We preach Christ; crucified, risen, and coming again.

Doctrine of God

We believe that God is Spirit (John 4:24), holy (Leviticus 11:45), infinite (Psalm 145:3), eternal (Deuteronomy 33:27), and unchangeable (Malachi 3:6), in His essential nature and attributes; and that in Him all things have their source (Genesis 1:1), support (Colossians 1:17, Hebrews 1:3), and purpose (Ephesians 1:11).
We believe there is one true God (Deuteronomy 6:4-5, Matthew 28:19), existing in three persons (2 Corinthians 13:14); the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit, Who are co-eternal.

Doctrine of the Bible

We believe that the Bible is the very Word of God (Hebrews 1:1-2, 2 Peter 1:20-21), fully and verbally inspired in all its parts (2 Timothy 3:16, John 6:63, 1 Corinthians 2:13), and therefore, infallible and wholly without error in the original manuscripts (Matthew 5:18, Numbers 23:19). Thus, the Bible is the only rule for faith and conduct (Joshua 1:8, Psalm 119:9-11).

Doctrine of Christ

We believe in the Lord Jesus Christ Who is the Second Person of the Holy Trinity (Matthew 28:19), the eternal Word (John 1:1), our great God and Savior (Titus 2:13), the only begotten Son of the Father (Psalm 2:7, Matthew 3:17); Who, without any change in His essential nature (Hebrews 13:8), became man by the miracle of the virgin birth (John 1:14, Philippians 2:5-8, Matthew 1:23); and thus, becoming the God-Man forever, one Person with two natures (Colossians 2:9).
We believe that as Man, He was tempted yet remained sinless (Hebrews 4:15, John 8:46), He died upon the cross, bearing the sins of the world, suffering the full penalty of divine wrath in our behalf ( 1 John 2:2, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Isaiah 53:5-6).
We believe that it was necessary for Christ to shed his precious blood to redeem mankind, for without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sins (1 Peter 1:18-19, Acts 20:28, Hebrews 9:1-28).
We believe in His bodily resurrection (John 2:19-21, Luke 24:36-43, John 20:25-28), and His ascension into heaven (Luke 24:51, Acts 1:9), where He, as our High Priest, appears before God as our Advocate and Intercessor (Hebrews 5:6-10, Hebrews 7:25, Hebrews 9:11-24, 1 John 2:1).

Doctrine of the Holy Spirit

We believe in the Holy Spirit Who is God (Acts 5:3-4), the Third Person of the Holy Trinity (Matthew 28:19, 2 Corinthians 13:14); Who was active in the divine works of creation, revelation, and inspiration (Psalm 104:30, Genesis 1:2, 1 Corinthians 2:10, 2 Peter 1:21).
We believe He convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment (John 16:8-11); that He regenerates those who believe in Christ (John 3:5), and baptizes them into the Body of Christ (1 Corinthians 12:13).
We believe that He indwells, seals, fills, guides, teaches, and sanctifies all who become the children of God (John 14:17, 1 Corinthians 6:19, Ephesians 4:30, Ephesians 5:18, Romans 8:4, John 14:26, 1 Corinthians 6:11, 2 Corinthians 3:18).

Doctrine of Man

We believe that man was created by the direct act of God (Genesis 2:7, Psalm 100:3, Matthew 19:4), that man was created in the image of God (Genesis 1:26-27), possessing both holiness and the elements of personality. We reject all theories of evolution whether theistic or naturalistic.
We believe that man, through willful disobedience to the revealed will of God, fell into a state of sin (Genesis 3:1-24); that all persons are sinners both by nature inherited from Adam (Ephesians 2:4, Psalm 51:3, Romans 5:12), and by practice (Romans 1:21-32, Romans 3:9, 18, 23).
We believe that in this sinful condition individuals are separated from God, dead in trespasses and sins, alienated from God, and under the righteous indignation and wrath of God (Isaiah 59:2, Ephesians 2:1 and 5, Ephesians 4:18, Romans 1:18, Romans 6:23, John 3:36).
We believe that they are helpless, hopeless, and incapable of doing good in the sight of God or of saving themselves (Romans 7:18, Ephesians 2:12, Romans 3:12, Ephesians 2:9, Titus 3:5).

