We believe in the verbal inspiration of the Holy Bible, both the Old and New Testament. (II Timothy 3:16; Hebrews 4:12; I Peter 1:23-25; II Peter 1:19-21)
We believe in one God revealed and manifested in three persons —the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 3:16-17, 23, 29; John 17)
We believe that man in his natural state is a sinner, lost, undone, without hope and without God. (Romans 3:19-23; Galatians 3:22; Ephesians 2:1-2, 12)
We believe that Jesus Christ of Nazareth is God come in the flesh and that He is both divine and human. (Luke 1:26-38; John 14:1-3; Acts 2:36; 3:14-15; Phil 2:5-12; Hebrews 1:3-15)
We believe in the saving power of the blood of Jesus Christ and His imputed righteousness to all who believe on Him with faith. (Acts 4:12; Romans 4:1-9; 5:1-11; Ephesians 1:3-15)
We believe that Jesus Christ ascended to the Father and is presently seated at the right hand of the Father making intercession for us. (John 14:1-6; Romans 8:24)
We believe in the visible bodily return of Jesus Christ to this earth to gather His Church (Bride) and judge the world. (Acts 1:10-11; I Thessalonians 4:13-18; II Thessalonians 1:7-10; James 5:8; Revelation 1;7)
We believe that God’s plan of finance for His work is by tithes and offerings and that it is a joy for His children to acknowledge His Lordship in this manner. (Malachi 3:6-12; Genesis 14:17-20; Hebrews 7:1-10; Matthew 23:23; II Corinthians 8 & 9; Acts 20:35)
We believe that the terms of salvation are repentance toward God for sin, and a personal, heartfelt faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, which results in the regeneration of the person. This salvation is entirely by the grace of our Lord and not of works. Works are excluded except as fruit of salvation. (Acts 3:19-20; Romans 4:1-5; 5:1; 10:9-10; Ephesians 2:8-10)
We believe that the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ is a local expression of a Body of Believers who have been baptized in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, who are under recognized, delegated authorities; and who assemble to worship, carry forth the Great Commission, and minister as the Holy Spirit leads. (Matthew 16:18; 28:19-20; Acts 2:42-47; 20:28; Ephesians 5:22-32; I Timothy 3:15)
We believe that two ordinances of the Church are water baptism and communion (The Lord’s Supper). (Matthew 3:15-16; 28:19; Acts 8:38; Romans 6:14; Luke 22:13-20)
We believe that believers should seek, as the early disciples did, to practice the separated life from the world and unto Jesus Christ, and to set standards of conduct which shall exalt our Lord and His Church. (Romans 12:1-3; II Corinthians 6:17; Galatians 6:14; Ephesians 5:11; Colossians 3:17)
We believe that the Holy Scriptures clearly set forth the doctrines of eternal punishment for the lost and eternal bliss and salvation for the saved—hell for the unsaved and heaven for the save. (Matthew 25:34, 41, 46; Luke 16:19-31; John 14:1-3; Rev 20:11-15
We believe the Holy Spirit to be the Third Person of the Trinity whose purpose in the redemption of man is to convict him of sin, regenerate the repentant believer, guide the believer into understanding of the Holy Scriptures, and to indwell and give gifts to believers as He wills, that they might minister as Christ would to men. We believe that the manifestation of the Holy Spirit recorded in I Corinthians 12:18-21 shall operate in the churches today which yield to the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe a believer can be baptized in the Holy Spirit during the time Jesus regenerates him or at any time subsequent to his regeneration (new birth) experience.
We believe that God uses doctors, medicine and other material means for healing. However, we believe that divine healing has been provided for us in the Atonement of our Lord Jesus Christ. Divine healing may be received through the laying on of hands by elders, laying on of hands by believers, by the anointing with oil and the prayer for faith or by a direct act of faith where the believer receives healing from the Lord Jesus Christ without ministry from anyone else. (Isaiah 53:5; James 5:14-16; Mark 16:18; I Corinthians 12:9; Mark 11:23)
We believe that each believer is a priest of the Lord Jesus Christ and has direct access to the Father through the Lord Jesus. Each person must believe for himself, be baptized for himself, obey for himself and answer to his Creator for himself. (Revelation 1:6; I Peter 2:9)
