1.1.1The Scriptures
We believe in the plenary, verbal inspiration of the original writings of the sixty-six books of the Bible, the Word of God.  The Word of God is the full and complete revelation of God's will for man, the supreme and final authority in all matters of faith and practice (II Timothy 3:16,17; II Peter 1:20,21; Jude 3).

1.1.2The Godhead
We believe in one God, eternally existing in three Persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit; co-eternal in being; co-identical in nature; co-equal in power and glory; and having the same attributes and perfections (Deuteronomy 6:4; II Corinthians 13:14; Matthew 28:18,19).

1.1.3Jesus Christ
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man, without ceasing to be God, having been conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary that He might reveal God and redeem sinful men (John 1:1,2,14,18; Luke 1:35).  We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our complete redemption through His death on the cross as a representative, propitiatory, and substitutional sacrifice, a redemption made sure to us by His literal, physical resurrection from the dead (Romans 3:24,25; 5:8-10; I Peter 2:24; Ephesians 1:7).  We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended into heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God the Father where, as our High Priest; He fulfills the ministry of Representative, Intercessor and Advocate (Acts 1:9-11; Romans 8:34; I Timothy 2:5; Hebrews 1:3; 6:19,20; 7:24,25; 9:24; I John 2:1,2).

1.1.4Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is a divine person, possessing all the attributes of deity; and that; in essence, He is equally God (Acts 5:3,4; II Corinthians 13:14).  We believe that the Holy Spirit is the Supernatural Agent in regeneration and sanctification, baptizing all believers into the body of Christ, indwelling equally and permanently with every believer, and sealing them unto the day of redemption (Romans 8:9; I Corinthians 6:11; 12:12-14; Ephesians 1:13,14; 4:30).  We believe that every unregenerate person, the moment he exercises faith in Christ as Savior, immediately possesses the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:9; I Corinthians 3:16; 6:19; Galatians 4:6; I Thessalonians 4:8).  We believe that He is the Divine Teacher who guides believers into all truth; that He sovereignly bestows spiritual gifts upon each believer; and that it is the privilege and duty of all the saved to be filled (controlled) with the Spirit (John 16:13; I Corinthians 12:4-7; Ephesians 5:18).

1.1.5Man and Original Sin
We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God but through Adam's sin the whole race fell, became alienated from God and inherited a sin nature, is totally depraved, possesses no spark of divine life, and of himself, is utterly helpless to remedy his lost condition apart from the grace of God (Genesis 1:25-27; Romans 3:22,23; 5:12; Ephesians 2:1-3, 12).

1.1.6Salvation
We believe that salvation is the gift of God brought to sinful man by grace and received solely by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ who accomplished complete redemption by His substitutionary death and shedding of His precious blood (John 3:18; Galatians 2:16; Ephesians 1:7; 2:8,9; Philippians 3:4-9; Titus 3:5; I Peter 1:18,19).

1.1.7The Church
We believe that the universal church, which is the body and the bride of Christ, is a spiritual organism made up of all born-again persons of the present age which began at Pentecost and shall be terminated at the rapture (Ephesians 1:22,23; I Corinthians 12:12-14; Romans 12:5; Matthew 16:16-18; Acts 2:42-47).  We believe that the establishment and continuance of the local church is clearly taught and defined in the New Testament Scriptures, being composed solely of believers (Acts 14:27; 20:17,28-32; I Timothy 3:1-13; Titus 1:5-11).  These churches worship on the first day of the week, the Lord's Day (John 20:19,26; Acts 20:7; I Corinthians 16:1,2; Hebrews 10:25).  We believe baptism by immersion should precede local church membership (Acts 8:35-38).

1.1.8The Personality of Satan
We believe that Satan is a personal being, the highest rank of all angelic creatures; that through pride, thereby becoming the author of sin and the cause of the fall of man.  He is the open and declared enemy of God and man; and he shall be eternally punished in the Lake of Fire (Genesis 3:1-19; Isaiah 14:12-17; Matthew 4:21; 25:41; Revelation 20:10).

1.1.9The Blessed Hope
We believe that the next great event in the fulfillment of prophecy will be the imminent, personal, pre-tribulation return of the Lord in the air to receive to Himself into heaven both His own who are alive and remain unto His coming and also all who have fallen asleep in Him.  This event is the blessed hope set before us in Scripture, and for this we should be constantly looking (John 14:1-3; I Corinthians 15:51,52; Philippians 3:20; I Thessalonians 4:13-18; Titus 2:11-14; I Thessalonians 1:10; Revelation 3:10).

1.1.10The Tribulation
We believe that the translation of the church will be followed by the fulfillment of Israel's seventieth week (Daniel 9:27; Revelation 6:1-19,21) during which the church, the body of Christ, will be in heaven.  This entire period of seven years will be a time of judgment on the whole earth, at the end of which, the times of the Gentiles will be brought to a close.  The latter half of this period will be the time of Jacob's trouble (Jeremiah 30:7), which our Lord called the great tribulation (Matthew 24:15-21; Revelation 6:1; 19:21).

1.1.11The Second Coming of Christ
We believe that the period of great tribulation will be climaxed by the return of the Lord Jesus Christ to earth as He went, in person, on the clouds of heaven, and with great glory to introduce the millennial age; to bind Satan and place him in the abyss; to lift the curse which now rests on the whole creation; to restore Israel to her own land and to give her the realization of God's covenant promises, and to bring the whole world to the knowledge of God (Deuteronomy 30:1-10; Isaiah 11:4-9; Ezekiel 37:21-28; Zechariah 14:4; Romans 8:19-23; 11:25-27; Revelation 20:1-3).

1.1.12The Eternal State
We believe in the bodily resurrection of all men, the saved to eternal life, and the unsaved to judgment and everlasting punishment (Matthew 25:46; John 5:28,29; 11:25,26; Revelation 20:5,6,12,13).  We believe that the souls of the redeemed are, at death, absent from the body and present with the Lord, where in conscious bliss they await the first resurrection, when spirit, soul and body are reunited to be glorified forever with the Lord (Luke 23:43; II Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23; 3:21; I Thessalonians 4:16,17; Revelation 20:4-6).  We believe that the souls of unbelievers remain after death, in conscious misery until the second resurrection, when with soul and body reunited; they shall appear at the Great White Throne Judgment, and shall be cast into the Lake of Fire, not to be annihilated, but to suffer everlasting, conscious punishment (Matthew 25:41-46; Mark 9:43-48; Luke 16:19-26; II Thessalonians 1:7-9; Jude 6,7; Revelation 20:11-15).             

1.1.13Historicity of the Bible
We believe in the full historicity and perspicuity of the Biblical record of primeval history, including the literal existence of Adam and Eve as the progenitors of all people, the literal fall and resultant divine curse on creation, the worldwide cataclysmic deluge, and the origin of nations and languages at the tower of Babel (Gen. 2:7; 2:21-25; 3:1-7; 3:8-19; 7:11-24; 11:1-9).

1.1.14Creation
We believe in the Genesis account of Creation, and that it is to be accepted literally, not allegorically nor figuratively we believe that man was created directly in God's own image and after His own likeness; that man's creation was not a matter of evolution or evolutionary change of species, or developments through interminable periods of time from lower to higher forms we believe that all animals and vegetable life were made directly, and God's established law was that they should bring forth only "after their kind" (Gen. 1:1-2:25; Ps. 8:5; John 1:2-3).
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