Our Statement of Faith
  1. We believe in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as verbally inspired of God, and inerrant in the original writing, and that they are of supreme and final authority in matters of faith and practice, the true center of Christian union. (11 Timothy 3:16; 11 Peter 1:20,21).

  2. We believe that God is a sovereign, living, intelligent, rational Being and that He has a plan for man and for the universe. We believe He has the will, power, and authority, and is actively engaged in carrying that plan to completion. (Genesis 18:25; Isaiah 57:15; Ephesians 2: 10; Romans 8:28,29). We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Deuteronomy 6:4, 5; 1 Corinthians 8:6; 1 John 5:7; Matthew 28:19).

  3. We believe in the literal Genesis account of creation. We believe that man was created in the image of God, that he sinned and thereby incurred not only physical death, but also Spiritual death, which is separation from God; and that all human beings since the fall are born with a sinful nature, and, in the case of those who reach the age of moral responsibility, are sinners in thought, word, and deed. (Genesis 1:26,27; Romans 5:12; Romans 3:23).

  4. We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit and born of Mary, a virgin, and is true God and true man. (Matthew 1:18-20; Luke 1:26-38; John 1:1, 2, 14, 18; 14:7-11; 20:28; Galatians 4:4, 5).

  5. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice, and that all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood and His resurrection. (1 Corinthians 15:1-4; Hebrews 10:9-12; Romans 3:24-26; 4:25).

  6. We believe in the "eternal security" of the believer; that it is impossible for one born into the family of God ever to be lost. (John 1:12; 10:27,28; 1 John 5:9-13; 1 Peter 1:3-5; Jude 1).

  7. We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, in His ascension into heaven, and in His present life there as High Priest and Advocate. (1 Corinthians 15:1-20; John 20:24-29; Hebrews 1:3; Acts 1:10, 11; Hebrews 4:14-16; 7:25; 1 Timothy 2:5)

  8. We believe in "that blessed hope"-the personal, premillennial, pretribulational, and imminent return of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, when the church will be "gathered unto Him." (Titus 2:13; Acts 1:10, 11; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 1 Corinthians 15:51-58).

  9. We believe in the literal fulfillment of the prophecies and promises of the Scriptures which foretell and assure the future regeneration and restoration of Israel as a nation. (Ezekiel 37:11-14, 21-28; Romans 11:26,27).

  10. We believe that all who receive by faith the Lord Jesus Christ are born again of the Holy Spirit and thereby become children of God. (John 1:12; 3:5; Ephesians 2:8,9; Galatians 3:26; Titus 3:5).

  11. We believe in the "soul liberty" of every individual. Soul liberty is the implementation of the truth that "We must obey God rather than men." Every man must give answer to God individually, and therefore no other man, and no church, can act as his conscience now. He has the right to interpret the Scriptures for himself and the responsibility to answer to God for the way in which he has done so. He has, as a believer, the Holy Spirit to guide and enable him apart from any other ministry of man or the church. (1 John 2:27; Romans 14:5; 2 Timothy 2:15; 1 Corinthians 2:9-14).

  12. We believe in the priesthood of all believers; that all believers have immediate access into the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, that we need no human agency to intercede for us before the throne of grace; and that Jesus Christ is our only mediator before God. (Hebrews 10:19; 13:15; 1 Peter 2:1-10; 1 Timothy 2:5).

  13. We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust, the everlasting blessedness of the saved and the everlasting punishment of the lost. [For a sequence of events, see 15b] (John 5:21-30: Daniel 12:2, 3; Revelation 20:4-6, 11-15; 21:8; 2 Thessalonians 1: 7-10; John 14:1-6).

  14. The Church:

    1. We believe that the universal church is the mystical body of Christ of which He is the Head, and the regenerate believers of this age, Jew and Gentile alike are the members. (Ephesians 5:23-32; Matthew 16:18; Acts 2; Colossians 3:11).

