• Concerning The Scriptures
• Concerning The Godhead
• Concerning Satan
• Concerning Man
• Concerning Salvation
• Concerning Sanctification
• Concerning The Church

Concerning The Scriptures

We believe in the verbal complete in all respects, plenary inspiration of the Scriptures (Old and New Testaments). By verbal, we mean that the original writers were guided by the Holy Spirit in the exact choice of words yet respecting and using the personality characteristics, style and vocabulary of each writer. By the words "complete in all respects, plenary", we believe that this divine verbal inspiration extends equally and fully to all parts of the original manuscripts - historical, poetical, doctrinal, and prophetical - so that every word is both infallible as to truth and final as to divine authority (II Tim. 3:16-17; II Pet. 1:21; John 10:35; II Pet. 3:16). 

We believe in the literal method of interpretation; which gives to each word the same exact meaning it would have in normal, ordinary, customary usage, whether employed in writing, speaking or thinking. We believe that the greater part of the bible makes sense when interpreted literally; that it is the only sane and safe check on the imaginations of man; that it grounds interpretation in fact; delivers us from both reason and mysticism; and that this approach does not blindly rule out figures of speech, symbols., allegories and types; but if the nature of the sentence so demands, it readily yields to the second sense; we should seek no other sense; we must take every word at its primary, ordinary, literal, usual meaning unless the context indicates clearly otherwise. 

However, we believe that the following principles are prerequisites to a proper interpretation of the scriptures; these are: one must be born again and have an utter dependence upon the Holy Spirit to guide and direct (John 16:7-14; I Cor. 2:7-16). 

We also believe one must interpret according to the immediate context; according to the larger context, such as the scope or the design of the book itself; and by comparing Scripture with Scripture. 

Concerning The Godhead

We believe in one God, who is a personal and eternal Spirit, perfect and unchangeable in all his attributes. this is one God eternally exists in three persons, impossible of division, but capable of distinction as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. All have precisely the same nature, attributes and perfections, and are worthy of precisely the same homage, confidence and obedience (Deut. 6:4; I Kings 8:60; Psalm 90:1-2; Isaiah 45:5-6; Matt. 3:16-17; 16:16; 28:18-19; Mark 12:29; John 1:1-14; Luke 22:70; 11:13; John 10:30; 14:10-11, 16-17; Acts 5:3-4; II Cor. 13:14; Heb 1:1-3; Rev. 1:4-6). 

GOD THE FATHER: We believe in God the Father as Creator of heaven and earth, perfect in holiness, infinite in wisdom, and measureless in power. We marvel and rejoice that He concerns Himself mercifully in the affairs of men; that He hears and answers prayer; and that He saves from sin, it power over our life, and from spiritual death. He also takes the fear out of physical death for all who come to Him through faith in the substitutionary death of Jesus Christ upon the Cross (Gen. 1:1; Psalm 34:6; 147:5; John 1:3, 3:36; 6;27; Rom. 6:1-13; I Cor. 15:2-4; Col. 1:16-17; Heb. 2:14-15; I John 1:5, 2:1-2; Rev. 3:20, 19:6). 

JESUS CHRIST: We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, that He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and was born of the Virgin Mary, and is very God and very man. We believe that His death on the cross was substitutionary and representative and a sufficient expiation (atonement) for the guilt of all men. We believe that He was raised from the dead bodily, and ascended to the right hand of the Father where He now carries on a ministry as Advocate and Intercessor for the saints. 

THE HOLY SPIRIT: We believe in the deity and the personality of the Holy Spirit and that He is said to be eternally "proceeding" from the Father and the Son. We believe that the Holy Spirit was God's agent in the revelation and the inspiration of His Word. We believe that it is the Holy Spirit who performs the work of salvation in the heart of the individual believer and, that He then indwells believers and bestows spiritual gifts upon them. (I Cor. 2:11; Eph. 4:30; John 16:13-14; 15:26; 16:7-8; I Cor. 6:14; Gen. 1:2; II Pet. 1:21; Acts 5:3-4; Titus 3:5; I Cor. 6:19-20; Rom. 5:5; II Cor. 1:22; I Cor. 12; Eph 5:18). 

Concerning Satan

Satan's Work: The work of Satan and the demons is the attempted subversion and supplanting of the work of God. By a subtle suggestion, Satan accomplished the moral fall of the progenitors of the human race, subjecting them and their posterity to his own power (Gen. 3:1-7; Job l:12; 2:6; Exec. 28:13-15; Zech. 3:1-2; John 8:44; II Cor. 4:3-4; Eph. 2:2). 

Satan continues as the enemy of God and the accuser of God's people and persistently seeks to counterfeit the works and truth of God (II Cor. 2:10-11; 11:13-15; Eph. 6:12,16; I Pet. 5:8; Rev. 12:10). 

We believe that Satan was judged at the cross.

