The Scriptures
We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the Bible, “as it is in truth, the Word of
God…” (I Thessalonians 2:13). We believe in verbal, plenary inspiration in the original writings, and God’s
preservation of His pure words to every generation (II Timothy 3:16, Psalms 12:6-8). We believe that the
Scriptures are inerrant, infallible, and God-breathed.
The Masoretic Text of the Old Testament and the Received Text of the New Testament (Textus Receptus)
are those texts of the original languages we use; the Authorized King James Version of the Bible is the
English version we use in the English-speaking world. The Bible is our sole and final authority for faith and
practice.
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The Godhead
We believe in one Triune God, eternally existing in three persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, co-eternal in
being, co-identical in nature, co-equal in power and glory, and having the same attributes and perfections
(Deuteronomy 6:4; II Corinthians 13:14). We believe that God created the entire universe in six literal,
twenty-four-hour days (Genesis 1:1-27).
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 (John 1:1-2, 14; Luke 1:35; Isaiah 9:6; 7:14; Philippians 2:5-8; Galatians 4:4-5).
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption through His finished work on the cross
as a representative, vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice; and that our justification is made sure by His literal,
physical resurrection from the dead (Romans 3:24-25; I Peter 2:24; Ephesians 1:7; I Peter 1:3-5).
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ was raised bodily and that He 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; I John 2:1-2).
The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is the Person who reproves the world of sin, of righteousness, and of
judgment; and that He is the Supernatural Agent in regeneration, indwelling all believers and sealing them
unto the day of redemption (John 16:8-11; II Corinthians 3:6; Romans 8:9; Ephesians 1:13-14).
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 prayer of believers for
physical healing. (II Corinthians 12:12; I Corinthians 13:8; Hebrews 2:3-4; Mark 16:17-20; I Corinthians 1:22,
14:21-22).
Man
We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God, but that in Adam’s sin the race fell,
inherited a sinful nature, and became alienated from God; and therefore, man is totally depraved, and, of
himself, utterly unable to remedy his lost condition (Genesis 1:26- 27; Romans 3:22-23; Ephesians 2:1-3, 12).
The sacredness of human personality is evident in that God created man in His own image and is mindful of
him, and in that Christ died for man; therefore, every individual possesses dignity and is worthy of respect
and Christian love. (Psalm 8:4-9; Colossians 3:9-11).
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
Jesus Christ died for every man, and that each individual chooses to accept or reject the grace of God
(Hebrews 2:9; I John 2:2). 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; I 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; I Corinthians 1:4-8; I Peter 1:4-5; Jude 1, 2).
The Church
We believe that the New Testament church is a local assembly of baptized believers who have voluntarily
joined themselves together to carry out the Great Commission. The Lord is doing His work in this world
through local churches. The establishment and continuance of local churches is clearly taught and defined in
the New Testament Scriptures (Acts 14:27; 20:17, 28-32; I Timothy 3:1-13; Titus 1:5-11). We believe in the autonomy of the local church is free of any external authority or control. Christ is the only head of the church (Acts 13:1-4, 15:19-31, 20:28; Romans 16:1, 4; I Corinthians 3:9,16; 5:4-7,13; Colossians 1:18, I Peter 5:1-4). We recognize the ordinances of baptism by immersion in water and the Lord’s Supper as a Scriptural means of testimony for local churches in this age (Matthew. 28:19-20; Acts 2:41-42, 18:18; I Corinthians 11:23-26).
The Ordinances of Truth
We recognize the ordinance of baptism by immersion in water upon one's profession of faith in Jesus Christ their personal Saviour and the Lord's Supper (Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 2:41-42, 18:18; 1Corinthians 11:23-26).
Biblical Separation
We believe that all the saved should live in such a manner as not to bring reproach upon their Saviour and Lord; and, that separation from all religious apostasy, all worldly and sinful pleasures, practices and associations is commanded of God. (II Timothy 3:1-5; Romans 12:1, 2, 14:13; I John 2:15-17; II John 9-11; II Corinthians 6:14 - 7:1).
The Return of Christ
We believe the “Blessed Hope” of our Lord’s return is literal, personal, visible, imminent, premillennial, and
pretribulation. Believers will be caught up to be with the Lord 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 (I Thessalonians 4:13-18; Titus 2:13; I Thessalonians 1:10; Revelation 3:10; Zechariah 14:4-11;
Revelation 19:11-16, 20:1-6; Psalm 89:3-4).
Our Eternal State
We believe in the bodily resurrection of all men, the saved to eternal life, and the unsaved to 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; Revelation 20:4-6; II Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23, 3:21; I Thessalonians 4:16-17).
We believe that the souls of unbelievers remain, after death, in conscious misery until the second
resurrection, when with soul and body reunited they shall appear at the Great White Throne Judgment, and
shall be cast into the Lake of Fire, not to be annihilated, but to suffer everlasting, conscious punishment.
(Luke 16:19-26; Matthew 25:41-46; II Thessalonians 1:7-9; Jude 6-7; Mark 9:43-48; Revelation 20:11-15).
The Holy Bible
We believe that the Holy Bible was (a) verbally and plenarily (fully, completely, absolutely) inspired of God; (b) perfectly and completely preserved; (c)that is is truth without and admixture of error; (d) therefore is and shall remain, the only complete and final revelation of the will of God to man; the final authority in all matters of faith and practice; the true center of Christian union and the standard by which all creeds and opinions should be tried.
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(Explanation)
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1. By "The Holy Bible" we mean that collection of sixty six books, from Genesis to Revelation, which does not only contain and convey the word of God, but is the very word of God.
2. By "Inspiration" we mean that the books of the Bible were written by holy men of old, as they were moved by the Holy Spirit, in such a definite way that their writings were supernaturally and verbally inspired (God breathed) and free from error, as no other writings have ever been or ever will be inspired.
3. By "Preserved" we mean that God has divinely and providentially, despite the attacks of satanic forces and the tendency of human error, kept His Holy Word intact for TODAY's age within the cover of one complete volume, that being the Authorized King James Version.
(II Timothy 3:16-17; II Peter 1:19-21; Acts 1:16; Psalms 12:6-7; Isaiah 40:8; Matthew 5:18; Psalms 119:105, 130; Luke 24:25-27, 44-45; John 17:17; Psalms 119:89; Proverbs 30:5; Romans 3:4; I Peter 1:23; Revelations 22:18-19; I John 12:48; Isaiah 8:20; Ephesians 6:17; Romans 15:4; Luke 16:31; Psalms 19:7-11; John 5:39; John5:45-47).