We believe that the Holy Bible as originally written was verbally inspired and the product of Spirit-controlled men and, therefore, has truth without any error in its content. We believe the Bible to be the true center of Christian union and the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and opinions shall be tried. (II Timothy 3:16-17; II Peter 1:19:21)
We believe in the personality of Satan that he is the unholy god of this age, and the author of all the powers of darkness, and is destined to the judgment of an eternal justice in the lake of fire. (Matt. 4:1-3; II Cor. 4:4; Rev. 20:10; Job 1:6-7)
We believe that God created the heaven and the earth, including all life “each after its own kind” by direct act, and not by the process of evolution. (Genesis 1 and 2; Colossians. 1:16-17; John 1:3)
We believe that God created the heavens and the earth by His verbal command in 6 literal days as the Scriptures states. (Genesis1-2)
We believe that all mankind was made in the Image of God, both male and female. Both were created as Image bearers of God and to work in a perfect, complementary way. (Genesis 1-2)
We believe that from the beginning God designed marriage as a life long covenant between one man and one woman which represents the relationship between Christ and His Church. (Genesis 2:18-24; Matthew 19:3-6; Ephesians 5:22-32)
We believe that man in the person of the first Adam, was created in innocence under the law of his Maker, but by voluntary transgression fell from his sinless and happy state in consequence of which all mankind are now sinners, not only by constraint, but of choice; and, therefore, under just condemnation without defense or excuse. (Gen. 3:1-6; Rom. 5:10-19; Eph. 2:3; Rom. 1:18; Rom. 3:10-19)
We believe that sin not only separates us from God but also distorts God’s good gifts to mankind. While sexuality is a gift of God within the covenant of marriage between one man and one woman, all practice of sexuality outside of this covenant is an offense to God and brings judgment on those involved. (Hebrews 13:4; I Corinthians 6:19-20; Romans 1:26-32; Leviticus 20:13)
We believe that Jesus was begotten of the Holy Spirit in a miraculous manner, born of Mary, a virgin, as no other man was ever born or can be born of woman, and that He is both the Son of God and God the Son. (Gen. 3:15; Is.7:14; Matt. :18-25; Luke 1:35; John 1:14.)
We believe that the salvation of sinners is wholly of grace through the mediatorial offices of the Son of God, who by the appointment of the Father, freely took upon Him our nature, yet without sin; honored the divine law by His personal obedience; and by His death made a full vicarious atonement for our sins. That His atonement consisted not in setting us an example by His death as a martyr, but was a voluntary substitution of Himself in the sinner’s place, the Just dying for the unjust; Christ the Lord, bearing our sin in His own body on the tree; that having risen from the dead, He is now enthroned in heaven, and uniting in His wonderful person the most tender sympathies with divine perfection, He is in every way qualified to be a suitable, a compassionate, and all-sufficient Savior. (Eph. 2:8; I John 4:10; Rom. 3:24; I Cor. 15:3; II Cor. 5:21; John 3:16; Matt. 18:11; Heb. 2:11; Is. 53:4-7)
We believe that in order to be saved, sinners must be born again; that the new birth is a new creation in Christ Jesus; that it is instantaneous and not a process; that in the new birth the one dead in trespasses and in sins is made a partaker of the divine nature and receives eternal life, the free gift of God; that the new creation is brought about in a manner above our comprehension solely by the power of the Holy Spirit in connection with divine truth, so as to secure our voluntary obedience to the gospel; that its proper evidence appears in the holy fruits of repentance and newness of life. (John 3:3; II Cor. 5:17; I John 5:1; John 3:6-7; Acts 16:30-33; II Peter 1:4; Eph. 2:1,5; II Cor. 5:19; Col. 1:13; John 3:8)
We believe that faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the only condition of salvation, and that those who are truly born again are kept by God the Father for Jesus Christ through eternity. (Eph. 2:8-9; Rom. 5:1; Acts 16:31; Heb. 11:6; I John 5:11-13; John 10:28-29; Phil. 1:6)
We believe that in order to be saved, sinners must be born again; that the new birth is a new creation in Christ Jesus; that it is instantaneous and not a process; that in the new birth the one dead in trespasses and in sins is made a partaker of the divine nature and receives eternal life, the free gift of God; that the new creation is brought about in a manner above our comprehension solely by the power of the Holy Spirit in connection with divine truth, so as to secure our voluntary obedience to the gospel; that its proper evidence appears in the holy fruits of repentance and newness of life. (John 3:3; II Cor. 5:17; I John 5:1; John 3:6-7; Acts 16:30-33; II Peter 1:4; Eph. 2:1,5; II Cor. 5:19; Col. 1:13; John 3:8)
We believe that faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the only condition of salvation, and that those who are truly born again are kept by God the Father for Jesus Christ through eternity. (Eph. 2:8-9; Rom. 5:1; Acts 16:31; Heb. 11:6; I John 5:11-13; John 10:28-29; Phil. 1:6)
Defined - We believe that a local church is a congregation of baptized believers, associated by covenant of faith and fellowship of the gospel, observing the ordinances of Christ, governed by His laws, and exercising the gifts, rights and privileges invested in them by His Word; that its officers are pastors and deacons, whose qualifications, claims and duties are clearly defined in the Scriptures.
