Statement of Faith
- We believe in the plenary, verbal inspiration
of the Bible, both the Old and New Testaments, and that it is our only
rule of faith and practice.
- We believe God exists in three persons:
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and that all three are equal in divine
attributes.
- We believe in the incarnation and virgin
birth of our Lord Jesus Christ and His identification as the Son of God.
We believe in His vicarious substitutionary death on the cross; the
atonement for the sins of mankind by the shedding of His blood. We
believe in the resurrection of His body from the tomb and His continual
work of intercession for believers at the right hand of God the Father.
We believe in His power to save men eternally from sin.
- We believe that God the Holy Spirit calls,
regenerates, indwells, fills, and seals the believers. We reject
the modern charismatic movement (speaking in tongues and the second work
of grace).
- We believe in the Bible account of creation,
rather than all forms of evolution, and that it was accomplished by the
direct act of God in six solar days.
- We believe that man became a fallen creature
and that all men are born in sin and totally depraved, lost, and
condemned to hell , and in order to be saved require the new birth
experience of salvation by the grace of God through genuine faith in
Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior apart from the works of man.
- We believe in the imminent,
pre-tribulational, pre-millennial return of Christ. We believe in
the bodily resurrection of all the dead-the saved to a life of eternal
glory and bliss in heaven with God; the unsaved to eternal judgment of
conscious suffering and woe in the Lake of Fire.
- We believe that the local church is an
independent, autonomous body of baptized (immersed) believers carrying
out its mission to win the lost and to disciple believers. We
further believe it is the God-given right of the parents to be
responsible for the education and welfare of their children.
- We believe in the Biblical doctrine of
separation which encompasses three things: the separation of the local
church from all affiliation with liberals and those who are content to
fellowship with liberals, the separation of the individual believer from
all worldly practices that may dishonor the Savior, and the separation
of church and state.
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