Accepting fully the writings of the Old and New Testaments as the inerrant Word of God, verbally inspired in all parts and therefore altogether sufficient as our only infallible and authoritative rule of faith and practice. We believe the King James Version to be the Word of God according to promise. 

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(Psalm 119:160, Proverbs 30:5a, II Timothy 3:16-17, II Peter 1:19-21)

Who is an intelligent, sovereign, spiritual, and personal Being; perfect, infinite, and eternal in His being, holiness and love, wisdom and power; absolutely separate from and above the world as its Creator, yet everywhere present in the world as the Upholder of all things. He is revealed to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, three distinct persons but without division of nature, essence, or being, and each having a distinct ministry in God’s relation to his creation and people.

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(Genesis 1:1, Exodus 15:11, Psalm 83:18, Psalm 139:7-9, Matthew 28:19, John 10:30, John 15:26)

Who is the second Person of the Triune God, the eternal Word, and Only Begotten Son; that without any change in His divine Person, He became man by miracle of the Virgin Birth, this to continue forever as both true God and true Man, one Person with two natures; that as Man He was tempted in all points as we are, yet without sin; that as the perfect Lamb of God, He gave Himself in death upon the cross, bearing there the sin of the world, and suffering its full penalty of divine wrath in our stead; that He arose from the grave in a glorified body; that as our great High Priest, He ascended into Heaven, there to appear before the face of God as our Advocate and Intercessor.

(John 1:1 and 14, John 3:16, Matthew 1:18-25, Galatians 4:4-5, Philippians 2:6-10, I Corinthians 15:3-7, Hebrews 4:14-16, I John 2:1-2)

Who is the third Person of the Trinity, and the divine Agent in nature, revelation, and redemption; that He convicts the world concerning sin, righteousness, and judgment; that He regenerates, indwells, baptizes, seals, and anoints all who become children of God through Christ that He further empowers, guides, teaches, sanctifies and fills believers who daily surrender to Him.

(John 3:5, John 14:16-17 and 26, John 16:7-14, Romans 8:9, I Corinthians 12:13, II Corinthians 3:18, Ephesians 1:13, Ephesians 5:18)

That man was the direct creation of God, made in His image and likeness; that by personal disobedience to the revealed will of God, man became a sinful creature, the father of a fallen race that is universally sinful in both nature and practice, thus alienated from the life and family of God, under the righteous judgment and wrath of God, and has within himself no possible means of salvation.

(Genesis 1:27, Genesis 3:6, Psalm 51:5, Romans 3:23, Romans 5:12 and 19, Galatians 3:11)

That salvation is the free gift of God, neither merited nor secured in part or in whole by any virtue or work of man, but received only by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, in whom all true believers have as a present possession the gift of eternal life, perfect righteousness, sonship in the family of God, deliverance and security from all condemnation, every spiritual resource needed for life and godliness, and the divine guarantee that they shall never perish; that this salvation affects the whole man; that apart from Christ there is no possible salvation. We dogmatically reject Calvinism and reformed theology and find its doctrine to be contrary to the teachings of the Word of God.

(Ephesians 2:8-9, Titus 3:5, John 1:12, John 3:14, John 10:28-29, Romans 8:1, Philippians 1:6)

Not as a means of salvation in any sense, but as its proper evidence and fruit; and therefore as Christians, we should obey the Word of our Lord, seek the things which are above, walk as He walked, accept as our solemn responsibility the duty and privileges of bearing the gospel to a lost world; remembering that a victorious and fruitful Christian life is possible only for those who in gratitude for the infinite and undeserved mercies of God have presented themselves wholly to Christ.

(Ephesians 2:10, Romans 12:1-2, Philippians 2:16)

Who originally was created a holy and perfect being, but through pride and wicked ambition rebelled against God, thus becoming utterly depraved in character, the great adversary of God and His people, leader of all other evil angels and wicked spirits, the deceiver and god of this present world: that his powers are vast, but strictly limited by the permissive will of God who overrules all his wicked devices for good; that he was defeated and judged at the cross, and therefore his final doom is certain; that we can resist and overcome him only in the armor of God, by the blood of the Lamb and through the power of the Holy Spirit.

(Isaiah 14:12-15, Ephesians 6:12, I Peter 5:8, I John 3:8, Revelation 12:9-11, Revelation 20:10)

That His coming in the air to rapture His church, which is our blessed Hope, is always imminent; that when He has first by resurrection of the dead and translation of the living removed from the earth His waiting church, He will then pour out the righteous judgments of God upon the unbelieving world and afterward descend with His church and establish His glorious and literal kingdom over all the nations for a thousand years.

(I Thessalonians 4:13-18, James 5:8, Hebrews 10:37, Jude 14-15, Revelation 19:11-16, Revelation 20:4-7)

That the spirits of the saved at death go immediately to be with Christ in Heaven, that their works shall be brought before the Judgement Seat of Christ for the determination of rewards which will take place at the time when Christ comes for His own; that the spirits of the unsaved at death descend immediately into Hades where they are kept under punishment unto the final day of judgment, at which time their bodies shall be raised from the graves, that they shall be judged and cast into Hell, the place of final and everlasting punishment.

