God the FatherWe believe in God the Father, the Supreme Being, as both infinite and perfect. He possesses all the attributes of eternity, self-existence, immutability, omniscience, omnipresence, omnipotence, holiness, righteousness, justice, love, peace and mercy. He created and now sustains and orders all things after the counsel of His own will, saves all who come to Him through Jesus Christ, and is called “Father” because of His relationship within the Trinity and with every believer.
(Gen. 1:1, 26-28; Isaiah 40:21-28; 45:6-7; Zeph. 3:5; Mal. 3:6; John 3:16; Rom. 11:33) |
God the SonWe believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, God manifest in the flesh, His conception and virgin birth by the Holy Spirit, His sinless human life, His absolute deity, that He is very God of very God, His divine miracles, His vicarious and atoning death, His bodily resurrection, His ascension into heaven, His present mediatorial work, and His imminent and personal return in glory and power.
(Isaiah 7:14; Matt. 1:18-25; 24:30; 24:44; 28:6; Luke 1:26-38; John 1:1, 14; 2:11; 20:30; Acts 1:9-11; Rom. 5:6-11; 8:34; 1 Cor. 15:3; Phil. 2:5-7; Heb. 4:15; 9:24; 1 Pet. 2:22; 3:18; 1 Thess. 4:16; Rev. 19:11-20) |
God the Holy SpiritWe believe that the Holy Spirit is a divine Person, possessing all the attributes of personality and deity. He convicts of sin, righteousness, and judgment, leading to repentance, and that He regenerates, seals, indwells, teaches, guides, and comforts all genuine believers. We believe that being born of the Spirit makes one a child of God. We believe that the baptism of the Spirit is the possession of every believer whereby he is united to the body of Christ. We believe that the filling of the Spirit is the continual opportunity and responsibility of every believer, which assures victory over sin, and joy and power in service. We believe the Holy Spirit endues the believer with gifts for service upon conversion. We do not believe that the evidence of being filled with the Spirit is by speaking in tongues, nor do we practice the same. We believe the sign gifts were given for the purpose of authenticating the ministry of the apostles and were not intended for believers in this age.
(John 7:3, 9; 16:7-11, 13; Acts 1:5; John 3:3, 5; Titus 3:5; 1 Cor. 6:19; 12:4-13; 13:8-12; 2 Cor. 12:12; 5 Rom. 8:9; 12:3-8; John 14:16-18, 26; Acts 4:31; Eph. 1:13-14; 4:7-12; 5:18-20; 1 John 2:20, 27; Heb. 2:1-4; 9:14) |
Man |
Security of Believers |
Biblical Separation |
Satan |
The Return of Christ |
The Eternal State |
Cultural Issues |
Marriage and Human Sexuality |
Spiritual Leadership |
Abortion |
We believe that marriage was ordained and designed by God and the only legitimate marriage is the union of one man and one woman. We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity should be engaged in outside of marriage between a man and a woman and that all other forms of sexual activity, (including homosexuality, bisexuality, lesbianism, fornication, adultery, etc.), are prohibited in God’s Word and are a perversion of God’s gift of intimacy in marriage.
(Gen. 2:24; 19:5, 13; 26:8-9; Lev. 18:1-30; Rom. 1:26-29; 7:2; 1 Cor. 5:1; 6:9; 7:10; Eph. 5:22-23; 1 Thess. 4:1-8; Heb. 13:4) |
We believe that men and women are spiritually equal in position before God but that God has ordained distinct and separate spiritual functions for men and women in the home and the church. The husband is to be the leader of the home and men are to be the leaders, (i.e., pastors, elders, and deacons) of the church. Accordingly, only men are eligible for the New Testament offices and for licensure and ordination by the church.
(Eph. 5:22-33; Col. 3:18; 1 Tim. 2:8-15; 3:1-5, 12; Titus 1:6) |
We believe the Bible teaches that human life begins at conception and that the unborn child is a living human being. Abortion constitutes the unjustified taking of unborn human life and is murder.
(Job 3:16; Psalm 51:5; 139:14-16; Isaiah 44:24; 49:1-5; Jer. 1:5; 20:15-18; Luke 1:44) |
Authority of the Statement of Faith |