Doctrine of Salvation

We believe that salvation is through Christ alone (John 14:6, Acts 4:12), and that it is the free gift of God, not in any way earned by the works of the individual Romans 6:23, Titus 3:5, Romans 4:4-5, Ephesians 2:8-9).
We believe that all who have genuine faith in the Lord Jesus Christ receive eternal life, righteousness, sonship in the family of God, justification, and deliverance from condemnation (John 3:16 and 36, 1 John 5:13, Acts 16:30-31, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Romans 3:22, Galatians 3:36, Galatians 4:4-5, Ephesians 1:5, Romans 3:24, Romans 5:1, Romans 8:1, John 5:24).
We believe that all who receive Christ by faith become His and they will never perish (John 3:3, John 3:16, John 10:28).

Doctrine of the Security of the Believer

We believe that those who have faith in Christ and are genuinely born of the incorruptible Word of God (1 Peter 1:23), are also kept by the power of God (1 Peter 1:5), preserved in Christ (Jude 5), confirmed by Christ unto the completion of salvation (1 Corinthians 1:4-8), and sealed by the Holy Spirit unto the day of redemption (Ephesians 1:13-14), and are, therefore, secure in their Savior (Romans 8:28-39).

Doctrine of the Two Natures of the Believer

We believe that every saved person possesses two natures. He has the old nature, with which he was born, for the duration of his life, and a new nature received at the moment of salvation (Romans 7:15-25, Ephesians 4:22-24, Colossians 3:10). Although the old nature will not be finally and completely eradicated until the believer’s glorification, provision has been made for victory of the new nature over the old through the voluntary yielding of oneself to the power of the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:12-13, Romans 6:11-13, 1 John 3:5-10).

Doctrine of Good Works

We believe in righteous living and good works (Titus 2:14, Ephesians 3:8-10), not as the procuring cause of salvation, but as its proper evidence and fruit (John 15:16). Therefore, Christians should be careful to maintain good works (Titus 3:8), especially the responsibility and privilege of taking the Gospel of salvation to lost mankind (Acts 1:8, Mark 16:16).

Doctrine of Separation

(1) Personal separation We believe that since our Christian citizenship is in heaven (Philippians 3:20), we should walk in separation from this present evil world (1 John 2:15-16), having no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness (2 Corinthians 6:14-17).
We believe that as children of God, we should abstain from anything which defiles the mind or body (Ephesians 5:3-11, 1 Thessalonians 5:22, 1 Peter 2:11).
We believe that our behavior should not hinder the faith of other believers (1 Corinthians 8:9-13), that we should do only those things which glorify God (1 Corinthians 10:31), and which will edify both the individual and the group (1 Corinthians 10:23, 1 Corinthians 14:26). While maintaining a good testimony before unbelievers, we should avoid close association with them (2 Corinthians 6:14-17).
We believe that we should prayerfully seek to serve Christ in an atmosphere free from personal attitudes of distrust dishonesty, selfishness, or disrespect (Romans 12:14, Colossians 3:5-9 Ephesians 4:23-32).
(2) Ecclesiastical separation We believe that we should maintain separation from all ecclesiastical apostasy and unbelief (1 Timothy 6:1-5, 2 Timothy 2:16-17, Titus 3:10). Therefore, this church shall never join the National Council of Churches in America or the World Council of Churches. Furthermore, though recognizing the liberty of its member to fellowship as when the Spirit of God directs, as an institution, this church will have fellowship only with those Christian movements and organizations whose leaders and sponsors are not in any way connected with apostasy or unbelief.

Doctrine of the Church

(1) Universal We believe in the true, universal Church, which is the Body and Bride of Christ (Matthew 16:18, Hebrews 12:23, Ephesians 4:4, 2 Corinthians 12:12), into which all true believers of this present age are baptized by the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 5:23-27, Revelation 12:2), and of which Christ is the Head (Ephesians 5:23).
(2) Local We believe in the local church which is an assembly of baptized believers (Acts 2:41 and 47); that believers should identify themselves with a local assembly in their area for the purposes of being instructed, observing the ordinances, fellowship, and worshipping God (Hebrews 10:25, Acts 2:42, Matthew 19:20, 1 Corinthians 11:2, Acts 2:1 and 42).
(3) Ordinances We believe that there are only two ordinances of the Church: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper (Matthew 28:20).
We believe that Baptism is the immersion of the believer into the water in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:20), to show forth symbolically both the believer’s union with his crucified, buried and risen Lord, and his death to sin and resurrection to a new life (Romans 6:1-6).
We believe that the Lord’s Supper is the solemn and beautiful emblem, commemorating our Lord’s death until He Comes again (Luke 22:19-20).
(4) Scriptural Officers We believe that there are only two officers of the local church prescribed by Scripture: the pastor and the deacon (1 Timothy 3:1-7, 2 Timothy 3:8-13).
(5) Qualifications and ordination of Scriptural officers We believe that the qualifications for these officers are clearly set forth in Scripture (1 Timothy 3, Titus 1), and that new officers are to be publicly ordained to their offices by the laying on of hands of the ordaining body (1 Timothy 2:7, 1 Timothy 4:14, Titus 1:5).

