We believe the Bible, as contained in both the Old and New Testaments, to be the inspired Word of God and without error in the original languages. We believe that the Bible is the final court of appeal in all matters of Christian doctrine and Christian practice (2 Tim 3:14-17).
We believe in one God existing in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. We believe the persons of the Godhead to be co-equal and eternal (Mat 28:19; Joh 3:16; Phi 2:5-8; Act 5:3-4).
We believe that Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit and was born of the Virgin Mary and is both true God and true man (Joh 1:1-14; Mat 1:18-25).
We believe that Jesus Christ died a substitutional, atoning death on the cross as recorded in the Holy Scriptures; that all who by an act of faith believe on him are justified (declared righteous) in the reckoning of the eternal Godhead (Joh 10:11, 14-18, 22-29; Rom 5:1-8).
We believe that man was created in the image of God, that he sinned and thereby incurred not only physical death, but also spiritual death which is separation from God; and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature, are totally depraved and need a Savior from sin (Gen 1:26, 2:17; Joh 3:6; Rom 3:10-23).
We believe that eternal salvation, the complete forgiveness of sin, is motivated by the mercy and grace of God; made possibly by Christ’s atoning death on the cross; is appropriated by individual faith and is not based on any work or merit of the individual (Eph 2:8-9).
We believe in the bodily resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ that he was seen of men for a period of forty days, that he ascended into heaven and is now seated at the right hand of God, the Father; that he ever lives to make intercession for all who come to God by him (Act 1:9-11; Eph 1:20-21; 1 Tim 2:5; Heb 7:25).
We believe that the true or invisible Church, which began on the day of Pentecost, is the body of Christ; that each one who receives Jesus Christ as personal Savior for the penalty of sin, is a member of that invisible Church, the body of Christ; that each individual believer or member is indwelt by the third person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit (1 Cor 6:19-20, 12:12-27).
We believe that God has established two ordinances, the ordinance of baptism and the ordinance of the Lord’s Supper; that Christ desires the believer to testify to his saving grace through the ordinance of baptism (Mat 28:18-20); that Christ desires the believer to remember his death through the ordinance of the Lord’s Supper (1 Cor 11:23-29), which is to be observed on the first of each month.
We believe in the blessed hope, the personal, imminent return of Jesus Christ for his bride, the true Church (1 The 4:13-18).
We believe the Bible clearly teaches that Satan is a person who is the enemy of God and the enemy of the believer; that God will eternally punish him in the Lake of Fire along with human beings who have placed their allegiance with the enemy of their souls (Job 1:7; Mat 25:31-41; Rev 20:10-15).
We believe in the bodily resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust; in the state of the conscious bliss of the resurrected believer; in the state of conscious, eternal separation from God of the unbeliever (Rev 20:11-15, 22:11-14; 1 Cor 15:1-58).