Statement of Faith

THE WORD OF GOD: We believe that the Bible is the Word of God, plenary and verbally inspired and without error in the original manuscripts, written under theinspiration of the Holy Spirit, and that it has supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct.(II Timothy 3:16, 17; II Peter 1:19-21)

GOD: We believe in God is an invisible, personal, and living Spirit, distinguished from all other spirits by several kinds of attributes: metaphysically God is selfexistent, eternal, and unchanging; intellectually God is omniscient, faithful, and wise; ethically God is just, merciful, and loving; emotionally God detests evil, is longsuffering, and is compassionate; existentially God is free, authentic, and omnipotent; relationally God is transcendent in being, immanent universally in providential activity, and immanent with His people in redemptive activity. We believe that He concerns Himself mercifully in the affairs of men, and that He saves from sin and death all who come to Him through Jesus Christ (Exodus 20:2,3; I Corinthians 8:6; Revelation 4:11)

THE TRINITY: We believe that there is one living and true God, eternally existing in three persons: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit; that these are equal in every divine perfection, and that they execute distinct but harmonious offices in the work of creation, providence, and redemption. (John 4:26, 8:51-58, 9:35-38; Ephesians 4:6; Hebrews 1:8, Acts 5:3,4, I John 5:7, Matthew 28:19, Luke 3:21,22, II Corinthians 13:14)

JESUS CHRIST: We believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only begotten Son, conceived by the Holy Spirit. We believe in His virgin birth, sinless life, miracles and teachings. We believe in His substitutionary atoning death, bodily resurrection, ascension into heaven, perpetual intercession for His people as our High Priest and personal visible return to earth. (Genesis 3:15; Isaiah 7:14; Luke 1:35; John 1:14, 3:16, 20:27; Hebrews 1:8, 2:14, 17; Ephesians 2:8; Acts 15:11, 1:9-11; Romans 3:24,25; Matthew 18:11, 28:6, 7; Phillipians 2:7,8; I John 4:10; I Corinthians 15:3; Revelation 3:21; I Timothy 2:5)

THE HOLY SPIRIT: We believe that the Holy Spirit is a divine person, equal with God the Father and God the Son and of the same nature; that He was active in the creation; that in His relation to the unbelieving world He restrains the evil one until God’s purpose is fulfilled; that He convicts of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment; 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, indwells, guides, teaches, witnesses, sanctifies and helps the believer. (John 14:16,17,26, 16:8-11, 1:33; Matthew 28:19; Hebrews 9:14, 2:4; Luke 1:35, 24:49; Genesis 1:1-3; Acts 5:30-32, 11:16; Ephesians 1:13, 14; Mark 1:8; Romans 8:14, 8:16,26,27, 15:19; I Corinthians 13:8)

REGENERATION: We believe that all men are sinners by nature and by choice and are, therefore, under condemnation. We believe that those who repent of their sins and trust in Jesus Christ as personal Savior are regenerated by the Holy Spirit. (II Peter 1:4, John 3, 17:21, 1:13; Ephesians 1:1-12; Romans 3)

THE CHURCH: We believe in the unity of all true believers in the Church which is the Body of Christ, and that all believers, both Jews and Gentiles, are added to this Church by the baptism of the Holy Spirit at the time of Salvation. We believe that this Church is manifested through the local church which is a congregation of immersed believers associated by 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; and that it’s officers pastors and deacons, whose qualifications, claims and duties are clearly defined in Scripture. We believe the true mission of the church is the faithful witnessing of Christ to all men as we have opportunity. (Ephesians 3:1-6, 1:22, 23, 4:11, 5:23, 24; I Corinthians 12:12; Acts 20:17-28, 15:13-18; I Timothy 3:1-7; Colossians 1:18)

LAST THINGS: We believe in that “Blessed Hope” the personal, imminent, pretribulation and premillennial coming of the Lord Jesus Christ for His redeemed ones and His subsequent return to earth, with His saints, to establish His millennial Kingdom. We believe in the resurrection of the body, the final judgment, the eternal felicity of the righteous and the endless suffering of the wicked. (I Thessalonians 4:13-18; I Corinthians 15:42-44, 51-54; Philippians 3:20-21; Revelation 3:10, 20:1-4,6; 20:14, 15; Daniel 9:25-27; Matthew 24:29-31, 25:34-41; Luke 1:30-33, 16:25; Isaiah 9:6, 7, 11:1-9; Acts 2:29, 30; John 8:21)