The Holy Scriptures
We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the verbally and plenarily inspired Word of God. The Scriptures are inerrant, infallible and God breathed, and therefore are the final authority for faith and life. The 66 books of the Old and New Testament are the complete and divine revelation of God to Man, and should be interpreted according to their normal grammatical-historical meaning. The King James Bible (AV1611 translation – 1769 version) is the only translation or version we use, as we believe it to be God’s preserved Word for the English speaking people today. [2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21]
The Godhead
We believe in one Triune God, eternally existing in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, each co-eternal in being, co-identical in nature, co-equal in power and glory, and having the same attributes and perfections. [Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14; John 14:10,26]
The Person and Work of Christ
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man, without ceasing to be God, having been conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful men. [Isaiah 7:14; 9:6; Luke 1:35; John 1:1-2,14; 2 Corinthians 5:19-21; Galatians 4:4-5; Philippians 2:5-8]
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption through His death on the cross as a representative, vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice; and, that our justification is made sure by His literal, physical resurrection from the dead. [Acts 2:18-36; Romans 3:24-25; 1 Peter 2:24; Ephesians 1:7; 1 Peter 1:3-5]
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended to Heaven, and is now exalted at the right hand of God, where, as our High Priest, He fulfills the ministry of Representative, Intercessor, and Advocate. [Acts 1:9-10; Hebrews 9:24; 7:25; Romans 8:34; 1 John 2:1-2]
The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit
We believe the Holy Spirit is a person who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness and of judgment; and, that He is a Supernatural Agent in regeneration, indwelling and sealing them unto the day of redemption. [John 16:8-11; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 12:12-14; 2 Corinthians 3:6; Ephesians 1:13-14]
We believe that He is the Divine Teacher who assists believers to understand and appropriate the Scriptures and that it is the privilege and duty of all the saved to be filled with the Spirit. [Ephesians 1:17-18; 5:18; 1 John 2:20,27]
We believe that the sign gifts of the Holy Spirit, such as speaking in tongues and the gift of healing, were temporary. We believe that speaking in tongues was never the common or necessary sign of the baptism or filling of the Holy Spirit and that ultimate deliverance of the body from sickness or death awaits the consummation of our salvation in the resurrection, though God frequently chooses to answer the prayers of believers for physical healing. [1 Corinthians 1:22; 13:8; 14:21-22]
The Total Depravity of 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, utterly unable to save himself from his sins. [Genesis 1:26-27; Romans 3:22-23; 5:12; 6:23; Ephesians 2:1-3; 4:1719]
Salvation
We believe that salvation is the gift of God brought to man by grace and received by personal faith and belief in the Lord Jesus Christ as Saviour alone, whose precious blood was shed on Calvary for the forgiveness of our sins. True saving faith is received by yielding to the work of God by which He provides for us a heart of repentance, which turns us from SELF and sin toward a desire to live as He directs us according to His Word. [John 1:12; Ephesians 1:7; 2:8-10; 1 Peter 1:18-19; Acts 20:21]
The Eternal Security and Assurance of Believers
We believe that all of the redeemed, once saved, are kept by God’s power and are thus secure in Christ forever. We believe that it is the privilege of believers to rejoice in the assurance of their salvation through the testimony of God’s Word, which, however, clearly forbids the use of Christian liberty as an occasion to the flesh. [Romans 13:13-14; Galatians 5:13; Titus 2:11-15]
The Church
We believe that the church, which is the body and espoused bride of Christ, is solely made up of born-again persons. [1 Corinthians 12:12-14; 2 Corinthians 11:2; Ephesians 1:22-23; 5:25-27].
We believe that the establishment and continuance of local churches is clearly taught and defined in the New Testament Scriptures. [Acts 14:27; 20:17, 28-32; 1 Timothy 3:1-13; Titus 1:5-11]
We believe in the autonomy of the local church free of any external authority or control. [Acts 13:1-4; 15:19-31; 20:28; Romans 16:1,4; 1 Corinthians 3:9,16; 5:4-7, 13; 1 Peter 5:1-4]
We recognize water baptism and the Lord’s Supper as the Scriptural ordinances of obedience for the Church in this age. [Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 2:41-42; 18:18; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26]
The Second Advent of Christ
We believe in that “blessed hope” – the personal, imminent return of Christ who will rapture His Church prior to the seven-year tribulation period. At the end of the Tribulation, Christ will personally and visibly return with His saints, to establish His earthly Messianic Kingdom which was promised to the Nation of Israel. [Psalm 89:3-4; Daniel 2:31-45; Zechariah 14:4-11; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Titus 2:13; Revelation 3:10; 19:11-16; 20:1-6]
The Eternal State
We believe in the bodily resurrection of all men, the saved to eternal life, and the unsaved to judgment and eternal damnation. [Matthew 25:46; John 5:28-29, 11:25-26; Revelation 20:5-6, 12-13]
Creation
We believe that God created the universe in six literal 24-hour periods. We reject evolution, the Gap Theory, the Day-Age Theory, and Theistic Evolution as unscriptural theories of origin. [Genesis 1-2; Exodus 20:11]
Civil Government
We believe that God has ordained and created all authority consisting of three basic institutions: 1) the home; 2) the Church; and 3) the state. Every person is subject to these authorities, but all (including the authorities themselves) are answerable to God and governed by His Word. God has given each institution specific Biblical responsibilities and balanced those responsibilities with the understanding that no institution has the right to infringe upon the other. The home, the Church, and the state are sovereign in their respective Biblically assigned spheres of responsibility under God. [Romans 13:1-7; Ephesians 5:22-24; Hebrews 13:17; 1 Peter 2:13-14]