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Doctrinal Statement
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We believe that the Bible is made up of sixty-six
books of the old and new Testament, is the verbally inspired Word
of God, inerrant in the original writings, and being infallible constitutes
a court from which there is no appeal.
- We believe in one Triune God, Eternally existing in three persons,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, co-eternal in being, co-identical in nature,
co-equal in power and glory, and having the same attributes and perfections.
- We believe the following regarding the person and work of the Lord
Jesus Christ:
- That Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man without
ceasing to be God, having been conceived by the Holy Spirit and
born of the Virgin Mary, in order that He might reveal God and redeem
sinful man.
- That Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption through His death
on the cross as a representative, vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice;
and that our justification is fully attested by His literal, physical
resurrection from the dead.
- That Jesus Christ ascended to Heaven, and is now exalted at the
right hand of God where, as our High Priest, He fulfills the ministry
of intercessor and advocate.
- That Jesus Christ is coming again to this world to establish His
kingdom and set up the throne of David. His coming will be personal,
imminent and premillennial.
- We believe the following concerning the person and work of the Holy
Spirit:
- That the Holy Spirit is a Person who convicts the world of sin,
righteousness, and judgment; and that He is the Supernatural Agent
in regeneration. We further believe that there is one baptism with
the Spirit, and it is into the Body of Christ, indwelling and sealing
each believer unto the day of redemption. Pentecost is an historical
event and is not to be repeated, therefore, we do not accept the
teaching that speaking in tongues is associated with either the
initial receiving of the Holy Spirit or is the evidence of His fullness.
- That He is the Divine Teacher who guides believers into all truth;
and that it is the privilege and responsibility of all believers to
be filled with Holy Spirit.
- We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God,
but that in Adam’s sin the race fell, inherited a sinful nature,
and became alienated from God; and that man is totally depraved, and
of himself, utterly unable to remedy his lost condition.
- We believe that salvation is the gift of God brought to man by grace
and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, that all who
receive Christ are born again of the Holy Spirit and thereby become
children of God. We believe that all the redeemed are kept by God’s
power. We also believe that God’s Word forbids the use of Christian
liberty as an occasion to give license to the flesh.
- We believe that God does hear and answers the prayer of faith in
accordance with His own will for the sick and afflicted, but we do not
accept the teaching that the divine healing of the body is in the atonement,
for this presence age, in the sense that salvation and forgiveness are
in the atonement.
- We believe that all believers should live in such a manner as not
to bring reproach upon our Savior and Lord and that separation from
all religious apostasy, all worldly and sinful pleasures, practices
and associations if commanded by God.
We believe that the “Great Commission” of our Lord Jesus Christ
to give the Gospel to every creature throughout the world is still incumbent
on every believer.
- We believe that Satan is a person, and the author of sin, and the
cause of the fall; that he is the open and declared enemy of God and
man, and that he shall be eternally punished in the lake of fire.
- We believe the following in regards to the eternal state:
- That the Scriptures teach that all those who through faith are
justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ will spend eternity
in full enjoyment of God’s presence and those who through impenitence
and unbelief refuse to accept God’s offer of mercy will spend
eternity in everlasting punishment.
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