Doctrinal Statement

We Believe That...

The Bible, consisting of sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments, is the inerrant and complete Word of God and the final authority in all matters of faith and practice. (2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Pet. 1:20-21; Jude 3)

There is one God, eternally existing in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Deut. 6:4; Matt. 28:19; Luke 3:21-22)

The Lord Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God, conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, and is true God and true man. (Luke 1:30-35; John 1:18, 3:16; Phil. 2:5-11)

Man was created in the image of God; man sinned and thereby incurred not only physical death, but also spiritual death, which is separation from God; and, as a consequence, all mankind is declared by God to be totally depraved, having inherited a sinful nature and having become sinners in thought, word and deed. (Gen. 1:26-27, 2:16-17, 3:6-19; Rom. 3:10-23, 6:23, 7:18, 11:32; Gal. 3:22)

The Lord Jesus Christ died as a substitutionary and complete sacrifice for the sins of the whole world and only those who believe in Him are saved, and this on the basis of His shed blood. (Rom. 3:24-28; 5:8-10; 1 Tim. 2:5-6; 1 John 2:1-2)

The Lord Jesus Christ arose from the dead in the same body in which He was crucified; He ascended into heaven in His resurrected, glorified body and is now exalted at the right hand of the Father as Head of the Church. (John 20:1-19; Acts 1:9-11; Eph. 1:20-23; Heb. 1:3)

Both the believer and unbeliever will be resurrected bodily in their own order: the saved unto everlasting bliss; the lost unto everlasting and conscious punishment. (1 Cor. 15:1-50; 1 Thess. 4:13-18; Rev. 20:11-15; 21:22)

On the sole condition of personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, men are born again by the Holy Spirit; at regeneration, all believers in this age are indwelt by the Holy Spirit in the Body of Christ and irrevocably sealed by the Holy Spirit unto the day of redemption. (Rom. 3:24-28; 8:9-11; 1 Cor. 12:13; Eph. 4:30)

Sanctification, which is separation unto God, is threefold: (1) positionally, the believer was sanctified at his conversion by virtue of his union with Christ; (2) progressively, he is continually being sanctified through the Word as he walks in the Spirit, thereby overcoming the lusts of the flesh and producing the fruit of the Spirit; (3) ultimately, he will be completely conformed to the image of Christ when he sees his Savior face to face. (John 17:17; Eph. 5:26; Col. 3:1-4; Heb. 10:14; 1 John 3:1-3)

The Lord Jesus Christ will return to this earth personally, visibly and bodily to receive unto Himself the Church, which is His Body. (John 14:3; Acts 1:10-11; Eph. 1:22-23; Phil. 3:20-21; 1Thess. 4:13-18; Titus 2:11-14, Heb. 9:28)