Statement of Faith
The Scriptures:
We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the verbally and plenary inspired Word of God. The Scriptures are inerrant, infallible and God-breathed, and therefore are the final authority for faith and life. We believe the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testament are complete and divine revelation of God to Man. We also believe the 1611 King James Bible is God’s complete preserved word for English speaking people. The Old King James Bible is the only English version we accept and use in Preaching and Teaching (2 Timothy 3:16;
2 Peter 1:16-21; Psalms 12:6-8; Psalms 119:160).
The Triune God:
We believe in the personal triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, 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 Jesus 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 Many in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful men (Isaiah 7:14, 9:6; Luke 1:26-35; John 1:1-2, 14;
2 Corinthians 5:19-21; Galatians 4:4-5; Philippians 2:5-8; Matthew 1:18-23; 1 Peter 2:22). 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 death (Acts 2:18-36; Romans 3:24-25; Romans 4:24-25; 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 that the Holy Spirit is a person who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment; and, that He is the Supernatural Agent in regeneration, baptizing all believers into the body of Christ, 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 of necessary sign of the baptism and filling of the Holy Spirit; and that ultimate deliverance of resurrection, though God frequently choose to answer the prayers of believers for physical healing (Hebrews 2:3-4; 2 Corinthians 12:12;
1 Corinthians 13:8; Mark 16:17-20; 1 Corinthians 1:22, 14:21-22).
The Total Depravity of Man:
We believe that a man was created in the image and likeness of God, but that in Adam’s sin that human race fell, inherited a sinful nature, and became alienated from God; and, that man is totally depraved, and, of himself, utterly unable to remedy his lost condition (Genesis 1:26-27; Romans 3:22-23, 5:12, 6:2; Ephesians 2:1-3, 4:17-19).
The Way of Salvation:
We believe that the clear message of salvation is “repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ” (Acts 20:21). We believe that salvation is “by grace” plus nothing minus nothing. We believe that men are justified by faith alone and are accounted righteous before God only through the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (Ephesians 2:8-10; John 1:12; 1 Peter 1:18-19). We believe that all the redeemed, once saved are kept by God’s power and are thus secure in Christ forever. We believe that eternal life is the present possession of every believer (John 6:37-40, 10:27-30; Romans 8:1, 38-39; 1 Corinthians 1:4-8; 1 Peter 1:4-5; Jude 1-2).
The Eternal Security and Assurance of Believers:
We believe that all the redeemed, once saved, are kept by God’s power and are thus secure in Christ forever (John 3:16, 5:37-40, 10:27-30; Romans 8:38-39; 1 Peter 1:4-5). 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 Jesus Christ established His church during His ministry on earth and that it is a local, visible assembly of scripturally baptized believers joined together in covenant relationship to carry out the Commission of the Local Jesus Christ, the each church is an independent, self-governing body, and no other ecclesiastical body may exercise authority over it. We believe that Jesus Christ gave the Great Commission to the New Testament Churches, and that He promised the perpetuity of His churches (Matthew 4:18-22; 16:18, 28:19-20; Mark 1:14-20; John 1:35-51; Ephesians 3:21).
The Ordinances of the Church:
We believe there are two pictorial ordinances given to the church: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Scriptural baptism is the immersion of penitent believers in water, administered by the authority of a New Testament church in the name of the Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit. The Lord’s Supper is a memorial ordinance, reminding us of the suffering of Christ on the cross as the payment for our sins (Matthew 28:19-20;
Acts 8:12, 38; Romans 6:4; 1 Corinthians 11:1-26).
The Freedom of Worship:
We believe in freedom of worship without interference from the government and affirm our belief in civil obedience, unless the laws and regulations of civil government run contrary to the Holy Scriptures (Romans 13:1-7; 1 Peter 2:13-15).
Separation:
We believe that all the saved should live in such a manner as not to bring reproach upon their Savior and Lord; and that separation from all religious apostasy, all worldly and sinful pleasures, practices and association is commanded of God (Romans 12:1-2, 14:13;
2 Corinthians 6:14 – 7:1; 2 Timothy 3:1-5; 1 John 2:15-17; 2 John 9-11).
The Return of Christ:
We believe the “Blessed Hope” of our Lord’s return is literal, personal, visible, imminent, premillennial, and pretribulational. He will rapture His Church prior to the seven years of tribulation, and at the end of the tribulation Christ will return with His saints to establish His thousand year reign on the earth (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Titus 2:13; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; Revelation 3:10; Zechariah 14:4-11; Revelation 19:11-16, 20:1-6; Psalms 89:3-4).
