What We Believe

  1. We believe in the plenary verbal inspiration and inerrancy of the whole Bible as originally written and that the Bible is the all sufficient rule of faith and practice. (Psalm 119:160;  II Timothy 3:16-17)

  2. We believe in the personal triune God: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, equal in divine perfection. (Matthew 28:19;  Romans 1:20)

  3. We believe in the Genesis account of creation. (Genesis 1:1-2)

  4. We believe that Satan is a fallen angel, the archenemy of God and man, the unholy god of this world and that his destiny is the eternal lake of fire.  (Isaiah 14:12-15; Ezekiel 28:11-19; Matthew 15:41;
    II Corinthians 4:4; Ephesians 6:10-17; Revelation 20:10)

  5. We believe in the virgin birth and humanity of Jesus Christ. (Matthew 1:18-25; Isaiah 7:14)

  6. We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ. (John 10:30; Hebrews 1:8-9)

  7. We believe the Holy Spirit is the divine administrator for Jesus Christ in His churches. (Luke 24:49; John 14:16-17;  John 16:13;  Acts 1:4,5,8)

  8. We believe that miraculous spiritual gifts were done away when the Bible was completed and that only three gifts remain: faith, hope, and love.   (I Corinthians 13:3-13; Ephesians 4:7-14)

  9. We believe that man was created in the image of God and lived in innocency until he fell by voluntary transgression from his sinless state, the result being that all mankind are now sinners. (Genesis 1:26; Genesis 3:6-24;  Romans 5:12-19)

  10. We believe that the suffering and death of Jesus Christ was substitutionary and sufficient for all mankind. (Isaiah 53:6;  Hebrews 2:9;  I Peter 3:18;  II Peter 3:9;  I John 2:2)

  11. We believe in the premillenial, personal, bodily return of Jesus Christ as the crowning event of the Gentile age. This event will include the resurrection of the righteous and the marriage of Christ to His glorious Bride the Church and the millennium will be followed by the resurrection of the unrighteous into eternal punishment in the lake of Fire. (John 14:1‑6; I Thessalonians 4:13-18; II Thessalonians 2:8; Revelation 19:1-21; Revelation 20:4-6;  Revelation 20:11-15;  Revelation 21:8)

  12. We believe that the depraved alien sinner is saved wholly by grace through faith in Jesus Christ and the requisites to regeneration are repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ (Luke 13:3-5;  John 3:16-18;  Acts 20:21;  Romans 6:23;  Ephesians 2:8-9) and that the Holy Spirit convicts, regenerates, seals, secures, and indwells every believer. (John 3:6; John 16:8-9; Romans 8:9-11;            I Corinthians 6:19-20; Ephesians 4:30; Titus 3:5)

  13. We believe that all who trust Jesus Christ for salvation are eternally secure and will persevere in Him and will not perish.  (John 3:36;  John 5:24;  John 10:27-30;  Romans 8:35-39;  Hebrews 10:39;          I Peter 1:5)

  14. We believe that God deals with believers as His children, that He chastises the disobedient, and that He rewards the obedient.  (Matthew 16:27;  Matthew 25:14-23; John 1:12;  Hebrews 12:5-11;  II John 8; Revelation 22:12)

  15. We believe that Jesus Christ established His church during His ministry on earth and that it always is a local, visible assembly of scripturally baptized believers meeting together in covenant relationship to carry out the commission of the Lord Jesus Christ and each church is an independent, self-governing body and no other ecclesiastical body may exercise authority over her. She is not to be confused with the family of God consisting of all the saved (Ephesians 3:15). We believe that Jesus Christ gave the Great Commission to New Testament Churches only and that he promised the perpetuity of His churches. (Matthew 4:18-22;  Matthew 16:18; Matthew 18:15-18;  Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 1:14-20; John 1:35-51;  Ephesians 3:21)

  16. We believe that there are two pictorial ordinances in the Lord’s churches: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Scriptural baptism is the immersion of penitent believers in water and administered by the authority of a New Testament Church in the name of the Trinity. The Lord’s Supper is a memorial ordinance, restricted to the members of the church observing the ordinance. The elements of which are to be the unfermented fruit of the vine and the unleavened bread, which picture His shed blood and broken body.  (Matthew 28:19-20;  Acts 8:12, 38;  Romans 6:4;  I Corinthians 11:1-2;  I Corinthians 11:17-20, 26)  (It is the duty of an ordained minister to administer the ordinances of the Gospel as God’s word presents.)

  17. We believe there are two divinely appointed offices in a church: pastors and deacons, to be filled by men whose qualifications are set forth in Titus and I Timothy.

  18. We believe the Great Commission was given to a local, visible church only; and that in kingdom activities the church is the only unit in associational work and all cooperating bodies (associations, committees, etc.) are and should be the servants of and under control of churches. Also, each church should exercise equal authority and should meet her responsibilities according to her several abilities. (Matthew 20:25-28)

  19. We believe in the separation of church and state (Matthew 22:21) and affirm our belief in civil obedience. (Romans 13:1-7;  I Peter 2:13-15)