Mission & Associations: We believe that the true mission of the church is the faithful witnessing of Christ to all men as we have opportunity. We hold that the local church has the absolute right of self-government free from interference of any hierarchy of individuals or organizations; that the one and only superintendent is Christ through the Holy Spirit; that it is Scriptural for true churches to cooperate with each other in contending for the faith and for the furtherance of the Gospel; that each local church is the sole judge of the measure and method of its cooperation on all matters of membership, of policy of government, of discipline, of benevolence, and that the will of the local church is final.
Gifts of each member: God has given each redeemed member gifts to actively use in the church. We believe that, with the completing of the canon of Scripture, the sign gifts have ceased in their active function in the body of Christ. However, God is sovereign and all powerful and able to divinely intervene as He deems best to make His name & the Gospel known. (I Cor. 12; Rom. 12:3-8; Eph. 4:11-12; I Tim. 3:1-7; I Cor. 13:8-13)
Men & Women in the Church: We believe that both male and female are equal before Christ in regards to the Gospel, responsibility in Kingdom ministry, and yet there is a clear distinction in roles and physical design of males and females.
We believe the Bible teaches a Complementarian view of Church ministry function of men and women, therefore the offices of Pastor and deacon are to be held by Biblically qualified men. (I Cor. 11:1-16; I Tim. 2:8-15; 3:1-13; Gal. 3:26-28)
We believe that Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water to show forth in a solemn and beautiful emblem of our faith in the crucified, buried, and risen Savior with its effect in our death to sin and resurrection of the privileges of a church relation. We believe the Lord’s Supper is the commemoration of His death until He comes, and should be preceded by solemn self-examination. (Acts 8:36-39; John 3:23; Rom. 6:3-5; Col. 2:12; I Cor.11:23-28; Matt. 3:16)
We believe that there is a radical and essential difference between the righteous and the wicked; that such only by faith alone are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and sanctified by the Spirit of our God; that they are truly righteous in His esteem, while all such as continue in unrepentance and unbelief are in His sight wicked, and under the curse; and that this distinction holds among men both in and after death, in the everlasting felicity of the saved and the everlasting conscious suffering of the lost. (Mal. 3:18; Gen. 8:23; Rom. 6:17-18; I John 5:19; Rom. 7:6, 6:23; Prov. 14:32; Luke 16:25; Matt. 25:34-41; John 8:21)
We believe that civil government is of divine appointment for the interests and good order of human society; that magistrates are to be prayed for, conscientiously honored, and obeyed; except in things opposed to the will of our Lord Jesus Christ who is the only Lord of the conscience, and the coming Prince of the earth. (Rom. 13:1-7; Acts 23:5; Matt. 22:21; Acts 4:19-20; Dan. 3:17-18)
We further believe that Jesus Christ will rapture out of the earth all believers who have lived and are yet alive since His resurrection. The rapture will be followed by a 7 year Tribulation period of Judgment upon the Earth, its leaders, and Satan. (The OT saints will be bodily resurrected just before Christ’s bodily return to the earth. Daniel 12:1-2) Finally, Christ will return in His Second Coming as the armies of earth gather to fight Him, but will face ultimate and complete defeat in an instant. (Rev. 19:11-20:1-3)
We believe that Jesus Christ will bodily return to the Earth as King of Kings and establish a complete perfect Millennial Reign upon the Earth. Following this 1000 year reign, Satan will be loosed for a time for one final rebellion, after which God will completely judge all who are not redeemed by Christ and set up an Eternal New Heaven and New Earth. (Matt. 24; 25:31-46; I Thess. 4:13-5:3; 2 Thess. 2:3-12; Rev. 4-22)
We would identify ourselves as believing that the Scriptures literally teach a Pre-Tribulational, Pre-Millennial Dispensational unfolding of past, present and future redemption work of the Godhead in His Creation.