- We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible authoritative Word of God,
and that He has preserved it for those who speak English in the Authorized King James Version.
- We believe that there is one God, the source, support, and end of all things, eternally
existent in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
- We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life,
in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death, in His shed blood, in His bodily
resurrection, in His ascension to the Father's right hand, and in His personal pre-millennial
return for His saints and with His saints at the Revelation.
- We believe that man is totally depraved, a sinner both by nature and practice, therefore
estranged from God, totally lost and in need of the convicting and regenerating ministry of
the Holy Spirit. "...Ye must be born again (John 3:7)."
- We believe in the personality of Satan; in his power and kingdom, in his wiles and in his
judgment at the cross and his eternal torment in the lake of fire.
- We believe in the deity and present ministry of the Holy Spirit, that He convicts the sinner,
regenerates the one who believes on Jesus Christ, indwells, seals, instructs, reproves and
guides the believer; that He fills and controls every life that is wholly yielded to Him.
- We believe that salvation is the free gift of God offered to man by His grace and received by
personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; plus nothing. This relationship can never be broken.
- We believe in the bodily resurrection of the saved unto "life" and the unsaved unto "judgment"
and everlasting damnation. We believe in a literal heaven with a golden street and walls made
of precious stones and a literal hell with fire and brimstone.
- We believe in the spiritual unity of all believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, not in the
organized unity sought by the ecumenical movement.
- We believe in the local church, which is a body of baptized believers who come together in
obedience of Christ to carry out the dictates of the New Testament.
- We believe that all saved people should live in such a manner as not to bring reproach upon
their Savior and Lord; and that separation from all religious apostasy, all ungodly and sinful
pleasures, practices and associations is commanded by God.
- 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.
- We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of
the marriage relationship of a man and woman. We believe that any form of homosexuality,
lesbianism, bisexuality, bestiality, incest, fornication, adultery, and pornography are sinful
perversions of God's gift of sex. Any member or employee of the church engaged in these
perversions shall be subject to church discipline. After the discipline procedure, if they
are unrepentant, their membership and/or employment shall be terminated. We further believe
that the only legitimate marriage is the joining of one man to one woman.
- We believe that God hates divorce and intends marriage to last until one of the spouses dies.
Divorce and remarriage is regarded as adultery except on the grounds of fornication. Divorced
and remarried or divorced and unmarried people may hold positions of service in the church and
be used of God for Christian service. They may not be considered for the offices of Pastor
or Deacon.
- We believe that human life begins at conception and that the unborn child is a living human
being. Abortion is the unjustified, unexcused taking of a human life under any circumstances.
- We believe that Christians are prohibited from bringing civil lawsuits against other Christians
or the church to resolve personal disputes. The church possesses all resources necessary to
resolve personal disputes between members. We do believe, however, that a Christian may seek
compensation for injuries from another Christian's insurance company as long as the claim is
pursued without slander or malice.
- We believe that every Christian is obligated to support his local church financially.
They do this through the tithe and freewill offerings. We believe that a Christian relinquishes
all rights to direct the use of the tithe or offering once the gift has been made.
- The statement of faith does not exhaust the extent of our faith. The Bible itself is the
sole and final source of all we believe.
- We do believe, however, that the included statement of faith accurately represents the
doctrine of the Bible, and therefore is binding upon all members. All literature used in
the church will be in complete agreement with the statement of faith.
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