​STATEMENT OF FAITH
WHAT WE BELIEVE

   We accept the Scriptures as our authority in matters of faith and practice, and adopt the following Doctrinal Statement as our interpretation of Bible doctrine.
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1.   We believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as verbally inspired of God and inerrant in the original writings, and that they are of supreme and final authority.  (Matt. 5:18, John 16:12-13, II Tim. 3:16-17, II Peter 1:19-21, Rev. 22:18-19)
   
   
2.   We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, three in one, co-equal, which is the Trinity.  (Deut. 6:4, Matt. 3:16-17, 28:19-20, John 1:1, 14, Acts 5:3-4, II Cor. 13:14, Col. 1:15-17)
   
   
3.   We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten of God, conceived of the Holy Spirit, and born of the Virgin Mary.  (Is. 7:14, Matt. 1:22-23, Luke 1:26-27, John 1:1-2, 14, Col. 1:15-20)
   
   
4.   We believe in the Holy Spirit, one of the three persons of the Trinity, who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment.  He is the life of every believer, and He empowers the preaching and teaching of the gospel.  (John 3:3-7, 16:7-11, Rom. 8:9, I Cor. 3:16, 12:12-14, II Cor. 1:22, 3:6, Eph. 1:13-14)
   
   
5.   We believe that man was created in the image of God, that he sinned, and thereby incurred not only physical death, but spiritual death, which is separation from God, and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature and are sinners in thought, word, and deed.  (Gen. 1:26-27, Rom. 3:22-23, 5:12, Eph. 2:1-3, 12)
   
   
6.   We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice, and that all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood.  (John 1:12, 3:16, Eph. 1:7, 2:8-10, I Peter 1:18-19)
   
   
7.   We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, His ascension into heaven and His present life there as High Priest and Advocate for all believers.  (Acts 1:9-10, Rom 8:34, I Tim. 2:5, Heb. 7:25, 8:1, I John 2:1-2)
   
   
8.   We believe in that “blessed hope”, the personal, premillennial, and imminent return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  (Dan. 9:1-27, Zech. 14:4-11, I Thes. 1:10, 4:13-18, 5:9, II Thes. 2:7-8, Rev. 1:7, 3:10, 19:11-16, 20:6)
   
   
9.  We believe that all who receive by faith the Lord Jesus Christ are born again of the Holy Spirit, and thereby they become children of God, and heirs of eternal life.  This is a relationship in which they are eternally secure. (John 10:29, 2 Tim. 1:12, Heb. 7:25, 10:10, 14, I Peter 1:3-5)
   
   
10. We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust, the everlasting conscious suffering of the lost, and the joy of the saved, which demand heaven and hell.  (Matt. 25:46, John 5:28-29, 11:25-26, Rev. 20:5-6, 12-13)
    
    
11. We believe in the existence of a personal Devil (Satan), who is working in the world to thwart the work of God and to deny Christ as our Savior and will be eternally punished in the lake of fire.  (Job 1:6-7, Isa. 14:12-17, Ezk. 28:12-19, Matt. 4:1-11, 25:41, Rev. 20:10)
    
    
12. We believe in the Church, the body of Christ, whose mission it is to preach the gospel to all the world with its endeavors being supported by the freewill gifts and offerings of the people.  (I Cor. 12:12-14, II Cor. 11:2, Eph. 1:22-23, 5:25-27)
    
    
13. We believe that the ordinances of the Church, given by our Lord, are Baptism (by immersion following conversion) and the Lord’s Table (communion).  (Matt. 28:19-20, Acts 2:41-42, 18:8, Rom. 6:4, I Cor. 11:23-26)