Verbal Inspiration of ScriptureII Timothy 3:16Psalms 119:89II Peter 1:20-21Psalms 12:6-7We believe in the infallible inspired Word of God. We accept the Textus Receptus manuscripts as the foundational material from which we derive the King James 1611. The Old and New Testament scriptures were written by human authors divinely inspired and edited by the Holy Spirit, preserved, unbroken, and passed down to us today. Genesis Account of CreationGenesis 1:1Colossians 1:16-17Job 26:7Psalms 33:6-9John 1:3We believe the Genesis account of creation, and that what you believe about your origin will determine your philosophy of life. We believe creation was a direct act of God, literal 24 hour days, instantaneous, and miraculous. We believe man was created in the image of God and all reproduction was “after their kind” The TrinityHebrews 1:8Acts 5:1-3Matthew 28:19I Corinthians 8:6Colossians 2:9Matthew 3:16-17We believe God is a person, eternally existing. One true God but in the unity of the Godhead. There are three eternal and co-equal persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, the same in substance but distinct in subsistence. One Godhead made up of three persons who are the same in attributes, power, characteristics and desires.DeityMatthew 26:63 & 66John 1:1; 10:3; 14:9We believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God because of His character, His miracles, His influence, His power to forgive sins and to set people free from Satan. Jesus Christ was God in the flesh because He claimed to be, died making this claim, and arose victorious over death.Virgin BirthMatthew 1:20Luke 1:30-35Isaiah 7:14We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten of the Holy Ghost and in miraculous manner; born of Mary, a virgin, as no other person was ever born or can ever be born of a woman. He is both the Son of God and God the Son. Substitutionary Death of ChristIsaiah 53:5II Corinthians 5:21I Peter 3:18Jesus took the saved sinner’s place, bore his sins, met the penalty, through a substitutionary death for all men. Jesus satisfied the law, becoming our accepted substitute; His righteousness, His right-doing is imputed to us by faith and so we through him have kept the law. The blood of Jesus Christ cleanses, instead of merely covering the sins of man.Salvation by Faith Through GraceActs 4:12Romans 10:9-13 Ephesians 2:8-10Titus 3:5-8The sacrifice made by Jesus is the only basis of salvation, the only means of reconciliation, and the only ground of justification. We hold and believe many important truths, but the most important thing to every individual is the personal salvation of his own soul. God’s order is first salvation, then works.Heaven and HellMatthew 6:20Luke 10:20; 16John 14:2Matthew 25:46II Peter 2:4Revelation 20:14-15We believe that Heaven and Hell are real, literal physical places. Heaven is a place of indescribable beauty and glory, just as Hell is a place of indescribable torment and punishment. So throughout all eternity Heaven is the final eternal dwelling place of the saved, and Hell is a place of eternal punishment of the lost and total separation from God.DepravityRomans 3:10 & 23 5:12; 6:23 Psalm 14:3Genesis 3:6-19Ecclesiastes 7:20Man is wicked, corrupt, and are all under sin. We believe that man was created in the image of God but fell through sin, bringing not only physical death but also spiritual death separation from God. Now all mankind is totally depraved, having inherited a sinful nature through the blood, bent toward sinning, and has become sinful in thought, word and deed.Holy SpiritI Corinthians 14:33John 14:16-17John 16:7-15Acts 1:8Matthew 28:19Romans 8John 15:26-27We believe that the Holy Spirit is a divine person; equal with God the Father and God the Son: that He was active in the creation; that He convicts, seals, endues, guides, teaches, witnesses, sanctifies, and helps the believer. Therefore these ministries of the Holy Spirit happen instantaneously to the believing sinner at salvation.Separation from the WorldRomans 12:1-2I John 2:15-17II Corinthians 6:14-18I Peter 2:9II Corinthians 5:17II Timothy 2:19We believe that all the saved are called into a life of separation from all worldly and sinful practices. A person, once he has truly accepted Christ as Saviour, is a new creation in Christ and should live a holy, consecrated life; he should separate himself from the world and all its lust in obedience to the command of God.Rapture and Second ComingActs 1:11I Thessalonians 4:16-18Revelation 19:11-20:5 Matthew 24:42The Lord Jesus Christ Himself is coming in the air at any moment to catch up those that have received Him. Those saved of all ages will stand at the judgment seat of Christ: following is the marriage supper of the Lamb. We believe in the personal, bodily, visible, pre millennial return (second coming) of Christ. Those left behind will go through a period called the Tribulation, after which Christ Himself shall return to the earth visibly in body to set up His Kingdom of one thousand years of righteous rule: after this the unbelievers of all ages will stand at the Great White Throne to be judged and cast into the Lake of Fire, separated from God forever, while the believers spend eternity in the fullness of joy in Heaven with the Lord.Baptism and The Lord’s SupperI Corinthians 11:17-34Acts 8:38Mark 1:9-10We believe there are two ordinances of the