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Doctrinal Statement of Belief
1. We believe that the Scriptures of both Old and New
Testaments are verbally inspired by God and inerrant in the original writing so
as to be the final and sufficient rule of faith and practice.
(2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21; Acts 1:16; l Corinthians 2:12-13)
2. We believe that there is one God, eternally existing in
three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit.
(Mark 12:29; Matthew 23:9; John
1:1-3; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Hebrews
1:1-3)
3. We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy
Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, and that He is both perfect Man and perfect
God.
(Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:18,22,23; Luke 1:30-32,35)
4. We believe that man was created in the image of God, that
he sinned in Eden and thereby incurred both physical and spiritual death, the
latter being a separation from God; and that all human beings inherit a sinful
nature, being void of all spiritual life and subject to sin and Satan.
(Genesis 1:26;
3:1-6; John 3:3, 6; Romans 3:23; 5:12-19; Ephesians 2:1-3)
5. We believe that Christ died for our sins as a
representative and substitutionary sacrifice; and that all who receive Him by
faith receive salvation, there being no other way.
(John 1:12; 3:16; 5:24; Romans
5:6-9; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 3:13; Ephesians 2:2-9; 1 Peter 1:18-21)
6. We believe that all who receive Christ as Savior are
born-again by the Holy Spirit, and receive an assurance based solely upon the
Word of God.
(John 3:1-8; 10:28-29; Romans 8:33-39; Titus 3:5-6; 2 Timothy 1:12)
7. We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of
our Lord, in His ascension into heaven, and in His present ministry there as
our High Priest and advocate, whence He has sent the Holy Spirit to indwell
every believer.
(John 7:38-39; 1 Corinthians 3:16; 6:19; 15:3-20; Acts 1 :3-9; John
14:16-17; Romans 8:9; Hebrews 4:14-16)
8. We believe that the true, universal church consists of all who are born again by the
Holy Spirit, who unites us into one, regardless of tongue or nation; and that
we should therefore meet together as a local church, keeping the unity of the
Spirit in pure and peaceable love.
(Romans 12:5; 1 Corinthians 12:12-27; Ephesians
4:1-6)
9. We believe that the Christian is called upon to live, not
according to the old nature, but according to the new nature born in him at his
conversion, so that he should, by constant submission to the will of God,
always witness in word and deed to the truth of the gospel.
(Romans 8:12-14; Galatians
5:16-25; 2 Corinthians 6:14; 7:1; Ephesians4:22-24; Colossians 3:1-10,17; Titus
2:1,10-14; 1 Peter1:14-16)
10. We believe in the personal pre-millennial return of our
Lord; first to take the saved to Himself, and then to establish His throne on
the earth for a thousand years.
(John 14:1-3; Acts 1:10-11; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Hebrews 9:28)
11. We believe in the bodily resurrection of both the saved
and the unsaved, the everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the everlasting
punishment of the lost.
(1 Corinthians 15:20-24; 2 Thessalonians 1: 7-10; Revelation 20-21)
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