We believe that the Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired; that it is inerrant in its original writings; that it is final and complete in authority; and that it is the standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and opinions be tried. 2 Timothy 3:15-17; Hebrews 1:1-2

We believe that there is one, and only one, true and living God; that in the Trinity of the God-Head there are the three; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, each with distinct personal attributes: but without division of nature, essence or being; equal in every divine perfection and executing distinct but harmonious offices in the great work of redemption. We worship one God in trinity and the trinity in unity, neither blending the persons nor dividing the essence.

God as Father reigns with providential care over His universe, His creatures, and the flow of the stream of human history according to the purposes of His grace. He is all powerful, all knowing, all loving, and all wise. God is Father in truth to those who become children of God through faith in Jesus Christ. He is fatherly in His attitude toward all men.

We believe that Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, and Second Person of the Trinity co-existent, co-equal, and co-essential with the Father, was supernaturally begotten by the Holy Spirit and was born of the Virgin Mary. We believe that he lived a sinless life, died a vicarious and substitutionary death on the cross, was buried, and rose again for the believer’s justification. We believe that He ascended to the right hand of God, where “He ever liveth to make intercession for us,” from whence He will make a personal, visible, and literal return to dower and great glory, and at a time which no man knows.

We believe the Holy Spirit the third person of the Trinity, co-existent, co-equal, and co-essential with the Father and the Son, convicts of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment; indwells every individual believer; empowers Christians for service; gives instruction and guidance in the things of God; comforts Christians in all of life’s experiences; and seals them unto the day of redemption.

We believe that man was created by God as a direct and immediate act and not by a process of evolution, (Gen 1:26-27) and that man, created in the image of God, fell, by an act of his own will, from his state of innocence and original purity and became a sinful person, and thereby incurred both physical and spiritual death. The sacredness of human personality is evident in that God created man in His own image, and in that Christ died for man; therefore, every person of every race possesses full dignity and is worthy of respect and Christian love. As a result of man’s fall, all human beings are born with a sinful nature, and because of this sinful nature, there is no hope of salvation apart from God’s provision in Jesus Christ.

We believe that salvation is by faith apart from works, wholly of God’s grace through the atoning death and the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ. (Eph 2:8-9) As a result of repentance toward God and faith in Jesus Christ, the sinner is born again through the work of the Holy Spirit. (John 1:12-13)

We believe that salvation is offered to all people and every person everywhere, as Jesus is “The propitiation for our sins and not for ours only but also for the whole world” (1 Jn 2:2) and the “Ransom for all” (1 Tim 2:6). We further believe that God desires the salvation of all people, as God “Desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth,” (1 Tim 2:4) and is “Not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9).

That election is the gracious purpose of God, according to which he regenerates, sanctifies, and saves sinners; that being perfectly consistent with the free agency of man, it comprehends all the means in connection with the end; that it is a most glorious display of God’s sovereign goodness, being infinitely wise, holy, and unchangeable; that it utterly excludes boasting, and promotes humility, prayer, praise, trust in God, and active imitation of his free mercy; that it encourages the use of means in the highest degree; that it is ascertained by its effects in all who believe the Gospels is the foundation of Christian assurance; and that to ascertain it with regard to ourselves, demands and deserves our utmost diligence.

We believe that justification is the act or decree of God whereby any lost sinner through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and His atoning blood becomes the “righteousness of God in Christ,” and is looked upon by the Lord as if he had never sinned.

We believe that sanctification is the process under God whereby those born again are set apart unto the mind and will of God, thereby experiencing growth and development in Christian character and service until the final culmination in the glory that is to be revealed at the last day.

We believe that those who have been born from above will be preserved to the end, being kept by the power of God through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

We believe that a New Testament church is a body of baptized believers, equal in rank and privileges, and associated under a covenant for the propagation and spread of the gospel to the whole world under the Lordship of Jesus Christ, its founder, and head. We believe that a church is an executive democracy, where Christ as head has allowed the congregation through direct democracy to execute His commands that are found in Scripture. The congregation has the authority to do all that Christ has commanded but does not have the authority to change, remove, or add to Christ’s commands. We believe that a New Testament church has two offices. The first office is that of Pastor(s)/Bishop(s)/Elder(s), and this office must be filled by a qualified man/men. The qualifications for this office are found in Titus 1:5-9, and 1 Timothy 3:1-7. The second office is that of deacons/ministers and this office must be filled by a qualified man/men. The qualifications for this office are found in 1 Timothy 3:8-13.

We believe that baptism, the initial ordinance of a New Testament church, is the immersion of a believer in water, under the authority of a New Testament church, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, symbolizing the death burial and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ; and portraying the death of the believer to the old life of sin and his resurrection to a new life “hid with Christ in God”; and setting forth in symbol the great resurrection day when “death shall be swallowed up in victory.” As the initial ordinance, it precedes all the rights and privileges of church membership and access to the Lord’s Table.

