We believe
that the Scriptures, the Old and New Testaments, are inspired of
God, and without error, and that they are of supreme
and final authority in faith and life.
We believe
in one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit.
We believe
that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit, was born of the Virgin
Mary, and is true God and true man.
We believe
that man was created in the image of God, that he sinned and thereby incurred
not only physical death but also the spiritual death which is separation
from God, and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature and are
now sinners by birth and by choice, positively inclined to evil, and are
therefore under just condemnation to eternal ruin without defense or excuse.
We believe
that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice, and that all who believe
in Him are justified on the grounds of His shed blood.
We believe
in the bodily resurrection of the body of our Lord, His bodily ascension
into heaven and His bodily presence there for us as High Priest and Advocate.
We believe
in "the blessed hope," the personal bodily, pretribulational, premillennial,
and imminent return of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
We believe
that all who receive by faith the Lord Jesus Christ are born again of the
Holy Spirit and are thereby children of God and are eternally saved.
We believe
that Satan is literal and personal, the agent of the fall, the prince and
power of this world, and that he shall be judged and eternally punished.
We believe
in the bodily resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. We
believe in a literal heaven and a literal hell; that the spirits of the
unsaved at death descend immediately into Hades where they are kept under
punishment until the final day of judgment, at which time their bodies
shall be raised from the grave, they shall be judged according to their
works, and cast into the place of final and everlasting punishment.
We believe
that immersion is the only form of baptism revealed and commanded in the
Scriptures, that it has NO saving power, but is only for those who are
already saved; and that the new birth, which comes through repentance and
faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, is the scriptural prerequisite to baptism;
therefore only those who are old enough to believe for themselves should
be baptized. We reject triune baptism.
We believe
that the Lord's Supper is a memorial of the death of Christ and that only
those who have been saved through faith in His atoning blood and are walking
in obedient fellowship with Him ought to partake of it.
We believe
that a New Testament church is a body of baptized believers, organized
for worship, service, and the spread of the Gospel in all the world.
We believe
that all the saved are called into a life of separation. This separation
is in at least three areas: moral, personal, and ecclesiastical.
We believe
that the healing and tongues movement of today is unscriptural and contrary
to sound doctrine, and those who believe and practice these are in error.
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