What We Believe

We believe in one God eternally existing in three persons, namely: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (2 Cor 13:14; Matt 28:17-18; Heb. 1:1-2; Gen 1:1-2; John 1:1-2).

We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit, and born of Mary when she was still a virgin, and that He is true God and true Man (Luke 1:3, 5; John 14:7-11; 10:30; 1 Tim 2:15; 1 John 5:20).

We believe that the Holy Spirit is a person who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment; and that He is the Supernatural Agent in regeneration, baptizing all believers into the Body of Christ, indwelling and sealing them unto the Day of Redemption (John 16:8-11; 2 Cor 3:6; 1 Cor 12:12-14; Rom 8:9; Eph 1:13-14). We believe that He is the Divine Teacher who guides believers into all truth; and that it is the privilege and duty of all the saved to be filled with the Spirit (John 16:13; 1 John 2:20, 27; Eph 5:18).

We believe that man was created by God, from the dust of the earth in God’s image; but that when Adam sinned, death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. As a result of Adam’s sin all men were born with a sinful nature which makes them sinners in thought, word, and deed (Gen 1:26-27; 2:7; Rom 5:12; 3:10-12; 3:23; Job 15:14; 25:4; Eccl 7:20).

We believe that the heathen, even though they have never heard the Gospel, are still lost; and that it is the tremendous responsibility of every child of God to do all he can to see that they hear the Gospel, which alone can save (Rom 1:18-20; Mark 16:15-16; John 3:18; John 14:6; Acts 4:12).

We believe that the only escape from the penalty and power of sin is to receive the Lord Jesus Christ by faith; He alone is our Sacrifice and Substitute, having suffered the wrath of God for us, and whose blood cleanses us from all sin (John 1:29; Heb 9:26; 1 John 1:7; 2 Cor 5:21; Luke 13:3; Eph 2:8-9).

We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of Jesus Christ, and his ascension into Heaven, where He is now seated at the Father’s right hand, as our only High Priest and Intercessor (John 20:24-29; 1 Pet 3:21-22; Heb 9:24; 7:25; 1 Cor 15:3-7).

We believe that all who receive by faith the Lord Jesus Christ, who died and rose from the dead, become children of God, being born again by the Holy Spirit; and that such have eternal life and shall never perish. We also believe that all such are members of the true Church or Body of Jesus Christ that knows no bound of denomination or sect (John 1:11-13; 3:5-6; John 5:24; Eph 1:13-14; John 10:27-29; 1 Cor 12:12-13; Eph 4:4-6; 5:25-27).

We believe that sanctification is threefold: first, that our standing in Christ is now perfect (2 Cor 5:21; Heb 10:10-14); second, that our daily walk is imperfect, but we must endeavor to grow in grace (2 Cor 7:1, 11; 2 Pet 3:18; Phil 3:10-12); third, that we shall all be made perfect like Christ when we shall see Him face to face (1 John 3:2; Phil 3:20-21; 1 Cor.15:51-53).

We believe that the Scriptures teach that all believers are to be baptized by water, and we preach and practice immersion (Matt 28:19-20; Mark 16:15-16; Rom 6:3-4; Acts 8:36-38; 2:41-42).

We believe that the Lord’s Supper is an ordinance given for believers only, to be remembered until He comes. It serves as a proclamation of His death, a reminder of our gathering together unto Him; it symbolizes the fact that an abiding fellowship in the Lord Jesus Christ can only be maintained by self-examination and confession of sin; it pictures our need of constantly partaking of Christ for spiritual sustenance; it bespeaks a unity of the Body of Christ—the Church (1 Cor 11:24-26; 10:16-17; I Cor 5; Matt 26:26-29).

We believe that all who have been saved by faith in Jesus Christ shall be raised from the dead into everlasting blessedness; and that all others shall be raised from the dead into everlasting conscious punishment in Hell (1 Thess 4:13-18; Rev 20:4-6; 11-15).

We believe that, according to the Word of God, the next great event in the fulfillment of prophecy will be the coming of Christ into the air to receive to Himself both His own who are alive and remain unto His coming, and also all who have fallen asleep in Jesus, and that this event is the blessed hope set before us in the Gospel, and for this we should be constantly looking. We believe, next, that the taking away of the saved ones will be followed by the great tribulation in the earth, which was predicted by our Lord, and that finally He will bring to end that time of judgment for the whole earth by His own appearing (John 14:1-3; 1 Cor 15:51-52; Phil 3:20; 1 Thess. 4:13-18; 1 Thess 5:9-10; Rom 5:9; Titus 2:11-14; 2 Thess 2:7-10; Matthew 24:29-31).

We believe that this same Jesus Christ will return to the earth as He left it, and will set up His Kingdom on the earth to rule and to reign for one thousand years, and the day and hour of His return no man knows (Acts 1:10-11; Psalm 2; Rev 19:11-16; 20: 4-6; Matt 24:36).