We believe that the Lord’s Supper is the recurrent ordinance of a New Testament church; that it was instituted by the Lord Jesus Himself, not as a sacrament, but as a memorial supper; that it is to be administered under the authority of the church by the use of bread and fruit of the vine symbolizing Christ’s broken body and shed blood; and is to be observed in remembrance of the Lord Jesus, as we “proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes” (1 Cor 11:26). As the members of a church have been entrusted with the celebration of the Lord’s Supper, they are responsible to protect or fence the Table from the unregenerate, the unbaptized, those who neglect the meeting together of God’s people, and those not in harmony with this New Testament church. As such, all New Testament churches have the right to determine how they will fence the Table.

We believe that the Lord’s Day, “the first day of the week,” commemorates the finished redemptive work of Jesus Christ by His resurrection from the dead. This Holy Day is to be kept sacred for worship of God and for Christian service.

We believe that prayer is the individual’s sole approach to God through our Lord Jesus Christ. We believe that the Bible teaches, by precept and example, the subjective and objective powers of prayer.

We believe that Satan, or the Devil, is the person directly responsible for the fall of man; and that, as a person, he is active in the affairs of human life today, “Deceiving the whole world.” He will one day be bound for a thousand years, so he cannot deceive the nations, but will be loosed at the end of those thousand years and gather an army against the Lord. He and his army will be defeated, and he will be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where he will be tormented day and night for all eternity (Rev 20:3, 7-10).

We believe that the miracles as recorded in both the Old and New Testaments are manifestations of the supernatural power of God and that they are in no sense mythical stories, fables, or fiction.

We believe that it is the duty and privilege of every follower of Christ and of every church of the Lord Jesus Christ to endeavor to make disciples of all nations. The new birth of man’s spirit by God’s Holy Spirit means the birth of love for others. Missionary effort on the part of all rests thus upon a spiritual necessity of the regenerate life, and is expressly and repeatedly commanded in the teachings of Christ. The Lord Jesus Christ has commanded the preaching of the gospel to all nations. It is the duty of every child of God to seek constantly to win the lost to Christ by verbal witness undergirded by a Christian lifestyle, and by other methods in harmony with the gospel of Christ.

We believe in the bodily resurrection of the dead, both the just at the first resurrection and the unjust at the second resurrection, by the miraculous power of God-the just to everlasting life, the unjust to everlasting punishment.

We believe that the return of Jesus Christ is imminent. We further believe that the Lord Jesus Christ will one day rule on the earth for a literal 1,000 years of peace and harmony.

We believe that God has appointed a day, wherein He will judge the world by Jesus Christ.

We believe in the reality of Heaven and Hell as eternal places; Heaven being the abode of the redeemed; Hell the abode of the damned. We believe that Heaven is the New Heaven and New Earth, and Hell is the Lake of Fire, which is the second death (Revelation 21:1-8)

We believe in the complete separation of Church and State. We believe that God alone is Lord of the conscience, and He has left it free from the doctrines and commandments of men which are contrary to His Word or not contained in it. Church and state should be separate. The state owes to every church protection and full freedom in the pursuit of its spiritual ends. In providing for such freedom no ecclesiastical group or denomination should be favored by the state more than others. Civil government being ordained of God, it is the duty of Christians to render loyal obedience thereto in all things not contrary to the revealed will of God. The church should not resort to the civil power to carry on its work. The gospel of Christ contemplates spiritual means alone for the pursuit of its ends. The state has no right to impose penalties for religious opinions of any kind. The state has no right to impose taxes for the support of any form of religion. A free church in a free state is the Christian ideal, and this implies the right of free and unhindered access to God on the part of all men, and the right to form and propagate opinions in the sphere of religion without interference by the civil power.

We believe that marriage is the union of one man and one woman. Marriage can never involve more than two people, nor can a marriage be of members of the same biological sex.

We believe that God has ordained the family as the foundational institution of human society. It is composed of persons related to one another by marriage, blood, or adoption. Marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for a lifetime. It is God’s unique gift to reveal the union between Christ and His church and to provide for the man and the woman in marriage the framework for intimate companionship, the channel of sexual expression according to biblical standards, and the means for procreation of the human race. The husband and wife are of equal worth before God, since both are created in God’s image. The marriage relationship models the way God relates to His people. A husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the church. He has the God-given responsibility to provide for, to protect, and to lead his family. A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ. She, being in the image of God as is her husband and thus equal to him, has the God-given responsibility to respect her husband and to serve as his helper in managing the household and nurturing the next generation. Children, from the moment of conception, are a blessing and heritage from the Lord. Parents are to demonstrate to their children God’s pattern for marriage. Parents are to teach their children spiritual and moral values and to lead them, through consistent lifestyle example and loving discipline, to make choices based on biblical truth. Children are to honor and obey their parents.

We believe God designates each individual their gender/sex. God ordained two genders/sexes, male and female. Mankind does not possess the authority to identify themselves differently than their biological sex assigned by God, and any attempt to alter one’s gender is sin.