We Believe...

• the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the verbally and plenarily inspired and inerrant Word of God. We use the King James version.
• in the Trinitarian nature of God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, as three distinct persons, yet one in being, essence, and power.
• in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. He was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, and became the incarnate Son of God; Emmanuel, God with us.
• in the personality and deity of the Holy Spirit.
• in the reality and personality of angels including Satan, the great enemy of God and man.
• in the fall of man and his consequent depravity. Sin is universal in man and exceedingly heinous to God. All men are guilty and in a lost condition apart from Christ.
• in salvation by the sacrifice of Christ received by grace through faith alone. We do not believe baptism, speaking in tongues, receiving of sacraments, or any other means of works, either saves or keeps a person saved.
  (Romans 3:24-30, 4:3-8; Ephesians 1:6-7; 2:8-9; I Peter 1:3-5)
  He shed His blood to accomplish propitiation to God, redemption from sin, and reconciliation of man. “Christ died for us” and “bore our sins in His body on the tree”
  (I Peter 2:24).
• that it is the privilege of believers to rejoice in the assurance of their salvation through the testimony of God's Word. However, the Bible clearly forbids the use of "Christian liberty" as an occasion to the flesh. We also believe all who are truly saved are kept saved forever.
  (Romans 13:13-14; Galatians 5:13; Titus 2:11-15; Hebrews 6:1-8; John 5:24, 6:37, 10:27-29; I John 5:11-13).
• that God gives a spiritual gift to each believer for the building up of the body of Christ.
  (I Peter 4:10; Romans 12:3-8)
  However, we believe that speaking in tongues ceased with the completion of the canon. Speaking in tongues is not a part of our ministry. It is neither necessary nor beneficial for our Christian life.
  (I Corinthians 13:8-10)
  We are non-charismatic. Concerning healing, we believe that God answers the prayers of His people and meets their needs according to His purpose and plans
  (James 5).
• in the physical resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead and His glorified bodily presence at the right hand of God as our Advocate and only High Priest
  (Acts 1:9-10; Romans 8:34; I Timothy 2:5. Hebrews 7:25; 9:24; I John 2:12).
• in the imminent coming of our Lord Jesus Christ to receive His church unto Himself
  (I Thessalonians 4:13-18; Revelation 4:1).
• in the subsequent, visible and premillennial` return of Christ with His church, to establish his promised worldwide kingdom on the earth
  (Zechariah 14:4-11; I Thessalonians 5:1-10; Revelation 19:11-16, 20:1-6).
• in the physical resurrection of all men, the saints to everlasting joy and bliss, the wicked to conscious and eternal torment
  (Matthew 25:46; John 5:28-29, 11:25-26; Revelation 20:5, 6, 12, and 13).