DOCTRINAL STATEMENT
Scripture
1. We believe the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testament Scripture alone to be
verbally inspired by God and inerrant in the original text, and that they alone are of
supreme and final authority in faith and life.
God
2. We believe in one God who is Creator of heaven and earth, who is infinite Spirit,
light, love, and truth; eternal, almighty, infallible in all things, including His
foreknowledge of all future events as well as all free choices; that He is unchangeable,
all wise, just, and holy; and that the triune God eternally exists in one essence and three
Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Creation
3. We believe in the special creation of the entire space-time universe and of every basic
form of life in the six historic days of the Genesis creation record. We also believe in the
historicity of the biblical record, including the special creation of Adam and Eve as the
literal progenitors of all people, the literal fall and resultant divine curse on the creation,
the worldwide flood, and the origin of nations and diverse languages at the tower of
Babel.
Jesus Christ
Incarnation
4. We believe in Jesus Christ, the Second Person of the Trinity, the Eternal Word
manifested in the flesh. We believe that He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of
the virgin Mary, and that He is true God and true man, having two distinct natures cojoined
in one Person.
Death
5. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died as a representative and substitutionary
sacrifice for the sins of every human being and thus offers salvation as a free gift based
on grace alone.
Resurrection
6. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ arose from the dead in the same physical body,
though glorified, in which He had lived and died, and that His resurrection body is the
pattern of that body which will be given to all believers at the return of Christ.
Ascension
7. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended into heaven in the same glorified
physical body in which He arose, was seated at His Father's right hand, assuring us of
the perfection of His work of redemption, and that He now, as Head over all things to
the Church, is engaged on behalf of the saved as their only Advocate.
Return
8. We believe in the personal, imminent, and premillennial return of the Lord Jesus
Christ for His redeemed ones followed by His millennial reign on earth.
Mankind
9. We believe that man was originally created in the image and likeness of God, and that
he fell through sin; and that as a consequence of his sin, he became dead in trespasses
and sins, and that he became subject to the power of the devil. We also believe that this
spiritual death, or total depravity of human nature, has been transmitted to the entire
human race, the Man Christ Jesus alone being excepted; and hence that every child of
Adam is born into the world with a nature which is totally corrupt.
Salvation
10. We believe that only those who receive the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior on the
condition of faith alone, apart from all good works, are thereby born again of the Holy
Spirit, are justified once and for all, and have become children of God.
The Holy Spirit
11. We believe that the Holy Spirit, being the Third Person of the Godhead, convicts
men of sin, regenerates, indwells, baptizes, seals, and sets believers apart to a holy life;
that He keeps and empowers believers day by day. We believe that He is the Teacher of
the Word of God through which He guides us in our daily lives.
The Final State
12. We believe in the eternal security and everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the
eternal conscious punishment of the lost.
Ordinances
13. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ instituted only two ordinances: water baptism
and the Lord's Supper, to be observed until He comes. We believe that water baptism is
not necessary for salvation but that it is an outward symbol of salvation and a sign of our
obedience to Him.
The Church
14. We believe that the universal Church of Jesus Christ is composed of those who have
been redeemed and washed in His blood, regenerated and sealed by the Holy Spirit, and
that they are saved to worship and to serve; that it is the responsibility and privilege of
all who are saved to seek to win others to Christ, to the "uttermost part of the earth"; that
they should seek to live a holy life, to separate themselves from and forsake all that
might dishonor God, cast discredit on His cause, or weaken their testimony.
Satan
15. We believe that there is a personal devil, a being of great cunning and power, who is
"the prince and the power of the air," "the prince of this world," and "the god of this
age." We believe that he can exert vast power but only as far as God permits him to do
so; that he shall ultimately be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone and shall be
tormented day and night forever.
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