Statement of Beliefs

We believe that all scripture is inspired by God and it is profitable for
teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness.
Therefore, it expresses truth without error and it is the supreme
standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and opinions shall be tried.

II Timothy 3:16-17; II Peter 1:19-21.

We believe there is one and only one living and true God, an infinite Spirit,
the Maker and Supreme Ruler of Heaven and earth; inexpressibly
glorious in holiness, and worthy of all possible honor, confidence and
love; that in the unity of the God-head there are three persons:
the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, equal in every divine perfection,
and executing distinct but harmonious offices in the great work of redemption.

Exodus 21:2-3; I Corinthians 8:6; Revelation 4:11; I John 5:7.

We believe in Jesus Christ, God's only begotten Son who himself is God
incarnate, conceived by the Holy Spirit. We believe in His virgin birth,
sinless life, miracles and teachings. We believe in His substitutionary
atoning death, bodily resurrection, ascension into heaven, perpetual
intercession for His people, and personal, visible return to earth.

Isaiah 52:11-53:12; Matthew 3:16-17; Mark 9:35;
Acts 1.9; Hebrews 1:1-4.

We believe that the Holy Spirit is a divine person; that with God the Father
and God the Son, and of the same nature; that He was active in the creation;
that in His relation to the unbelieving world He restrains the Evil One until
judgment; that He bears witness to the Truth of the Gospel in preaching
and testimony; that He is the agent in the New Birth; that He seals,
endues, guides, teaches, witnesses, sanctifies, and helps the believer.

John 14:16-17; Matthew 28:19; Hebrews 9:14;John 14:26.

We believe that Satan is the unholy god of this age, and the author of all
the powers of darkness, and is destined to the judgment of an eternal
justice in the Lake of Fire.

Matthew 4:1-3; II Corinthians 4:4.

We accept the Genesis account of creation and believe that man
came by direct creation of God and not by evolution.

Genesis 1 & 2; Colossians 1:16-17; John 1:3.

We believe that man was created in innocence under the law of his Maker but
by voluntary transgression, fell from his sinless and happy state in consequence
of which all mankind are now sinners, not only by constraint, but of choice,
and are therefore under just condemnation without defense or excuse.

Genesis 3:1-6; Romans 5:19; Romans 5:12;
Romans 5:10-19; Romans 1:18; Romans 1:32.

We believe that Jesus was begotten of the Holy Ghost in a
miraculous manner; born of Mary, a virgin; as no other man was
ever born or can ever be born of woman; and that He is the
only begotten Son of God.

Genesis 3:15; Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:18-25;
Luke 1:35; John 1:4; John 3:16

We believe that the salvation of sinners is wholly of grace; that through the Son of God
who, by appointment of the Father, freely took upon Him our nature, yet without sin,
honored the divine law of His personal obedience, and by His death made a full and
vicarious atonement for our sins; that His atonement consisted not in setting us an
example by His a martyr, but was a voluntary substitution of Himself in the death as
sinner's place, the Just dying for the unjust; that Christ the Lord body on the tree;
that having risen from bore our sin in His own the dead, He is now enthroned in
Heaven, and is uniting in His wonderful person the tenderest sympathies with divine
perfection, He is in every way qualified to be a suitable, a compassionate and an
all-sufficient Savior.

Ephesians 2:8; Acts 15:11.

We believe that in order to be saved, sinners must be born again;
that the new birth is a new creation in Christ Jesus; that it is
instantaneous and not a process; that in the new birth, the one dead in
trespasses and in sins is made a partaker of the divine nature and
receives eternal life, the free gift of God; that the new creation
is brought about in a manner above our comprehension, soley by
the power of the Holy Spirit in connection with divine truth, so as
to secure our voluntary obedience to the Gospel; that its proper evidence
appears in the holy fruits of repentance and faith and newness of life.

John 3:3; II Corinthians 5:17; I John 5:1; John 3:6-7.

We believe that we were condemned through our sin and Jesus
justified us before God with His supreme sacrifice. Justification includes
the pardonof sin and the gift of eternal life on principles of righteousness.
It is bestowed,not in consideration of any works of righteousness which
we have done, but solely through faith in the Redeemer's blood; His
righteousness is imputed to us.

Acts 13:39; Isaiah 51:11; Zechariah 13:1.

We believe that faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the only condition of salvation. However, this faith must be demonstrated and exercised through your works.

Acts 16:31.

We believe that the local church is a congregation of immersed believers associated by
covenant of faith and fellowship in the Gospel; observing the ordinances of Christ;
governed by His laws; and exercising the gifts, rights and privileges invested in them
by His Word; that its officers are Pastors, Elders and Deacons, whose qualifications,
claims and duties, are clearly defined in the Scriptures. We believe that the true mission
of the church is the faithful witnessing of Christ to all men as we have opportunity. We
hold that the local church has the absolute right of self-government, free from the
interference of any hierarchy of individuals or organizations; that the one and only
superintendent is Christ through the Holy Spirit; that it is scriptural for true churches
to cooperate with each other in contending for the faith and for the furtherance of the
Gospel;that each local church is the sole judge of the measure and method of its
cooperation; that on all matters of membership, of polity, of government, of discipline,
of benevolence, the will of the local church is final.

Acts 2:41-42; I Corinthians 11:2; Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 4:11.

We believe that Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water to
show forth in a solemn and beautiful emblem our faith in the crucified, buried
and risen Savior, with its effect in our death to sin and and resurrection to a
new life. We believe that the Lord's Supper is the commemoration of His death
until He comes and should be preceded always by solemn self-examination.

Acts 8:26-39; John 3:23.

We believe that all who are truly born again
are kept by God the Father for Jesus Christ.

Philippians 1:6; Romans 8:35-39; John 10:28-29.

We believe that there is a radical and essential difference between
the righteous and the wicked; that such only as through faith are
justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and sanctified by
the Spirit of our God and are truly righteous in His esteem; while
all such as continue in impenitence and unbelief are in His sight
wicked and under the curse; that this distinction holds among men
both in after death in the everlasting felicity of the saved and
the everlasting conscious suffering of the lost.

Malachi 3:18; Genesis 18:23, Romans 6:17-18.

We believe that civil government is of divine appointment for the interests
and good order of human society; that magistrates are to be prayed for,
conscientiously honored, and obeyed, except in things opposed to the
will of our Lord Jesus Christ – who is the only Lord of the conscience
and the coming Prince of the Kings of the earth.

Romans 13:1-7; II Samuel 23:3; Exodus 18:21-22; Acts 23:5.

We believe in and accept the sacred Scriptures upon these subjects at their face and
full value. We believe that our Lord Jesus Christ rose bodily from the tomb on the
third day; that He ascended into Heaven; that He is now at the right hand of God
the Father as our only sufficient mediator and advocate; in the personal, imminent,
pre-millennial coming of Christ for the Church; the resurrection and physical
glorification of the saints; the great tribulation; after which He will return with
His saints to this earth where He will sit on the Throne of David and shall subdue
all enemies and reign in righteousness for a thousand years; after this shall be the
judgment of the Great White Throne when the unsaved dead shall be raised and judged,
that this will result for them in eternal punishment in the Lake of Fire which is
the second death; that the saved shall then enjoy eternal glory with God.