Scripture
We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be verbally and plenarily inspired Word of God. The Scriptures are inerrant, infallible, and they are the sole authority for faith and life. The sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments are the complete and divine revelation of God to man. God has and will continue to preserve His Word. We believe the King James Bible to be the preserved Word of God for the English speaking people.
The Godhead
We believe in one Triune God existing in God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. All are equal in power and glory.
God is the creator of all and created all in six literal days.
We believe Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God. He became man without ceasing to be God. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He gave His life for the substitutionary atonement for all mankind’s sin. Through His death, burial, and resurrection our justification is made sure. The Lord Jesus Christ ascended unto Heaven and now sits on the right hand of God. He is our High Priest and sits as our Intercessor and Advocate
We believe the Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment. He is the He is the Supernatural Agent in regeneration, indwelling all believers and sealing them unto the day of redemption.
Creation
God is the creator and it is clearly shown in Scripture. We believe God created all in six literal days. We reject any teaching outside of God being the creator.
Satan
Scriptures are clear Satan is a literal being who is the enemy of God and man. We believe that Satan is a created angelic being who through his rebellion was cast out of heaven. He wages spiritual warfare against the purposes of God. Satan will be eternally punished in the Lake of Fire.
Man
Man was created in the image of God but Adam fell into sin and therefore all mankind inherited a sin nature. Sin brought forth spiritual and physical death which separated man from God thus bringing eternal condemnation to man.
We believe God made man and woman distinctly and He forbids any attempt to alter one’s God-given gender by any means.
Salvation
We believe that the clear message of salvation is repentance toward God and faith in Jesus Christ. It is the gift of God brought to man by grace through faith in His only begotten Son. The gift of salvation is available unto all who will personally trust in the virgin birth, death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The Church
We believe the church is made up of all born again believers as the espoused bride of Christ. The local church is made up of an assembly of believers. We believe the establishment and continuance of the local church is clearly taught and defined in the New Testament Scriptures. The local church is autonomous and free from any external authority or control as Christ is the head. We recognize water baptism by immersion and the Lord’s Supper as the Scriptural ordinances of obedience for the church.
Separation
We believe the saved should live in a manner as to not bring reproach upon the Saviour and Lord. e saved are to separate from all religious apostasy, all worldly and sinful pleasures, practices, and associations as commanded by God.
Marriage
We believe that the only marriage recognized by Scripture is the joining of one man and one woman. God expressly forbids intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of a marriage between one man and one woman. We believe that any form of homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, bestiality, incest, fornication, adultery, and pornography are perversions of God’s intended purposes and therefore are sin.
The Rapture Of The Church
We believe the Lord will call away His church prior to the seven year tribulation. All the bodies of the saved who have died will rise and those who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
The Second Coming Of Christ
After the rapture of the church there will be a seven year tribulation period and at the end of the tribulation Christ will personally return with His saints unto the earth. Christ will establish His earthly Messianic Kingdom as He has promised.
Eternity
We believe in a literal Heaven for those who have been born again to spend all eternity with the Lord. We believe in a literal Hell for those who reject Christ as Saviour and after all judgement they will spend all eternity in the torments of the Lake of Fire.
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