1. We believe in the plenary-verbal inspiration of
the accepted canon of scriptures as originally
given. The scriptures are infallible, inerrant, and
the sole and final authority for all matters of
faith and conduct (II Timothy 3:16; I Corinthians
2:13). 2. We believe in the Eternal Godhead who has
revealed Himself as One God existing in three
persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
distinguishable but indivisible (Matthew 28:19; II
Corinthians 13:14).
3.
We believe in the creation, test and fall of man as
recorded in Genesis; his total spirit depravity and
inability to attain to Divine righteousness (Romans
5:12-18). 4. We believe in the Lord Jesus Christ,
the Savior of men, conceived of the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary, very God and very Man (Luke
1:26-35; John 1:14-18; Isaiah 7:14; 9:6). 5. We
believe Christ died for our sins, was buried and
rose again the third day, and personally appeared
unto His disciples (I Corinthians 15:1-4; Romans
4:25). 6. We believe in the bodily ascension of
Jesus to heaven, His exaltation, and personal,
literal and bodily coming again the second time for
His Church (John 14:2, 3 and I Thessalonians
4:13-18). 7. We believe in the salvation of sinners
by grace, through repentance and faith in the
perfect and sufficient work of the cross of Calvary
by which we obtain remission of sins (Ephesians
2:8-9; Hebrews 9:12-22; Romans 5:11). 8. We believe
in the necessity of water baptism by immersion in
the name of the Eternal Godhead in order to fulfill
the command of the Lord Jesus Christ (Matthew 28:19;
Acts 2:34-36; 19:1-6). 9. We believe in the baptism
of the Holy Spirit as real experience at or
subsequent to salvation, with the scriptural
evidence, namely, speaking in other tongues as the
Spirit gives utterance (Acts 2:1-4; 8:14-17;
10:44-46; Galatians 3:14-15). 10. We believe in the
operation of the gifts of the Spirit as enumerated
in I Corinthians 12-14 as manifested in the early
church. 11. We believe in the Spirit-filled life, a
life of separation from the world and perfecting of
holiness in the fear of God as expressing the true
Christian faith (Ephesians 5:18, II Corinthians
6:14; 7:1). 12. We believe in the healing of the
body by Divine power, or Divine healing in its
varied aspects as practiced in the early church
(Acts 4:30; Romans 8:11; I Corinthians 12:9; James
5:14). 13. We believe in the table of the Lord,
commonly called the Communion of the Lord’s Supper,
for believers (I Corinthians 11:28-32; Matthew
26:26-28). 14. We believe in the reality and
personality of the Devil and eternal judgment in the
Lake of Fire for the Devil and his angels (Matthew
25:41; Revelation 20:14-15). 15. We believe in
eternal life for believers (John 3:16; 5:24), and
eternal punishment for the unbelievers (mark
9:43-48; II Thessalonians 1:9; Revelation 20:10-15).
16. We believe that there is one true universal
Church, made up of genuine believers, but this one
universal Church is also composed of many local
churches in given localities. These churches are
under the sovereign headship of the Lord Jesus
Christ, exercising autonomous government under Him,
administering all its local affairs and ministry, as
well as the propagation of the Gospel (Acts 15:22;
with Matthew 16:18; 18:15-20). 17. We believe that
Government is ordained of God and the powers that be
are ordained as ministers of God to us for good. To
resist the powers and the ordinances is to resist
the ordinance of God. We are subject not only for
wrath sake but for conscience sake, rendering to all
their dues, custom to whom custom, fear to whom
fear, honor to whom honor. We declare out loyalty to
our Government and its leaders and will assist in
every way possible consistent with our faith in the
scriptures as Christian citizens (Romans 13).