We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are verbally inspired by God and are inerrant in the original writings and that they are of supreme and final authority in faith and practices. We believe in the triune God – Father, Son and Holy Spirit, each person being equal, yet there being not three Gods but one. (Genesis 1:1; John 10:30; John 14:23; 1 John 5:7)
03. We believe in t
he virgin birth, the sinless life, and the deity of Jesus Christ the Lord. (Isaiah 7:14; Luke 1:35; John 8:46; Hebrews 7:26)
04. We believe in the shed blood of Jesus Christ as the only ground of atonement for sins. (Romans 3:25; Hebrews 9:14)
05. We believe in the bodily resurrection and Lordship of Jesus Christ, His ascension into heaven, and His present advocacy and high priesthood in the presence of God for us. (Acts 2:32; I Corinthians 15:23; Acts 1:9, 1 John 2:1; Hebrews 8:1-2)
06. We believe in that "Blessed Hope" – the personal, imminent pre-tribulation and pre-millennial coming of the Lord Jesus Christ for His saints, then to establish His millennial kingdom. (I Thessalonians 4:13-18; Zechariah 14:4-11; Romans 5:9; I Thessalonians 1:10; I Thessalonians 5:9; Revelations 3:10; Revelations 19:11-16)
07. We believe that the Holy Spirit is a person that convicts the world of sin, of righteousness and of judgment and that he regenerates, indwells and empowers the saved and seals eternally. (John 16:8; I Corinthians 3:16; I Corinthians 6:19) Ephesians 1:13; I John 2:27: Ephesians 4:30)
08. We believe that Satan is a real personality; that he was created perfect but fell through pride; that he is the author of the fall of man, the archenemy of God and the souls of men. (Ezekiel 28:14-15; Isaiah 14:12-13)
09. We believe in the fall of man through the sin of Adam and in the consequent necessity of the New Birth through Jesus Christ. (Romans 5:12; John 3:3-6)
10. We believe that men are justified on the single ground of faith in the shed blood of the Lord Jesus. This is entirely by the grace of God and not by any works so that all boasting is excluded. (Acts 12:38¬39; Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5)
11. We believe in and teach the security of the believer on earth and the eternal blessedness of the righteous in heaven. (John 10:27-30; Romans 8:35, 38-39)
12. We believe that these who are born again possess two natures and that they may be victorious over the old nature through the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit, but eradication of the old nature is unscriptural. (Romans 6:13; Romans 8:12-13; Galatians 5:16-25; Ephesians 4:22- 24; Colossians 3:10: I Peter 1:14-16; John 3:5-9)
13. We believe that the gifts of evangelists, pastors and teachers are sufficient for the perfecting of the church today. God is sovereign in all matters and does hear and answer prayer of faith according to His will for the sick and afflicted. (Ephesians 4:11-12; James 5:15)
14. We believe that the saved of this dispensation are members of the body of Christ, the true church. (See #17 – a local church) (1 Corinthians 12)
15. We believe that the saved are called to a life of separation from all worldly and sinful practices. (Romans 12:2; James 4:4; 1 John 2:16; II Corinthians 6:14) We believe in the bodily resurrection of all men, the eternal felicity of the saved and the eternal conscious punishment of the unsaved. (I Corinthians 15:12-58)
16. We believe that in view of the total depravity and the lost condition of all the unregenerate, the absolute obligation of the saved is to witness by life and word and through sound missionary agencies to the whole world of the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ. (Acts 1:8; Matthew 28:19-20)
17. We believe that a local church of Christ is a congregation of baptized believers, associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel, observing the ordinances of Christ, governed by His laws, and exercising the gifts, rights and privileges vested in them by His Word; that its only scriptural officers are bishops or pastors and deacons, whose qualifications, claims and duties are defined in epistles to Timothy and Titus. (Matthew 18:17; Matthew 28:20; Acts 2:41-42; 1 Corinthians 1:1-13; 1 Corinthians 11:2; 1Timothy 3)
18. We believe that Christian baptism is the immersion in water of a believer in the name of the Father, and Son and Holy Spirit to show forth in a solemn and beautiful emblem our faith in the crucified, buried and risen Savior with its effect in our death to sin and resurrection to a new life.
19. We believe that the Lord's Supper, in which the members of the church by the sacred use of the bread and juice to commemorate together the dying love of Christ, is to be preceded always with solemn self-examination. (Acts 2:41-42; Acts 8:36-39; John 3:22-23; Matthew 28:19; Romans 6:4; I Corinthians 11:26-28)