The Eternal State:
We believe in the bodily resurrection of all men, the saved to eternal life, and the unsaved of judgment and everlasting punishment
(Matthew 25:46; John 5:28-29, 11:25-26; Revelation 20:5-6, 12-13). We believe that the souls of the redeemed are at death, absent from the body and present with the Lord, where in conscious bliss they await the first resurrection, when spirit, soul, and body are reunited to be glorified forever with the Lord (Luke 23:43; 2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23, 3:21; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; Revelation 20:4-6). We believe that the souls of unbelievers remain, after death, in conscious punishment and torment until the second resurrection, when with soul and body reunited they shall appear at and the Great White Throne Judgment, and shall be cast into the Lake of Fire, not to be annihilated, but to suffer everlasting conscious punishment and torment (Matthew 25:41-46; Mark 9:43-48; Luke 16:19-26; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9; Jude 6-7; Revelation 20:11-15).
The Personality of Satan:
We believe that Satan is a person, the author of sin and the cause of the Fall of Man; that he is the open and declared enemy of God and man; and that he shall be eternally punished in the Lake of Fire (Job 1:6-7; Isaiah 14:12-17; Matthew 4:2-11, 25:41; Revelation 20:10).
Creation:
We believe in the Genesis account of creation as neither allegory of figuratively, but a literal historical account of the direct, immediate creative acts of God without any (organic or theistic) evolutionary process; that man was created directly in God’s own image and after His own likeness and not from previously existing forms of life; that all animal and vegetable life was made directly and God’s established law was that they should bring forth only “after their kind” (Genesis 1:1-11, 24-27; Genesis 2:21-23; Exodus 20:11; John 1:3; Romans 1:20; Hebrews 11:3).
Missions:
We believe that God has given the church a great commission to proclaim the Gospel to all nations so that there might be a great multitude from every nation, tribe, ethnic group, and language group who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. As ambassadors of Christ we must use all available means to go to the foreign nations and not wait for them to come to us (Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:15: Luke 24:46-48; John 20:21; Acts 1:8;
2 Corinthians 5:20).
We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the verbally and plenary inspired Word of God. The Scriptures are inerrant, infallible and God-breathed, and therefore are the final authority for faith and life. We believe the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testament are complete and divine revelation of God to Man. We also believe the 1611 King James Bible is God’s complete preserved word for English speaking people. The Old King James Bible is the only English version we accept and use in Preaching and Teaching (2 Timothy 3:16;
2 Peter 1:16-21; Psalms 12:6-8; Psalms 119:160).
The Triune God:
We believe in the personal triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, 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 Jesus 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 Many in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful men (Isaiah 7:14, 9:6; Luke 1:26-35; John 1:1-2, 14;
2 Corinthians 5:19-21; Galatians 4:4-5; Philippians 2:5-8; Matthew 1:18-23; 1 Peter 2:22). 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 death (Acts 2:18-36; Romans 3:24-25; Romans 4:24-25; 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 that the Holy Spirit is a person who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment; and, that He is the Supernatural Agent in regeneration, baptizing all believers into the body of Christ, 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 of necessary sign of the baptism and filling of the Holy Spirit; and that ultimate deliverance of resurrection, though God frequently choose to answer the prayers of believers for physical healing (Hebrews 2:3-4; 2 Corinthians 12:12;
1 Corinthians 13:8; Mark 16:17-20; 1 Corinthians 1:22, 14:21-22).
The Total Depravity of Man:
We believe that a man was created in the image and likeness of God, but that in Adam’s sin that human race fell, inherited a sinful nature, and became alienated from God; and, that man is totally depraved, and, of himself, utterly unable to remedy his lost condition (Genesis 1:26-27; Romans 3:22-23, 5:12, 6:2; Ephesians 2:1-3, 4:17-19).
The Way of Salvation:
We believe that the clear message of salvation is “repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ” (Acts 20:21). We believe that salvation is “by grace” plus nothing minus nothing. We believe that men are justified by faith alone and are accounted righteous before God only through the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (Ephesians 2:8-10; John 1:12; 1 Peter 1:18-19). We believe that all the redeemed, once saved are kept by God’s power and are thus secure in Christ forever. We believe that eternal life is the present possession of every believer (John 6:37-40, 10:27-30; Romans 8:1, 38-39; 1 Corinthians 1:4-8; 1 Peter 1:4-5; Jude 1-2).
