(A)    The Scriptures:

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    1)    We believe in the verbal plenary inspiration of the Scriptures

(both the Old and New Testaments) and that “all Scripture is given by inspiration of God  (II Tim. 3:16).”

 

     2)    The Scriptures are inerrant, infallible and God-breathed, and therefore are the final authority for faith and life.

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    3)    We believe the original autographs are without error because of the work of the Holy Spirit as he moved each man to record the Words of God.   (II Pet. 1:20,21).

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(B)    Dispensationalism

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    1)    We believe that the Scriptures interpreted in their natural, literal sense reveal divinely determined dispensations or rules of life which define man's responsibilities in successive ages.

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    2)    These dispensations are not ways of salvation, but rather are divinely ordered stewardships by which God directs man according to His purpose.  Three of these dispensations -- the age of law, the age of the Church, and the age of the Kingdom of God are the subjects of detailed revelation in Scripture.  (Gen 1:28; I Cor. 9:17; 2 Cor. 3:9-18; Gal. 3:13-25; Eph. 1:10; 3:2-10; Col. 1:24-27; Rev. 20:2-6)

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(D)    The Person And Works Of Jesus Christ:  

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    1)    We believe that Jesus Christ is God (John 10:30; 20:31) and that He is eternal  

               (John     1:1,2).  

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    2)    We believe that when Jesus Christ came to take on the form of man  (Phil. 2:6-8) that He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin (Isaiah  53:4-6; Heb. 9:26;     I Cor. 15:3).  

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    3)    And, most important, we believe that after He died and was buried that “He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures” (I Cor. 15:4).

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    4)    We believe that Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption through His death on the cross as a vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice; and that our justification is made sure by His literal, physical resurrection from the dead.  (Acts 2:18-36; Rom. 3:24-25; I Pet. 2:24; Eph. 1:17; I Pet. 1:3-5).

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    5)    We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended to Heaven, and is now exalted at the right hand of God, where, He is our High Priest, Intercessor, and Advocate  (Acts 1:9-10; Heb. 9:24; 7:25; Rom. 8:34; I John 2:1-2). 
 

 

(E)    The Person And Work Of The Holy Spirit:  

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    1)    We believe that the Holy Spirit is God and indwells every believer  (I Cor. 6:19; Rom. 8).  

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    2)    We believe that the Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin, and of righteousness,  and of judgment (John 6:8). 

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    3)    That He is active in the new birth (John 3:5,6) that He testifies of Christ  (John 15:26),that He seals the believer unto the day of redemption  (Eph. 4:30) and that He makes intercession for believers (Rom. 8:26).  

    4)    We believe that man hinders the Holy Spirit in having all of himself due to sin.  Therefore, it is essential for man to be filled with the Spirit (Eph. 5:18) or controlled by the Spirit by keeping sin confessed and walking in the light  (I John 1:6,7).

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    5)    Being filled with the Spirit is not the same as speaking in tongues, which we believe stopped, along with the other sign gifts, at the completion of the Word of God  (I Cor. 13:8,10).

 

(F)    Satan:  

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    1)    We believe that Satan is a real and personable being who is void of truth  (John 8:44).  

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    2)    We believe also that he is the god of this world (II Cor. 4:4), who has blinded the eyes of them which believe not (Acts 26:18) and that he is in constant battlement against  Christians (Eph. 6:11,12).

 

(G)    Creation:  

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    1)    We believe in, and accept by faith (Heb. 11:3) the Genesis account of creation                 

(Gen. 1:1,2).  

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    2)    We believe that God created all things (Col. 1:16), including man.  

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    3)    Our belief in creation discounts all hypothesis of evolution.

 

(H)    Hell:  

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    1)    We believe in a literal hell of everlasting fire (Matt. 25:41), everlasting destruction (II Thess. 1:9), and everlasting punishment (Matt. 25:46).

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(I)    Heaven:  

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    1)    We believe in a literal heaven where Jesus is today preparing a place for His believers (John 14:1,2).  

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    2)    We believe that only those who have received Jesus Christ into their hearts will be able to enter (Matt. 7:13,14) into heaven.

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(J)    Fall of man:  

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    1)    We believe that God created man in innocence, but by willful disobedience man sinned (Rom. 5:12,19) and because of this, everyone is a sinner (Rom. 3:20,23) with an inherited sinful nature (Psa. 51:5).  

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    2)    Therefore, man is under just condemnation (John 3:19) without defense or excuse (Rom. 5:16-18).

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(K)    Salvation:  

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    1)    We believe that salvation is of the Lord (Phil. 1:6) on the merit of the shed blood of Jesus Christ (Rom. 3:24,26).  

    2)    Salvation is a free gift (Eph. 2:8-9; Rom. 6:23), which excludes any possible merit on the basis of works (Eph. 2:8,9; II Tim. 1:9; Titus 3:5).  

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    3)    We believe that the two essential doctrines that must be present in every lost person who wants to be saved are repentance (Acts 2:38) and faith (Acts 16:13; Rom. 10:9,10).  

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    4)    We also believe that once a person has been saved that there is no chance of his ever going to hell, and that he is eternally secure in Christ (John 3:16,36; I John 5:11-13).

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(L)    Church:  

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    1)    We believe that the local church is a group of professing believers in Christ who unite together to serve Christ (Matt. 28:19,20).  

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    2)    From this same commission, the church also has the responsibility of teaching and             evangelizing and baptizing.  
   
   3)    The local church is designed to provide fellowship, worship, discipleship, ministry, and outreach.

(M)    Ordinances:

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    1)    Lord’s Supper:  

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        We believe that the Lord’s Supper symbolizes the Lord’s death (I Cor.11: 26).  

        We believe that the elements used to symbolize His blood and body should be grape juice and crackers, or bread.

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    2)    Baptism:  

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        We believe that baptism is a symbol of the believer’s identification with Christ in his burial and resurrection (Rom. 6:4,5).  

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        We believe that the only Scriptural mode of baptism is by immersion in water.

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(N)    Lord’s Second Coming:  

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    We believe in the imminent premillennial, pretribulation, and bodily (Acts 1:11) return of Jesus Christ (Matt. 24:42,44) at which time the true church will meet Him in the air.