STATEMENT OF FAITH

1. The Bible: The Word of God. The sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments, verbally inspired in all parts; and, therefore, wholly without error as originally given of God. (II Timothy 3:16, II Peter 1:21)


2. The One True God: Existing eternally as three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. (Luke 3:22, Matthew 28:19, II Corinthians 13:14)


3. The Lord Jesus Christ: His preexistence and deity (John 1:1-3), incarnation by virgin birth (John 1:14, Matthew 1:18-23), sinless life (Hebrews 4:15), substitutionary death (II Corinthians 5:21), bodily resurrection (Luke 24:36-43), ascension into heaven and present ministry (Hebrews 4:14-16), and coming again (Acts 1:11).


4. The Holy Spirit: His personality (John 16:7-15), indwelling at the moment of regeneration (I Corinthians 12:13, Romans 8:9), and filling (Ephesians 5:18) to empower for Christian life and service (Ephesians 3:16, Acts 1:8, Galatians 5:22-23).


5. Man: His direct creation in the image of God (Genesis 3:1-24, Romans 5:12) and the necessity of the new birth for his salvation (John 3:3-5).


6. Salvation: A complete and eternal salvation by God’s grace alone, received as the gift of God through personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and His finished work (Ephesians 2:8-9, Titus 3:5-7, I Peter 1:18-19).


7. The Church: We believe that the local church is a congregation of believers associating a covenant of faith and fellowship of the Gospel; observing the ordinances of baptism and communion, for the purpose of worship, evangelization and instruction; that it is scriptural for such churches to cooperate with each other in contending for the furthering of the Gospel and the training of our children (Acts 2:14-21, I Corinthians 11:2, Ephesians 1:22-23, Acts 20:17-28, Ephesians 4:11, Colossians 1:18, Ephesians 5:23-24, Acts 15:13-18).


8. The Christian Life: We believe in Biblical separation from all worldly practices in wholehearted devotion for the cause of Christ as the only Scriptural basis for a happy and useful Christian life (I John 2:15-17, I Corinthians 6:14,19).


9. Satan: His existence and personality as the great adversary of God and His people (Revelation 12:1-10), his judgment (John 12:31) and his final doom (Revelation 20:10).