The Eternal Security and Assurance of Believers:
We believe that all the redeemed, once saved, are kept by God’s power and are thus secure in Christ forever (John 3:16, 5:37-40, 10:27-30; Romans 8:38-39; 1 Peter 1:4-5). 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 Jesus Christ established His church during His ministry on earth and that it is a local, visible assembly of scripturally baptized believers joined together in covenant relationship to carry out the Commission of the Local Jesus Christ, the each church is an independent, self-governing body, and no other ecclesiastical body may exercise authority over it. We believe that Jesus Christ gave the Great Commission to the New Testament Churches, and that He promised the perpetuity of His churches (Matthew 4:18-22; 16:18, 28:19-20; Mark 1:14-20; John 1:35-51; Ephesians 3:21).
The Ordinances of the Church:
We believe there are two pictorial ordinances given to the church: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Scriptural baptism is the immersion of penitent believers in water, administered by the authority of a New Testament church in the name of the Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit. The Lord’s Supper is a memorial ordinance, reminding us of the suffering of Christ on the cross as the payment for our sins (Matthew 28:19-20;
Acts 8:12, 38; Romans 6:4; 1 Corinthians 11:1-26).
The Freedom of Worship:
We believe in freedom of worship without interference from the government and affirm our belief in civil obedience, unless the laws and regulations of civil government run contrary to the Holy Scriptures (Romans 13:1-7; 1 Peter 2:13-15).
Separation:
We believe that all the saved should live in such a manner as not to bring reproach upon their Savior and Lord; and that separation from all religious apostasy, all worldly and sinful pleasures, practices and association is commanded of God (Romans 12:1-2, 14:13;
2 Corinthians 6:14 – 7:1; 2 Timothy 3:1-5; 1 John 2:15-17; 2 John 9-11).
The Return of Christ:
We believe the “Blessed Hope” of our Lord’s return is literal, personal, visible, imminent, premillennial, and pretribulational. He will rapture His Church prior to the seven years of tribulation, and at the end of the tribulation Christ will return with His saints to establish His thousand year reign on the earth (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Titus 2:13; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; Revelation 3:10; Zechariah 14:4-11; Revelation 19:11-16, 20:1-6; Psalms 89:3-4).
The Eternal State:
We believe in the bodily resurrection of all men, the saved to eternal life, and the unsaved of judgment and everlasting punishment
(Matthew 25:46; John 5:28-29, 11:25-26; Revelation 20:5-6, 12-13). We believe that the souls of the redeemed are at death, absent from the body and present with the Lord, where in conscious bliss they await the first resurrection, when spirit, soul, and body are reunited to be glorified forever with the Lord (Luke 23:43; 2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23, 3:21; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; Revelation 20:4-6). We believe that the souls of unbelievers remain, after death, in conscious punishment and torment until the second resurrection, when with soul and body reunited they shall appear at and the Great White Throne Judgment, and shall be cast into the Lake of Fire, not to be annihilated, but to suffer everlasting conscious punishment and torment (Matthew 25:41-46; Mark 9:43-48; Luke 16:19-26; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9; Jude 6-7; Revelation 20:11-15).
The Personality of Satan:
We believe that Satan is a person, the author of sin and the cause of the Fall of Man; that he is the open and declared enemy of God and man; and that he shall be eternally punished in the Lake of Fire (Job 1:6-7; Isaiah 14:12-17; Matthew 4:2-11, 25:41; Revelation 20:10).
Creation:
We believe in the Genesis account of creation as neither allegory of figuratively, but a literal historical account of the direct, immediate creative acts of God without any (organic or theistic) evolutionary process; that man was created directly in God’s own image and after His own likeness and not from previously existing forms of life; that all animal and vegetable life was made directly and God’s established law was that they should bring forth only “after their kind” (Genesis 1:1-11, 24-27; Genesis 2:21-23; Exodus 20:11; John 1:3; Romans 1:20; Hebrews 11:3).
Missions:
We believe that God has given the church a great commission to proclaim the Gospel to all nations so that there might be a great multitude from every nation, tribe, ethnic group, and language group who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. As ambassadors of Christ we must use all available means to go to the foreign nations and not wait for them to come to us (Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:15: Luke 24:46-48; John 20:21; Acts 1:8;
2 Corinthians 5:20).
