We believe that there is one living and true God, an infinite, all-knowing
Spirit, perfect in all His attributes, one in essence, eternally existing in three Persons-Father, Son, and Holy Spirit-each
equally deserving worship and obedience.
We believe that the Bible, Holy Scripture, is the infallible, inerrant,
inspired, literal, Word of God; and must be believed and obeyed. That Scripture contains a literal account of human and divine
history, as well as it's prophetic conclusion.
We believe that man (Adam) was created by God in His image and likeness.
God's intention in the creation of man was that man should glorify God, enjoy God's fellowship, live his life in the will
of God, and by this accomplish God's purpose for man in the world.
We believe that in Adam's sin of disobedience to the revealed will and
Word of God, man lost his innocence; incurred the penalty of spiritual and physical death; became subject to the wrath of
God; and became inherantly corrupt and utterly incapable of choosing or doing that which is acceptable to God apart from divine
grace. With no recuperative powers to enable him to recover himself, man is hopelessly lost.
We believe that because all men were in Adam, a nature corrupted by Adam's
sin has been transmitted to all men of all ages, Jesus Christ being the only exception. All men are thus sinners by nature,
by choice, and by divine declaration. Man's salvation is thereby wholly of God's grace through the redemptive work of our
Lord Jesus Christ. Salvation is wholly of God by grace on the basis of the redemption of Jesus Christ, the merit of His shed
blood, and not on the basis of human merit or works.
We believe that election is the act of God by which, before the foundation
of the world, He chose in Christ those whom He graciously regenerates, saves, and sanctifies. Sovereign election does not
contradict or negate the responsibility of man to repent and trust Christ as Savior and Lord.
We believe that regeneration is a supernatural work of the Holy Spirit
by which the divine nature and divine life are given. Genuine regeneration is manifested by fruits worthy of repentance as
demonstrated in righteous attitudes and conduct.
We believe that justification before God is an act of God by which He
declares righteous those who, through faith in Christ, repent of their sins and confess Him as soveriegn Lord.
We believe that every believer is sanctified (set apart) unto God by
justification; and that this sanctification is both positional and instantaneous, as well as progressive.
We believe that all the redeemed once saved are kept by God's power and
thus secure in Christ forever.
We believe that all who place their faith in Jesus Christ are immediately
placed by the Holy Spirit into one united spiritual body, the church, the bride of Christ.
We believe that physical death involves no loss of our immaterial consciousness,
that there is a seperation of soul and body, that the soul of the redeemed passes immediately into the presence of Christ.
We believe in a pre-tribulation rapture of the church.
We believe in a literal seven-year tribulation where the righteous judgments
of God will be poured out upon an unbelieving world.
We believe that at the end of this seven-year tribulation period, Christ
will come to earth and establish His millenial kingdom.
We believe that the judgement of the lost will take place following
the thousand year reign of Christ.
We believe that following this, all of the redeemed believers from all
time will live eternally with the triune God, and that in all spheres He may reign forever and ever.
