We believe that the Holy Bible is a supernatural book, that it is the very Word of God, that in the sixty-six books, it is the full, final and complete revelation of God’s will to man. We believe the author of the Bible is God, the Holy Spirit, and by the word "inspiration" we mean the full, verbal inspiration, that Holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit, as revealed in II Peter 1. We believe and teach that the Bible is the final authority in all matters of faith and practice.

II Timothy 3:16-17; Hebrews 4:12; II Peter 1:19-21; Isaiah 8:20; Psalm 119:89; Romans 15:4

GOD

We believe and teach that there is one, and only one, true and living God. He is absolute in nature, perfect in attributes, and holy in character. He is the Creator of all things. He is immutable, omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient, eternal and sovereign.

Ephesians 4:6; I Timothy 1:17; Psalm 147:4; Exodus 20:2-3; Romans 11:33; Genesis 17:1; John 4:24; Psalm 90:2; 139:7-10

JESUS CHRIST

We believe that Jesus Christ is co-eternally existent as the second person of the Trinity, is co-equally existent with the Father, and thus, has neither beginning nor end. He manifested God visibly to the world, through various appearances in the Old Testament, and through the Incarnation in the New Testament. He was born of the virgin Mary and is the only Savior for this lost world. His death on the cross was voluntary, substitutionary and sufficient for the salvation of all men of all times. He is coming again to rapture the saints at a time in the future known only by God. We believe that our Lord Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit in a miraculous manner; born of the virgin Mary as no other man was born or can be born of woman. He is both the Son of God and God the Son.

Matthew 28:19; Isaiah 53:5-6; John 1:1-2; II Corinthians 5:21; Genesis 18:1-22,33; I Timothy 4:10; John 1:14; II Peter 2:1; Luke 23:46; I John 2:2; John 10:17-18; John 3:16

HOLY SPIRIT

The Holy Spirit is a divine person; equal with God the Father and God the Son and of the same nature and was active in the creation. He is restraining the evil one until God’s purpose is fulfilled. He convicts of sin, judgment and righteousness. He is the agent of the New Birth and indwells, seals, guides and directs the believer.

John 14:16-17; John 14:26; John 15:26-27; Romans 8:16; Ephesians 1:13-14; Romans 8:26-27

We believe and teach that Jesus Christ arose bodily from the grave. We also believe and teach that this resurrection assures all believers the same bodily resurrection when the Lord returns for the Saints at the time of the Rapture. There will also be a resurrection of the unsaved to stand in judgment before the Lord, known in the Scriptures as the Great White Throne Judgment.

Matthew 28:6-7; John 20:27; I Corinthians 15:1-11, 42-52; Hebrews 9:27-28; I Thessalonians 4:13-18; Revelation 20:11-15

We believe that the Devil is an actual being and not an imaginary influence; that he once enjoyed heavenly honors and glorious heavenly privileges; that he through pride, ambition and self-will betrayed God and as a result brought down upon his head the judgment of God. He operates today as "the god of this world" and "the prince of the power of the air;" that he is the arch deceiver, and father of all lies, that he is the greatest enemy, the biggest tempter and the greatest opposition to the Saints. His final abode shall be the Lake of Fire, which is the eternal place of punishment, prepared for the Devil and his angels (demons).

Isaiah 14:12-15; Jude 6; I John 3:8; Ezekiel 28:14-17; I Peter 5:8; John 8:43-44

We believe that man was created in innocence and holiness and by voluntary transgression of the Lord’s command, fell from the state in which he was created and as a consequence became a sinner alienated from God and brought upon himself and all mankind just condemnation. Man is now, by virtue of his fallen nature, void of holiness, positively inclined to evil and condemned to eternal ruin without excuse.

Genesis 3:6-24; Romans 5:19; Ephesians 2:1-3; Romans 5:12; Romans 1:18; Romans 1:28

We believe that the lost sinner is guilty and under just condemnation and is by nature alien to God and because of sin condemned to die; that the atonement for sin was provided through our Mediator, the Son of God who by divine appointment freely took upon Himself our human nature, yet without sin, that He through obedience during His earthly walk personally honored the divine law by keeping it, and through His death on the cross actually satisfied the Law for the penalty of sin. His obedience and sacrificial death made full and vicarious atonement for all sin, so forgiveness and salvation may be provided freely to all who believe.

Romans 3:25; I John 1:7; Isaiah 53:12; Hebrews 9:22; John 10:17-18; Hebrews 12:2

We believe and teach that salvation is by God’s grace and is a supernatural act of God. Salvation is free to all through the Gospel; that it is the duty of all to accept, by faith, that salvation and those who voluntarily reject salvation will face eternal separation from God in a literal place of punishment called Hell in the Scriptures. When a sinner repents and receives Jesus Christ as his personal Savior he receives eternal life. The eternal purpose of God in salvation is to preserve the believer forever in Christ; the believer is saved eternally. It is also the eternal purpose of God that the believer will conform to the image of His Son. This salvation, wrought by grace, then assures us that we are preserved in Christ by the power of God and no man can pluck the saved from the Father’s hand. Salvation is everlasting and the glorious truth “once in Grace, always in Grace,” is true.

John 3:15-16; I Peter 1:5; John 1:12; John 10:27-30; Romans 10:1-13; John 5:24

We believe that repentance and faith are inseparable prerequisites for salvation; that they are a work in the heart brought about by the power of the Holy Spirit. We believe that when a sinner is deeply convicted of his guilt and helplessness and when he turns in repentance to the Lord Jesus Christ, surrendering himself whole-heartedly and receiving Him as personal Savior and Lord, that he is immediately born again.

Acts 3:19; II Corinthians 7:9-10; Mark 1:15; Acts 2:37-38; Acts 20:21; Matthew 3:1-2

We believe and teach that the local, visible assembly of called out believers into a public place of worship and service is the only one found in the New Testament. We do not believe in an invisible or universal church. The first New Testament church was founded by Jesus Christ during His own personal ministry and entrance into the local church is by scriptural baptism upon profession of faith. The scriptural New Testament church was authorized by Christ to carry out the Great Commission. We believe and teach the New Testament church is an independent congregation and is not governed or controlled by an Ecclesiastical Hierarchy. The will of the Local Church, as it is guided by Scripture and the leading of the Holy Spirit, is final.

Ephesians 3:21; Acts 2:47; I Timothy 3:15; Matthew 16:18; Colossians 1:24; Ephesians 1:22; Acts 16:5; Acts 11:22; Acts 8:1