STATEMENT OF FAITH
A.
We believe in the
Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Genesis 1:1, John 10:30, John
4:24, II Corinthians 13:14
B.
We believe in the
verbal inspiration of the Bible. The Bible being completely and without exception
the inspired Word of God. The King James Version of the Bible shall be the
official and only translation used by the church. II Timothy 3:16, II Peter 1:21
C.
We believe in the
virgin birth of Jesus Christ. Luke 1:35,
Isaiah 7:14
D.
We believe in the
shed blood of Jesus Christ, the only atonement for sin. Romans 3:25
E.
We believe in the
person of the Holy Spirit, and that He convicts the world of sin, regenerates,
indwells, enlightens, and empowers the saved.
John 16:8, Titus 3:5
F.
We believe in the
imminent, pretribulational, premillennial
return of our Lord Jesus Christ. Acts
G.
We believe that
all the redeemed, once saved, are kept by God’s power and are thus secure in
Christ forever. John 10:27-30, Romans 8:1, I Peter 1:3-5
H.
We believe that
all the saved should live in such a manner as not to bring reproach upon their
Savior and Lord; and that separation from all religious apostasy, all worldly
and sinful pleasures, practices and associations is commanded of God. Romans
12:1,2, II Corinthians
I.
We believe that
Satan is a person, the author of Sin and the cause of the Fall of Man; that he
is the open and declared enemy of God and man; and that he shall be eternally
punished in the
J.
We believe that
God created the universe in six literal, 24 hour periods. We reject evolution
and other theories as unscriptural theories of origin. Genesis
1-2, Exodus 20:11
K.
We believe that
God has ordained and created all authority consisting of three basic
institutions: 1) the home; 2) the church and 3) the state. Every person is
subject to these authorities, but all (including the authorities themselves)
are answerable to God and governed by His Word. God has given each institution
specific Biblical responsibilities and balanced those with the understanding
that no institution has the right to infringe upon the other. The home, the
church, and the state are equal and sovereign in their respective Biblically
assigned spheres of responsibility under God.
Romans 13:1-7, Ephesians 5:22-33,
Hebrews 13:7,17
L.
We believe that
God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity should be engaged in outside
of a marriage between a man and a woman. We believe that any form of
homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, bestiality, incest, fornication,
adultery, and pornography are sinful perversions of God’s gift of sex. Genesis
2:24, 19:5, Leviticus 18:1-30, Romans 1:17-32, I Corinthians 5:1, 6:9, I
Thessalonians 4:1-8
M. We believe that God hates divorce and intends marriage
to last until one of the spouses dies. Although divorce and remarried or
divorced persons may hold positions of service in the Church and be greatly
used of God for Christian service, they may not be considered for the offices
of pastor or deacon. Malachi 2:14-17, Matthew 19:3-12, Romans
7:1-3, I Corinthians
N.
We believe that
human life begins at conception and that the unborn child is a living human
being. Abortion constitutes the unjustified, unexcused taking of unborn human
life. Abortion is murder. We reject any teaching that abortions of pregnancies
due to rape, incest, birth defects, gender selection, birth or population
control, or the mental well-being of the mother are acceptable. Job
3:16, Psalms 51:5, 139:14-16, Isaiah
44:24, 49:1,5, Jeremiah 1:5, Luke 1:44
O.
We believe that
God has given the Church a great commission to proclaim the Gospel to all
nations. As ambassadors of Christ we must use all available means to go to the
foreign nations and not to wait for them to come to us. Matthew
28:19,20, Mark
P.
We believe that
Christians are prohibited from bringing civil lawsuits against other Christians
or the Church, to resolve personal disputes. We believe that the Church
possesses all the resources needed to resolve personal disputes between
members. We do believe however, that a Christian may seek compensation for
injuries from another Christian’s insurance company as long as the claim is pursued
without malice or slander. I Corinthians 6:1-8
Q.
We believe that
every Christian is obligated to support his local church financially. We
believe that God has established the tithe as a basis for giving but that every
Christian should also give other offerings sacrificially and cheerfully to
support the Church, the relief of those in need and spread of the Gospel. We
believe that a Christian relinguishes all rights to
direct the use of the tithe or offering once the gift has been given. Proverbs
3:9-10, I Corinthians 16:2, Galatians 6:6, I Timothy 5:17-18
R.
We believe that
the sign gifts, namely “healing”, “working of miracles”, “tongues”, and
the “interpretation of tongues” was temporary in nature. The function
of these gifts of the Holy Spirit were confirmatory. God was
authenticating the authority and message of His servants by “bearing them
witness” through the manifestations of supernatural power. Since we now have
the Scriptures to authenticate the claims of Christ and to point the lost to
Christ we believe the sign gifts are no longer valid for today. I
Corinthians 14:22, Hebrews 2:3-4