What we Believe

  • The infallible, divine inspiration of the whole Bible.
  • The Genesis account of creation.
  • The personal triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
  • The virgin birth and sinless humanity of Jesus Christ and deity of Jesus Christ. 
  • The substitutionary death of Jesus Christ for all mankind is efficacious only to those who believe. 
  • The bodily resurrection and ascension of Christ and the pre-millennial return of Christ. 
  • The bodily resurrection of the righteous to eternal heaven, and the bodily resurrection of the unrighteous unto eternal punishment. 
  • Man was created in the image of God and lived in innocence until he fell by voluntary transgression. 
  • The sinner is saved wholly by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. 
  • The Holy Spirit convicts sinners (unto repentance), regenerates, seals, secures and indwells every believer. 
  • All who trust Jesus Christ for salvation are eternally secure in Him and shall not perish. 
  • Christianity is the only true faith; all other religions are of man-made origins. 
  • Christ established His church during His ministry on earth and that it is always a local, visible assembly of scripturally baptized believers in covenant relationship. 
  • Christ gave the Great Commission to the New Testament churches only, and He promised the perpetuity of His churches. 
  • Every Christian, as a steward, is obligated to support his local church financially through tithes and offerings. 
  • Two pictorial ordinances in the Lord’s churches: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. 
  • Scriptural baptism is the immersion of penitent believers in water administered by the authority of the New Testament church. The Lord’s Supper is a memorial ordinance, restricted to members of the church observing the ordinance. 
  • There are two divinely appointed offices in a church: pastors and deacons. 
  • The miraculous spiritual manifestation gifts (such as tongues) were done away when the Bible was completed. 
  • Satan is a fallen angel, the archenemy of God and man, the unholy god of this world. 
  • Human life begins at conception and the unborn child is a living human being. 
  • God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity should be engaged in outside of a marriage between a man and a woman. 
  • Any form of homosexuality, lesbianism bisexuality, bestiality, incest, fornication, adultery, and pornography are sinful perversions. 
  • Christians are prohibited from bringing civil lawsuits against other Christians or the Church to resolve personal disputes. 
  • Freedom of worship without interference from the government and the belief in civil obedience. 
  • God has ordained and created all authority consisting of three basic institutions: 1) the home;  2) the church; 3) the state.