What We Believe

We believe that the Bible teaches: That the Scripture, both the “Old” and the “New” Testaments, were verbally inspired by God,  without error in the original writings, and that they are supreme and final in authority.

That there is one God eternally existent in three Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, co-equal in power and glory, identical in their essential nature, attributes and perfection.

That the Lord Jesus Christ was begotten in the flesh by the Holy Spirit through the Virgin Mary, being thus true God and true man, and the only Mediator between God and Man.

That the Holy Spirit is a Person of the Triune Godhead, who convicts men of sin and indwells believers for a life of victory and seals them unto the “Day of Redemption.”

That Satan is a personality, that he is the archenemy of God and man, that he seeks to discredit and dishonor God and to deceive those whom God would save.

That man was created by God in His image, not a product of evolution, but that man fell into sin and thereby in creed to himself prosperity, not only physical death, but also that spiritual death which is separation from God; and that all human beings are born with sinful nature, and totally depraved, having no spark of divine life.

That the Lord Jesus Christ voluntarily died as a substitutionary sacrifice for our sins and that all who believe Him are justified by His death, burial, and resurrection.

That salvation is not of works, but by grace alone, and that all who receive the Lord Jesus Christ by faith as a personal Savior, are born again of the Holy Spirit, thus becoming the Children of God, and are indwelt by the Holy Spirit and baptized by Him into that Spiritual Body (the Church) of which Christ is Head.

That all who trust fully in saving power of the Lord Jesus Christ are eternally secure and that their final state shall be one of eternal bliss with God and the “redeemed” of all ages.

That our Lord was raised from the dead, that He ascended into heaven where He is now “High Priest” and “Advocate” for all true believers.

That a local “New Testament Church” consists of a company of believers baptized into Jesus Christ who, by leading of the Holy Spirit, have voluntarily associated themselves for worship, for instruction and for service for our Lord as a local manifestation of the Body of Christ.

That a local “New Testament Church” is an autonomous body and must be free from interference by any convention, ecclesiastical or political authority.

That Church and State must be kept separate as having different functions, each fulfilling its duties free from the dictates or patronage of the other.

That water baptism by immersion and the Lord’s Supper are the only ordinances of the Church of this age.  That Christ is coming again personally, bodily, visibly, to this earth to set up His millennial Kingdom.

That the saved shall appear in Heaven at the Judgment Seat of Christ to receive rewards and to dwell with him for all eternity.  The lost shall be judged at the Great White Throne and be cast into eternal hell.