immersion. (Mark
16:16; I Peter 2:21; Matthew 3:15 - 16; Romans 6:4 - 13; I Corinthians 12:13; Matthew 28:19 - 20; Acts
9:18; Acts 2:38; Acts 8:38- 39; Colossians 2:12)
19. THE LORD’S SUPPER
We believe that we do not partake of communion to receive forgiveness of sins nor is there power in the
emblems to give the recipient forgiveness; that we partake of communion in obedience to the command
of Christ; that we partake of it in anticipation of His soon return; that we partake to show forth His death;
that no one partakes of it because he is worthy; that Christ alone is worthy; that it is by His grace that we
have been born into the family of God; that only those who have been born into the family of God have
the right to sit at His table in fellowship with the Lord; that each person should examine himself before
partaking of communion; that unleavened bread and unfermented wine (juice) are the only two
substances used as symbols of the Lord’s body and blood; that we are to do this until He comes. We
neither believe in transubstantiation nor consubstantiation, but believe that the elements continue to
remain merely, symbols or pictures. (I Corinthians 11:24; I Corinthians 11:26; I Corinthians 11:28; II
Corinthians 13:5; Psalm 26:6; Psalm 139:23)
20. THE RESURRECTION AND RETURN OF CHRIST AND RELATED EVENTS
We believe in and accept the sacred Scriptures upon these subjects at their face and full value:
A. Of the resurrection, we believe that Christ arose bodily “the third day according to the Scriptures”;
B. That He ascended “to the right hand of the throne of God”; that He alone is our merciful and faithful
High Priest in things pertaining to God;
C. That “this same Jesus which is taken up from you into heaven shall so come in like manner as ye
have seen Him go into heaven” - bodily, personally and visibly;
D. That the “dead in Christ shall rise first”;
E. That the living saints “shall be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump”;
F. That “the Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of His Father
David”,
G. and that Christ shall reign a thousand years in righteousness until He hath put all enemies under His
feet. (Matthew 28: 6-7; I Corinthians 15:4; I Corinthians 15:42-44; I Corinthians 15:51-57)
21. ISRAEL
We believe in the sovereign selection of Israel as God’s eternal covenant people, that she is now
dispersed because of her disobedience and rejection of Christ and that she will be regathered in the Holy
Land and, after the completion of the Church, will be saved as a nation at the second advent of Christ.
(Genesis 13:14 - 17; Romans 11:1 -23; Ezekiel 37)
22. HUMAN SEXUALITY
A. We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of
marriage between a man and a woman. We believe that any form of homosexuality, lesbianism,
bisexuality, bestiality, incest, fornication, adultery, and pornography are sinful perversions of God’s gift
of sex. (Genesis 2:24; Genesis 19:5, 13; Genesis 26:8-9; Leviticus 18:1-30; Romans 1:26-29; 1
Corinthians 5:1; 6:9; 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8; Hebrews 13:4).
B. We believe that the only legitimate marriage is the joining of one man and one woman. (Genesis 2:24;
Romans 7:2; 1 Corinthians 7:10; Ephesians 5:22-23).
C. We believe that men and women are spiritually equal in position before God but that God has
ordained distinct and separate spiritual functions for men and women in the home and the church.
(Galatians 3:2 8; Colossians 3:18; 1 Timothy 2:8-15; 3:4-5, 12).
23. ABORTION
We believe that a human life begins at conception and that the unborn child is a living being. Abortion
constitutes the unjustified, unexcused taking of unborn human life. Abortion is murder. We reject any
teaching that abortions of pregnancies due to rape, incest, birth defects, gender selection, birth or
population control, or the mental well being of the mother are acceptable. (Job 3:16; Psalms 51:5;
139:14-16; Isaiah 44:24; 49:1, 5; Jeremiah 1:5; 20:15-18; Luke 1:44).
While the above is not an exhaustive listing of all that we believe, we do hold that it is an accurate
representative for the foundation of our faith
Amen