The Ministry of Spiritual Gifts

We believe that God is sovereign in the bestowment of spiritual gifts (1 Corinthians 12:4-11, Ephesians 4:11-13); that gifts are given to individuals to equip them for service within the Body of Christ (Romans 12:3-8, 1 Corinthians 12:12-18); that gifted men have been given to the church for building up of the saints for the work of the ministry (Ephesians 4:11-13); and that the more spectacular gifts such as tongues and the working of miracles gradually ceased as the New Testament Scriptures were completed and their authority became established (Hebrews 2:4).
We therefore disavow any connection with or participation in the so-called “Charismatic” movement or any other movements and organizations which emphasize these sign gifts.

Doctrine of Satan

We believe in the real and personal existence of Satan (1 Chronicles 21:1), who is also called the Devil, Tempter, Abaddon and Apollyon, Beelzebub, and Belial (Matthew 4:1ff, Revelation 9:11, Matthew 12:24, 2 Corinthians 6:15).
We believe that Satan was created by God, that he was a holy and perfect being, but through pride and unlawful ambition he rebelled against God (Ezekiel 28:13-17, Isaiah 14:13-14), that he thus became the archenemy of God, and utterly depraved in character (John 6:44).
We believe that not only is Satan the Adversary of God and His people (Revelation 12:10, but also the Deceiver and god of this world (Revelation 12:9); that his powers are super-naturally great, but strictly limited by the permissive will of God who overrules all of Satan’s devices for good (Job 1:1-22, Luke 22:31-32).
We believe that Satan is the leader of a host of other wicked beings called by various names in Scripture (Matthew 12:24-26, Matthew 25:41); that he and his host were defeated and judged at the Cross, and their final doom is certain (John 12:31-32, John 16:11, Revelation 2:2, 10).

Doctrine of the Second Coming and Related Events

We believe in the literal second coming of Christ (John 14:1-3); that it will be personal, visible, and glorious, the blessed hope of the believer (Acts 1:11, Revelation 1:7, Titus 2:11-13); that it is an event for which believers should be watching and praying (Matthew 13:33-37, Revelation 22:20).
We believe that in the first phase of His coming, called the Rapture, Christ will return to raise the dead in Christ, and translate the living saints of God (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18); that after the catching away of the Church, He will pour out the righteous judgments of God upon the world during the time called the Tribulation (Revelation 19:1-20:6).
We believe that following the Tribulation period, He will return to the earth with His saints and establish His glorious and literal Kingdom over all the earth for one thousand years (Matthew 13:41-43); that at the close of this period, the unsaved wicked dead will be raised and judged at the great white throne (Revelation 20:11-15), after which He will deliver up the Kingdom to His Father in order that He may reign forever as the eternal Son of God in the New Heaven and New Earth (1 Corinthians 15:24-28, Luke 1:32-33, Revelation 21:1-22:6).

Doctrine of the Eternal States

We believe that the souls of the saved at death go immediately to be with Christ in Heaven (Philippians 1:21-23, 2 Corinthians 5:8), there to await the resurrection and transformation of their bodies at the return of Christ (Philippians 3:20-21, 1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 1 John 3:2); that at that time they shall be judged for rewards at the judgment seat of Christ (2 Corinthians 5:10, 1 Corinthians 3:8-15).
We believe that the souls of the wicked at death descend immediately into Hell (Hades) where they shall be kept under punishment until the day of their final judgment (Luke 16:19-31, 2 Peter 2:9); that their bodies shall be raised, and they shall be judged according to their works, and cast into a place of eternal punishment which is the second death (Revelation 20:11-15, Revelation 21:8, Mark 9:43-48).

Marriage and Family

We believe that marriage was ordained by God at creation as the lifelong, sacred union of one man and one woman. All sexual relations must therefore be reserved for that union. A Christian marriage is a covenant and a representation of Christ’s relationship to His church. We believe that God has established the family as the foundational institution of human society. We also believe that children are a blessing from the Lord. Thus, all human life is sacred and worthy of protection from the moment of conception. Genesis 1:26-28; Psalm 127 and 128; 139:13-16; Matthew 19:1-10; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11; Ephesians 5:22-33; Hebrews 13:4