    2. The local church is a body of baptized [immersed] believers in Christ, with scriptural officers of pastors and deacons, organized to meet together for the purpose of observing the ordinances and to carry out the principles, precepts, and commission of Christ. [cf. Article 11: Purpose] (1 Timothy 3:15; Acts 2:41-47, 14:23; Ephesians 4:11-16; Matthew 28:18-20).

    3. We believe that the scriptural ordinances of the Church are baptism [immersion] and the Lord’s Supper, that baptism should be administered to believers only as a symbol of their belief in the death, burial, and resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and as a testimony to the world of that belief and that the Lord’s Supper should be partaken of by baptized believers only to show forth His death, till He comes. (Matthew 3:16; Acts 8:26-39; Romans 6:3-5; 1 Corinthians 11:23-28).

    4. We believe in the sovereignty and independence of each local church from any centralized power, whether from other churches, denominations, or the State. We believe in the separation of Church and State. We believe in obeying the "powers that be" of government except where they violate the commands of God’s Word. (Romans 13:1-7; Acts 4:19,20; 5:29; 15:19-31; Daniel 3:17,18).

  15. Church Age and Eschatology:

    1. We believe in this the Church age, commonly know as the dispensation of the age of grace, that the Holy Spirit indwells each and every believer from the moment he receives Christ as Saviour. We believe this Indwelling alone makes it possible to live a victorious Christian life. We believe that the speaking in tongues and divine healing movements are not related as outward evidence of the Spirit-filled life. We believe that the Spirit-filled life is to be the normal experience of every born again Christian, and that regardless of one's place or station in life, he is filled with the Spirit when he is yielded to the Holy Spirit and is occupied with Jesus Christ and the Word of God. (1 Corintians 6:19,20; Romans 8:1-14; John 14:16-18; 16:7-14; Ephesians 5:18; 6:17; Hebrews 4:12).

    2. We believe this age will end with the rapture of the mystical body of the Church referred to under Article IV, Section 8. At that time the Holy Spirit as the restrainer and indweller will be removed from the world, thus paving the way for the following events:

      1. The Day of God's Wrath commonly known as the Great Tribulation period and the last week of the prophetic 70 weeks given to Daniel. (Daniel 9:24-27; 12: 1; Revelation 6:16,17; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; 5:9)

      2. The revealing and judgement of the wicked one commonly known as the antichrist or son of perdition. (2 Thessalonians 2:13-17; Revelation 19:20; 20:10).

      3. The Judgement Seat of Christ and the Marriage Lamb during the seven year Tribulation period will take place in the heavenlies. The Judgement Seat of Christ will be the rewarding of the Church. (Revelation 19:7-9; Romans 14: 10; 1 Corinthians 3:9-15; 2 Corinthians 5:10).

      4. The Revelation of Jesus Christ when He comes back to earth with His saints to stand on the Mount of Olives in the full radiance of His eternal glory. (Matthew 24:27-3 1; Jude 14,15; Zechariah 14:1-9).

      5. The Judgement of the Nations. (Matthew 25:31,32).

      6. The Millennial Reign of Jesus Christ-a literal reign of 1,000 years by Jesus Christ on earth over all people, nations, and tongues. This will especially be the fulfillment of the promises to Israel for the Messiah, the King to reign on the throne of David. [cf. Statement of Faith, #9] (Revelation 20:1-6; Philippians 2:9-11).

      7. The resurrection of the unsaved dead. (Revelation 20:5).

      8. The Great White Throne judgement and eternity. (Revelation 20:7-15).

  16. We believe in the personality of Satan, that he is the unholy god of this age, and the author of all the powers of darkness, and is destined to the judgement of an eternal Justice in the lake of fire. (Matthew 4:1-3; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Revelation 20:10).

  17. We believe it is our duty to raise a standard of Biblical separation from worldliness, Modernism, Neo-Evangelism, Neo-Orthodoxy, Ecumenism, and all such compromise of all organizations and/or individuals who are not in full agreement with this same purpose. (Acts 20:26-31; Romans 16:17; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Ephesians 5:11; Titus 3:10; 2 John 7-11; Jude 3; 2 Thessalonians 3:14,15).