We believe the Bible to be the revealed Word of God, fully and verbally inspired of God. We believe the Scriptures to be the inerrant, infallible Word of God, as found within the 66 books from Genesis to Revelation. We believe that God not only inspired every word, but that He has preserved them through the ages. The Bible is our sole authority of faith and practice. We use the King James Version translation in our church. (Psalm 12:6–7; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; 1 Peter 1:23-25; 2 Peter 1:19-21)
God
We believe that there is one, and only one, living and true God, the Maker and supreme Ruler of heaven and earth; inexpressibly glorious in holiness, and worthy of all possible glory, honor, faith, and love; that in the unity of the Godhead there are three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, equal in the great work of redemption, and equal in divine perfection, yet one God. (Deuteronomy 6:4; I Timothy 1:17; James 1:17; I John 4:4)
Jesus Christ
We believe Jesus Christ to be the one and only Savior of mankind. We believe Jesus Christ to be eternally God and to possess all the attributes of Deity. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ was virgin-born, that He was God incarnate, and that the purposes of the incarnation were to reveal God, to redeem men, and to rule over God's kingdom. We believe Jesus Christ never relinquished any attributes of His Deity, but merely veiled them. We believe He lived a perfect, sinless life, at the end of which He was offered for all mankind as a substitutionary sacrifice for man's sin. This sacrifice was a just payment to God for the forgiveness of sin. It was activated by His death through the shedding of His blood on the cross and was accepted by God upon His resurrection. We believe He ascended into Heaven after His resurrection to be seated at the right hand of the Father. (Psalm 2:7-9; Isaiah 7:14, 9:6, 43:11; Micah 5:2; Matthew 1:25; Luke 1:26-35; John 1:1, 1:3, 14, 18, 29; Romans 3:19-25; Romans 5:6-15; Philippians 2:5-11; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 1 Timothy 2:5; 1 Timothy 3:16; Titus 2:10-15; Hebrews 7:26, 9:24-28; 1 Peter 1:19, 2:2; 1 John 1:3; Revelation 20:1-6)
The Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is a divine person; equal with God the Father and God the Son and of the same nature; that he was active in the creation; that He convicts of sin, of judgment, and of righteousness; that He bears witness to the Truth of the Gospel in preaching and testimony; that He is the agent in the New Birth; that He seals, endues, guides, witnesses, sanctifies, and helps the believer. We believe the Holy Spirit is the divine Administrator for Jesus Christ in His churches. We believe that miraculous spiritual manifestation gifts were done away with when the Bible was completed. Faith, Hope and Love are the vital abiding Spiritual Gifts. (Genesis 1:2; John 3:5-6; John 14:16; Acts 1:5; Acts 11:15; 1 Corinthians 3:16; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; 1 Corinthians 12:13)
Sin And Salvation
We believe all men were born with an inherited sin nature received from our common ancestor, Adam. We believe that because of his nature, man is a sinner by choice, and he is totally incapable of reforming himself or ceasing from his sin by his own power. We believe the only hope for man salvation in Jesus Christ alone. A sinner receives this salvation upon hearing the gospel of Jesus and responding properly to that message. A saving response includes a recognition or agreement with God about his sinful condition and inability to change it, and a turning to Jesus Christ by faith as the only Savior. We believe that only through the substitutionary sacrifice of Christ on the cross can a man be delivered from his sin. We do not believe works contribute in any way to how a sinner receives salvation. A sinner must believe, trust, in what Christ has done for him in His death on the cross, burial and resurrection. We believe that all those who reject Jesus Christ as their Savior are already condemned to an eternity in the lake of fire. (Genesis 2:17, Genesis 5:1-5; John 3:16-18, 36; Acts 4:19; Acts 16:31; Romans 3:10-23; Romans 5:6-12; Romans 6:23; Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5-6; Revelation 20:11-14)
The New Testament Church
We believe that the church began during the earthly ministry of Jesus Christ and was empowered on the day of Pentecost. We believe the local church is composed of members who have been saved and baptized according to the command of Christ, and have voluntarily united together for the purposes of worship, fellowship, service, and observance of the ordinances of baptism and the Lords supper. We believe the church is always a local, visible assembly. (Matthew 16:16-18; Acts 1:15; Acts 2:41-43; Acts 11:15; Acts 20:28; 1 Corinthians 15: 51-58; Ephesians 1:12-14; Ephesians 5:25-30; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 1 Timothy 3:4-15)
Missions
We believe that Jesus has given the local church a great commission to proclaim the Gospel of Christ to all nations, tribes, ethnic groups, and language groups. Included in that great commission is the command to baptize new believers and make them disciples of Christ through teaching them further the truths of God's word. As ambassadors of Christ we must use all available means to go to the foreign nations and not wait for them to come to us. (Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:15; Luke 24:46-48; John 20:21; Acts 1:8; 2 Corinthians 5:20)
Creation
We believe that God created the universe in six literal, 24-hour days. We reject Darwinian evolution, the gap theory, the day-age theory, theistic evolution, and intelligent design not attributed to God as unscriptural theories of origin. (Genesis 1-2; Exodus 20:11)
The Second Coming
We believe in the literal interpretation of the Scriptures in their grammatical and historical context. We believe the Lord is coming back to earth and will receive His saints unto Himself. We believe in the pre-millennial return of Christ to the earth and His literal rule of one thousand years. Following this one thousand years is the Great White Throne judgment of the unsaved and then the new Heaven and new earth will be created. (I Corinthians 15:51-58; I Thessalonians 4:13-18; I Thessalonians 5:1-9; Revelation 20:1-6; Revelation 20:11-15; Revelation 21:1-4)