local church: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Scriptural baptism is immersion in water of believers, in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, administered by the authority of a New Testament Church and is pre-requisite to the privileges of a church relation and to the Lord’s Supper. The Lord’s Supper is a memorial ordinance of the local church members. The members of this local church, by the sacred used of unleavened bread and the fruit of the vine, grape juice, are to commemorate together the dying love of Christ. This is a local church ordinance. Non-church members do not participate.Devil or SatanMatthew 4:1-3Revelation 20:1-3II Corinthians 4:3-4I Peter 5:8Revelation 20:10Isaiah 14:12-15We believe in the personality of Satan; that he is the god of this world, blinding “the minds of them which believe not,” and the author of all the power of darkness. We believe that Satan was once holy, and enjoyed heavenly honors: but through pride and ambition to be as the Almighty, fell and drew after him a host of angels. Satan is the author of all false religions, of apostasy, and the author of the powers of darkness. However, he is destined to final defeat at the hands of God’s own Son, and to the judgment of an eternal justice in Hell, a place prepared for him and his angels.ResurrectionJohn 20I Corinthians 15:12-28Luke 24:1-7Hebrews 9:24We believe in the bodily resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, and that He arose bodily the third day according to the scriptures from the tomb, and ascended bodily into Heaven. Through His resurrection a sure hope of immortality and everlasting life is given to all who have been saved by His grace. He is at the right hand of God as our “Mediator, merciful and faithful High Priest, and Advocate.” John 20, I Corinthians 15:12-28, Luke 24:1-7, Hebrews 9:24.Eternal SecurityJohn 10:27-30I Peter 1:5Ephesians 4:30, Romans 8:35-39John 5:24Philippians 1:6We believe in the eternal security of all believers in our Lord Jesus Christ. When a person is born again they have everlasting life which cannot be taken away from them. God’s children are kept by the power of God through faith unto eternal salvation and sealed unto the day of redemption. John 10:27-30, I Peter 1:5, Ephesians 4:30, Romans 8:35-39, John 5:24, Philippians 1:6.Soul-winning and MissionsMatthew 28:19-20Mark 16:15John 20:21Acts 1:8We believe that the great Commission to evangelize the world was given to the church by our risen Lord and that this evangelization is the mission of the church. The Great Commission was given to the local church who was commanded to “Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.” Christ commanded His church to “teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” Matthew 28:19-20, Mark 16:15, John 20:21, Acts 1:8SanctificationI Thessalonians 5:23I Thessalonians 4:1-10I Corinthians 6:11II Peter 3:18II Corinthians 3:18II Thessalonians 2:13Romans 8:5We believe that sanctification is a personal separation from things that are unclean to things that are holy, clean, and sacred; that it is a progressive work that is begun in regeneration: that it is carried on in the hearts of the believers by the presence and power of the Holy Spirit. The sanctification of the believer will be complete at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Then, and only then will we be sanctified wholly: body, soul, and spirit.I Thessalonians 5:23, I Thessalonians 4:1-10, I Corinthians 6:11, II Peter 3:18, II Corinthians 3:18, II Thessalonians 2:13, Romans 8:5Local ChurchMark 16:15Ephesians 1:22-23I Timothy 3Titus 1Acts 20:17-20Ephesians 3:21We believe that a scriptural church is a visible assembly of baptized believers, covenanted together under New Testament law for the purpose of carrying out the Great Commission, with an unbroken history from the personal ministry of Jesus on earth to this present day; that this church is a self-governed independent body having Christ as the head, the Holy Spirit for its guide and the Bible as the only rule of faith and practice. The only scriptural offices of the church are the bishop (or pastor) and deacons. The two ordinances of the local church are Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. On all matters of membership, of policy, of government, of discipline, of benevolence, etc., the will of the local church is final. Mark 16:15, Ephesians 1:22-23, I Timothy 3, Titus 1, Acts 20:17-20, Ephesians 3:21Human SexualityGenesis 2:24Genesis 19:5 &13Genesis 26:8-9Leviticus 18:1-30Romans 1:26-29I Corinthians 5:1; 6:9I Thessalonians 4:1-8Hebrews 13:4We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity should be engaged in outside of a marriage between a man and a woman. We believe that any form of homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, incest, fornication, adultery and pornography are sinful perversions of God’s gift of sex.AbortionJob 3:16Psalm 51:5139:14-16Isaiah 44:24; 49:1 & 5Jeremiah 1:5; 20:15-18Luke 1:44We believe that human life begins at conception and that the unborn child is a living human being. Abortion constitutes the unjustified, unexcused taking of unborn human life. Abortion is murder. We reject any teaching that abortions of pregnancies due to rape, incest, birth defects, gender selection, birth or population control, or the mental well-being of the mother are acceptable.