(I Corinthians 15, II Corinthians 5:8-10, Luke 16:19-23, Revelation 20:11-15)

With each having definite and distinct spheres and responsibilities.

(Matthew 22:21, Romans 13:1-7)

That God is our Great High Priest, and through Him, every born-again person has direct access into God’s presence without the need of a human priest; that the believer has the right and responsibility to personally study and interpret the Scriptures guided by the Holy Spirit.

(John 14:6, Hebrews 4:16, II Timothy 2:15, I Peter 2:1, 5 and 9)

That He alone is Head of the Body of Christ, into which all true believers are immediately baptized by the Holy Spirit; that all members of this one spiritual body should assemble and identify themselves in local churches.

(I Corinthians 12:13, Ephesians 1:22-23, Ephesians 4:11-15, Galatians 1:22)

A New Testament church is a local assembly of born-again baptized believers united in organization to practice New Testament ordinances, to meet together for worship, prayer, fellowship, teaching and a united testimony, and to actively engage in carrying out the Great Commission.

(Acts 2:41-42, I Corinthians 11:2, Matthew 28:19-20)

That each New Testament church is free to govern itself without ecclesiastical interference, and should cooperate with other New Testament churches as the Holy Spirit leads; that it is responsible to follow the pattern of the New Testament church and is directly accountable to God.

(Matthew 18:17, Acts 6:1-5, Acts 13:1-3, Acts 15:22-23)

Baptism and the Lord’s Supper that baptism is by immersion of believers in water, thus portraying the death, burial, and the resurrection of Jesus Christ; that the Lord’s Supper is the partaking of the bread and cup by the believer as a continuing memorial of the broken body and shed blood of Christ.

(Matthew 28:19-20, Acts 2:41, Acts 8:38-39, Matthew 26:26-30, I Corinthians 11:23-34)

We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity should be engaged in outside of a marriage between a man and a woman. We believe that any form of homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, transsexuality, bestiality, incest, fornication, adultery, and pornography are sinful perversions of God’s gift of sex

(Genesis 2:24; 19:5, 13; 26:8-9; Leviticus 18:1-30; Romans 1:26-29; I Corinthians 5:1; 6:9; I Thessalonians 4:1-8; Hebrews 13:4)

We believe that marriage was instituted by God to be a permanent union between a biological man and a biological woman, and, therefore, we are highly opposed to same-sex marriages. We further believe that God hates divorce and intends for marriage to last until one of the spouses dies. Although divorced persons may hold positions of service in the Church and be greatly used of God for Christian service, they may not be considered for the offices of Pastor or Deacon.

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(Genesis 2:24; Malachi 2:14-17; Matthew 19:3-12; Romans 7:1- 3; I Timothy 3:2,12; Titus 1:6)

We believe that human life begins at conception and that the unborn child is a living human being. Abortion constitutes the unjustified, unexcused taking of unborn human life. Abortion is murder. We reject any teaching that abortions of pregnancies due to rape, incest, birth defects, gender selection, birth or population control, or the mental well being of the mother are acceptable.

(Job 3:16; Psalms 51:5; 139:14-16; Isaiah 44:24; 49:1,5; Luke 1:44)

We believe that life is sacred and any act of putting to death a person suffering from a distressing disease, illness, or health problem from injury (euthanasia or mercy killing) for his or her own good is virtually an instance of self- deification usurping a right that belongs to God.

(II Kings 5:7; Job 1:21; 2:6; Hebrews 9:27)

We believe the Genesis account of creation is to be accepted literally and not allegorically or figuratively (Genesis 1); that the creation was accomplished in six (6), twenty-four (24) hour days (Genesis 1:5,8,13,19,23,31; 2:2; Exodus 20:11); that man was created directly in God’s own image and after His own likeness (Genesis 1:26,27); that man’s creation was not a matter of evolution or evolutionary change of species or development through interminable periods of time from lower to higher forms; that all animal and vegetable life was made directly by God, and God’s established law was that they should bring forth only “after their kind.” We deny any form of atheistic or theistic evolution.

(Romans 1:19-20)

We believe that the gift of tongues, as described in Scripture, was always the ability to speak in an understandable human language, not an unintelligible or private prayer language. In Acts 2, the apostles spoke in various languages known to the people present, enabling them to hear the gospel in their native tongues. Similarly, in 1 Corinthians 14, Paul emphasizes that tongues should be intelligible and that interpretation should accompany them to ensure the edification of the church. We believe that the gift of tongues was a temporary sign given to the early church to validate the apostolic message and to communicate the gospel across language barriers. Since the completion of the New Testament and the establishment of the church, the necessity for such a miraculous sign has ceased. For this reason, we do not practice speaking in tongues in our gatherings today. Our focus is on clear, understandable teaching of Scripture, and we believe that all gifts of the Spirit are to be exercised in a way that edifies the church and brings glory to God.