1. WE believe the sixty-six books of the Old and New
Testament Scripture alone to be verbally inspired by God, inerrant and infallible in the
original text, and that they alone are of supreme and final authority for faith and practice.
2. WE believe in one God who is Creator of heaven and earth,
who is infinite Spirit, light, love, and truth; eternal, almighty, infallible in all
things, including His foreknowledge of all future events as well as all free choices; that He is
unchangeable, all wise, just, holy and sovereign; and that the triune God eternally exists in one
essence and three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
3. WE believe in the special creation of the entire
space-time universe and of every basic form of life in the six days of the Genesis creation record.
WE also believe in the historicity of the biblical record, including the special creation of Adam
and Eve as the literal progenitors of all people, the literal fall and resultant divine curse
on the creation, the flood, and the origin of nations and diverse languages at the tower of
Babel.
4. WE believe in Jesus Christ, the Second Person of the
Trinity, the Eternal Word manifested in the flesh. WE believe that He was conceived by the Holy
Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, and that He is true God and true man, having two distinct
natures co-joined in one Person.
5. WE believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died as a
propitiatory and vicarious substitutionary sacrifice for sin and thus offers salvation as a free gift
based on grace alone through faith alone.
6. WE believe that the Lord Jesus Christ arose from the dead
in the same physical body, though glorified, in which He had lived and died, and that
His resurrection body is the pattern of that body which will be given to all believers at
the return of Christ.
7. WE believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended into
heaven in the same glorified physical body in which He arose, was seated at His Father's right
hand, assuring us of the perfection of His work of redemption, and that He now, as Head over all
things to the Church, is engaged on behalf of the saved as their only Advocate. The
Lord Jesus Christ is not at this time seated on the Davidic throne.
8. WE believe in the personal, imminent, pre-tribulation and
premillennial return of the Lord Jesus Christ for His saints followed by His millennial
(1,000 year) reign on earth. It is at this time he will fulfill all the promises made to
Israel and sit upon the Davidic throne in Jerusalem.
9. WE believe that man was originally created in the image
and likeness of God, and that he fell through sin; and that as a consequence of his sin, he
became dead in trespasses and sins, and that he became subject to the power of the devil.
WE also believe that this spiritual death, total depravity of human nature, has been transmitted
to the entire human race, the Man Christ Jesus alone being excepted; and hence that every
child of Adam is born into the world with a nature which is totally corrupt.
10. WE believe that only those who receive the Lord Jesus
Christ as Savior on the condition of faith alone, apart from all good works, are thereby born
again of the Holy Spirit, are justified once and for all, and have become children of God.
11. WE believe that the Holy Spirit, being the Third Person
of the Godhead, convicts men of sin, regenerates, indwells, baptizes, seals, and sets
believers apart to a holy life; that He keeps and empowers believers day by day. WE believe that He
is the Teacher of the Word of God through which He guides us in our daily lives.
12. WE believe in the eternal security (Perseverance of the
Saints) and everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the eternal conscious
punishment of the lost in hell.
13. WE believe that the Lord Jesus Christ instituted only
two ordinances: water baptism and the Lord's Supper, to be observed “until He comes.” WE
believe that water baptism is not necessary for salvation but that it is an outward symbol of
salvation and a sign of our obedience to Him.
14. WE believe that the universal Church of Jesus Christ is
composed of those who have been redeemed and washed in His blood, regenerated and
sealed by the Holy Spirit, and that they are saved to worship and to serve; that it is the
responsibility and privilege of all who are saved to seek to win others to Christ, to the "uttermost
part of the earth"; that they should seek to live a holy life, to separate themselves from
and forsake all that might dishonor God, cast discredit on His cause, or weaken their
testimony. WE believe that the Church, the body of Christ was formed on the Day of
Pentecost through the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
15. WE believe that there is a personal devil, who is "the prince and the power of the air," "the prince of this
world," and "the god of this age." WE believe that he can exert vast power but only as far as
God permits him to do so; that he shall ultimately be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone
and shall be tormented day and night forever.
16. WE are committed to classical Dispensational Theology.
Dispensational Theology is distinguished by:
--
What is a Dispensation? by Charles Ryrie
-- A consistent, normal (historical-
grammatical) literal interpretation of Scripture.
-- A clear distinction between Israel and the Church. Israel
is not the Church and the Church is not Israel though there may be similarities.
-- Taking into account progressive revelation. For example,
the doctrine of the Trinity is not fully developed in the Old Testament.
-- Recognizing the glory of God as the ultimate purpose of God in all his
dealings with man.