Doctrinal Positions
We believe the Holy Bible, the Old and New Testaments, with it sixty-six canonical books in the original manuscripts is the verbal, plenary, inerrant, and infallible Word of God, entirely without error or contradiction in all matters of which it speaks; we additionally believe that God by His singular care and providence, has preserved His Holy Scriptures; and that the Holy Bible is, therefore, the only sufficient final and supreme rule and authority of faith and practice.
Psa. 12:6, 7; 119:89, 108, 132, 160; Mat. 5:18; 24:35; Luke 16:17; 2 Tim. 3:16, 17; Heb. 4:12; 1 Pet. 1:24, 25;
2 Pet. 1:21; Rev. 22:18-19.
We believe that God is Triune; that there are three persons in the Godhead, and these three are one God.
Mat. 28:19.
We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus; that He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. John 1 and Mat. 1.
We believe that the only way to be saved is by faith in the blood sacrifice, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; and that to those who thus become His sheep. He says, "I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand." Jn. 10:28 and Eph. 2:8-9.
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended into heaven and is now seated at the right hand of the Father; that He ever liveth to make intercession for all that come to God by Him.
Acts 1:9-11; Mat. 4:14 and Eph. 1:20-21.
We believe that the Church, which is the Body of Christ, began with the decent of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost; and that each one who receives the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal Savior is a member of the Body of Christ, and is indwelt by the Holy Spirit. 1 Cor. 12:12-28; 6:19-20.
We believe that the Gospel commission is for the Church; that the Lord's Supper and Water Baptism by immersion for believers only are Divine Institutions and that Christ desires us to practice them in this age.
Mat. 28:18-20 and 1 Cor. 11:23-29.
We believe that Christ may at any moment return in the air to rapture the Saints, and that Tribulation period of approximately seven years shall follow, after which He will come to earth with His Saints, and rule for a thousand years. After this the wicked will be judged and cast into the Lake of Fire.
I Thess. 4:13-18; 1 Cor. 15:51-57; Dan. 9:27; Matt. 24:15-21; 24:27; 25:26; Rev. 19:11; 20:10-12.
We believe that Satan is a person, the author of the Fall, and he shall be eternally punished.
Job 1:6; Gen. 3:1-19; Rev. 20:10.
We believe in the bodily resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust; in the eternal conscious punishment of the lost and the eternal joy of the saved. Rev. 20:11-15; 22:12-21; 1 Cor. 15:1-58.
Psa. 12:6, 7; 119:89, 108, 132, 160; Mat. 5:18; 24:35; Luke 16:17; 2 Tim. 3:16, 17; Heb. 4:12; 1 Pet. 1:24, 25;
2 Pet. 1:21; Rev. 22:18-19.
We believe that God is Triune; that there are three persons in the Godhead, and these three are one God.
Mat. 28:19.
We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus; that He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. John 1 and Mat. 1.
We believe that the only way to be saved is by faith in the blood sacrifice, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; and that to those who thus become His sheep. He says, "I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand." Jn. 10:28 and Eph. 2:8-9.
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended into heaven and is now seated at the right hand of the Father; that He ever liveth to make intercession for all that come to God by Him.
Acts 1:9-11; Mat. 4:14 and Eph. 1:20-21.
We believe that the Church, which is the Body of Christ, began with the decent of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost; and that each one who receives the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal Savior is a member of the Body of Christ, and is indwelt by the Holy Spirit. 1 Cor. 12:12-28; 6:19-20.
We believe that the Gospel commission is for the Church; that the Lord's Supper and Water Baptism by immersion for believers only are Divine Institutions and that Christ desires us to practice them in this age.
Mat. 28:18-20 and 1 Cor. 11:23-29.
We believe that Christ may at any moment return in the air to rapture the Saints, and that Tribulation period of approximately seven years shall follow, after which He will come to earth with His Saints, and rule for a thousand years. After this the wicked will be judged and cast into the Lake of Fire.
I Thess. 4:13-18; 1 Cor. 15:51-57; Dan. 9:27; Matt. 24:15-21; 24:27; 25:26; Rev. 19:11; 20:10-12.
We believe that Satan is a person, the author of the Fall, and he shall be eternally punished.
Job 1:6; Gen. 3:1-19; Rev. 20:10.
We believe in the bodily resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust; in the eternal conscious punishment of the lost and the eternal joy of the saved. Rev. 20:11-15; 22:12-21; 1 Cor. 15:1-58.