
What We Believe
1.THE SCRIPTURES INSPIRED: We believe the infallibility and the inspiration, verbal, plenary inerrancy of the Scriptures. We believe that the Word of God has been divinely preserved giving us an instruction manual to guide us on how to live our lives in a manner that exalts our Savior and shows Him to the world. (11 Tim. 3:16-17; II Pet. 1:20-21).
2.THE TRUE GOD: We believe in one Triune God, eternally existing, in three persons-Father, Son, and coidentical in Holy Spirit-each coeternal in being, nature, coequal in power and glory, and having the same attributes and perfections. (Deut 6:4; Matt. 28:19; II Cor. 13:14; John 14:10,26).
3. MAN: We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God, but that in Adam's sin the human 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 (Gen. 1:26-27; Rom. 3:22-23; 5:12; 6:23; Eph. 2:1-3: 4:17-19).
4. SALVATION: We believe that salvation is the gift of God brought to man by grace and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, Whose precious blood was shed on Calvary for the forgiveness of our sins (John 1:12; Eph. 1:7; 2:8-10; 1 Pet. 1:18-19).
5. ETERNAL SECURITY: We believe that all the redeemed, once saved, are kept by God's power and are thus secure in Christ forever (John 6:37-40; 10:27-30; Rom. 8:1, 38-39; 1 Cor. 1:4-8; 1 Pet. 1:4-5).
6.THE CHURCH: We believe that the local church, which is the body and the espoused bride of Christ, is solely made up of born-again believers (1 Cor. 12:12-14; II Cor. 11:2; Eph. 1:22-23; 5:25-27). We believe in the autonomy of the local church free of external authority or control (Acts 13:1-4; 15:19-31; 20:28; Rom. 16:1,4; 1 Cor. 3:9, 16; 5:4-7, 13; 1 Pet. 5:1-4)
7. CHURCH ORDINANCES: We recognize water baptism (immersion)and theLord's Supper as the Scriptural ordinances obedience for the church in this age (Matt. 28: 19-20; Acts 2:41-42; 18:18; I Cor. 11:23-26).
8. ETERNAL STATE: We believe in the bodily resurrection of all men, the saved to eternal life, and the unsaved to judgment and everlasting punishment.Mat. 25:46; John 5:28, 29; 11:25-26; Rev. 20:5-6,12 -13)
9. SATAN: We believe that Satan is a person, the author of sin and the cause of the fall of man; that he is the open and declared enemy of God and man; and that he shall be eternally punished in the Lake of Fire (Job 1:6-7; Isa. 14:12-17; Matt. 4:2-11;25:41; Rev. 20:10).
10. CREATION: We believe that God created the universe in six literal, 24-hour periods.We rejectevolution, the Gap Theory, the Day-Age Theory, and Theistic Evolution as unscriptural theories of origin Gen. 1-2; Ex. 20:11).
11. MISSIONS: We believe that God has given the church a great commission to proclaim the Gospel to all nations so that there might be a great multitude from every nation, tribe, ethnic group, and language group who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ (Matt. 28:19-20; Mark 16:15; Luke 24:46-48; John 20:21; Acts 1:8; II Cor. 5:20).
12. STATEMENT OF FAITH: This Statement of Faith does not exhaust the extent of our faith. The Bible itself is the sole and final source of all we believe. We do believe, however, that the preceding Statement of Faith accurately represents the teachings of the Scriptures, and therefore is binding upon all members and those who seek membership. All literature used in the ministries of the church shall be in complete agreement with the Statement of Faith.