Concerning Man

His Original Nature: Man was directly and immediately created in the image of God, free from sin. He was created with a rational nature, great intelligence and moral responsibility to God (Gen. 1:26-28; 2:15-25; I Thess. 5:23; James 3:9). 

His Original Purpose: He was originally created with the divine intention that he should glorify God, enjoy His fellowship, and fulfill His will and purposes in the earth (Gen. 1:26-30; Is. 43:7; Col. 1:16; Rev. 4:11). 

His Subsequent Sin: Man subsequently fell into sin by a voluntary act of personal disobedience to the revealed will of God (Gen. 2:16-17; 3:1-19; I Tim. 2:13-14). 

His Present Condition: As a consequence, man became subject to the wrath of God, inherently corrupt, and incapable of choosing or doing that which is acceptable to God apart from divine grace. Thus, he is hopelessly lost apart from the salvation which is in the Lord Jesus Christ (John 3:36; Rom 3:23; 6:23; I Cor. 2:14; Eph. 2:1-3; I John 1:8). 

The fall of man was an historical and non-repeatable act, the effects of which are transmitted to all men of all ages, Jesus Christ excepted. All men thus are sinners by divine pronouncement, nature, and deed, and thus face God's wrath and judgment (Psalm 14:1-3; Jer. 17:9; Rom. 3:23; 5:12-19; James 2:10). 

Concerning Salvation

We believe that Salvation is by grace through faith based upon the redemption work of our Lord Jesus Christ. All who receive the Lord Jesus Christ through faith are born again of the Holy Spirit. (Rom. 3:24; Eph. 2:8-9; John 3:5; John 1:12-13). 

We believe that, because of the eternal purpose of God toward the objects of His love, because of His freedom to exercise grace toward the merit less on the ground of the propitiatory blood of Christ, because of the very nature of the divine gift of eternal life, because of the present and unending intercession and advocacy of Christ in heaven, because of the immutability of the unchangeable covenants of God, because of the regenerating, abiding presence of the Holy Spirit in the hearts of all who are saved, once salvation has transpired it is eternal and unchangeable (John 5:24; 10:28; 13:1; 14:16-17; 17:11; Rom. 8:29-39; John 3:3,8; I Cor. 6:19; Heb. 7:25; John 17:15; I John 2:1-2; 5:13; Jude 1:24; II Tim 1:12). 

God's Grace: We believe that all men inherit a sinful nature from the fall of Adam, are totally depraved and separated from God by sin, and are unable to earn salvation; that salvation from sin is by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone; that salvation by grace brings justification, regeneration, the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, forgiveness of sins, deliverance from eternal condemnation, entrance into God's family, eternal life in God's kingdom, and future resurrection; and that saving grace brings repentance and leads to a new life manifested in following Christ and submission to God's moral law.

Concerning Sanctification

We believe that sanctification, which is a setting-apart unto God, is twofold: 

1. Sanctification is already complete for every saved person because his position toward God is the same as Christ's position. Since the believer is in Christ, he is set apart unto God in the measure in which Christ is set apart unto God.
2. We believe, however, that he retains his sin nature, which cannot be eradicated in this life. However, provision has been made for victory over the old nature. Therefore, while the standing of the Christian in Christ is perfect, his present state is not more perfect than his experience in daily life. There is, consequently, a progressive sanctification wherein the Christian is to "grow in grace," and to be changed by the unhindered power of the Spirit.

Concerning The Church

It's Nature: All who have placed their faith in Christ are united together immediately by the Holy Spirit in one spiritual body, the church, of which Christ is the Head. This body began on the day of Pentecost, and will be completed at the coming of Christ for His own. In addition to the spiritual union and communion which extends to the entirety of the body of Christ, the members of this one spiritual body are directed to associate themselves together in local assemblies (Matt. 16:18; Acts 1:4,5; 11:15; 2:46,47; I Cor. 12:13; Eph. 1:22-23; 2:19-22; 3:4-6; 5:25-27; Col. l:18; Heb. 10:25). 

Its Mission: We believe the church as the Body of Christ has a four-fold mission: 

1. Worship - The highest privilege and responsibility of the church both gathered and scattered is worship and adoration of our great God, the Father and our Savior Jesus Christ the Lord through the eternal Spirit (John 16:13-14; 4:23-24; Acts 2:42; Rev. 4:11; 5:12-13).
2. Instruction - The central life line of the church is the Word of God. Therefore, one of the prime responsibilities is the nurture of the believer through the instruction and admonition of our Father's Word (Col. 1:28; Acts 20:28,32; II Tim. 3:16; 2:2).
3. Fellowship - Since the believer is a part of a body and not simply an isolated individual, one of the primary responsibilities of the church is to so order its corporate life that genuine fellowship is precipitated among believers (Acts 2:42; Heb. 10:24-25; Phil. 2:1-4; I John 1:3).
4. Evangelism - The last command of the risen Christ was for His followers to make disciples permeate the entire world in a continuous effort to disciple men (Matt. 20:28; Acts 1:8; I Pet. 3:15; Col. 1:28