As stated, we believe that The Bible contains the very Words of God. As such, we believe that there is to be no private interpretation of God’s Word. Interpreting The Bible then is a matter of discovering what God meant by what He said without injection of personal or private thoughts. The proper approach to Scripture is to believe what you read, as you read it, where you find it, as it was written.

We believe that there is only one living and true God existing eternally in three persons; The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit – equal in every divine perfection and executing distinct, but harmonious, functions in the great work of redemption. God is the absolute and sole creator of the universe, is inexpressibly glorious in holiness, and is worthy of all possible honor, praise, confidence and love.

We believe that the Holy Spirit is a divine person and that He is equal to and is of the same nature as God the Father and God the Son. To the unbelieving world, the Holy Spirit restrains Satan until God’s purpose is fulfilled, bears witness to the truth of the Gospel, and convicts of sin, righteousness, and judgment. The Holy Spirit indwells, baptizes, seals, and sanctifies all believers at the moment of their salvation. He also endues, guides, teaches, witnesses, and fills all believers in response to confession of sin and yieldedness.

We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten of the Holy Spirit in a miraculous manner; born of Mary, a virgin, and that He is both the Son of God and God, the Son. As both God and man, He lived a sinless life, taught with authority, wrought mighty works, wonders, and signs, was crucified and died as a penalty for our sins, and was raised from the dead bodily on the third day. He later ascended to the Father’s right hand where He is the Head of the Church, is interceding for the believers, is preparing an abode for His children, and from whence He is coming in the clouds to rapture His church immediately prior to the Tribulation and from whence He is coming again personally, bodily, and visibly to this earth at the conclusion of the Tribulation to set up His Millennial Kingdom.

We believe that Satan (Lucifer) was once perfect and enjoyed heavenly honors, but through pride and ambition to be as God, fell and took with him a host of angels. He is now the malignant prince of the power of the air and the unholy god of this world. Satan is man’s great tempter, the enemy of Christ, the accuser of the saints, the father of lies, the author of all false religions, the lord of the antichrist, and the author of all powers of darkness. He is, however, destined to a final defeat at the hands of God’s Son and to the judgment of an eternal hell – a place prepared for him and his angels.

We believe that God created the universe for his pleasure and glory. We believe that the Genesis account of creation and recreation is neither allegory nor myth, but a literal, historical account of God’s creation of the universe and his recreation in six literal, 24- hour periods. We reject evolution, the Day-Age Theory, and Theistic Evolution as unscriptural theories of origin. We believe that man (male and female) was created to replenish the earth with willing worshippers of God after the fall of Lucifer and the original sons of God.

We believe that man was created in complete innocence in a perfect environment, but of his own volition, transgressed God. The result of Adam’s sin is not only physical death and spiritual death (separation from God for eternity) for all mankind, but the fall also endowed upon all mankind a sinful nature. Therefore, all people are sinners, not only by constraint, but by choice, are unable to regain their former position of innocence, and are under just condemnation without defense or excuse before God.

We believe that salvation is a gift of God given to man by grace through a personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and that this faith is more than intellectual assent, but is comprised of: repentance of sin, surrender of will, and a commitment to Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. Salvation was made possible by the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ who made a full and vicarious atonement for our sin, redeemed us from the curse of the law, and justified us through His substitutionary death on the cross. Salvation is being born again. The new birth (regeneration) results in a new creature (transformation) in Jesus Christ that is instantaneous and not a process. In the new birth, the one dead in trespasses and sins is imparted a new nature and spiritual life not previously possessed, is forgiven of sin, and is given eternal life solely by the power of the Holy Spirit. Salvation is totally apart from any effort of works such as good works, baptism, or church membership. A true believer is eternally secure – he cannot lose his salvation, but sin in his life may interrupt the joy of his fellowship with God and bring the loving discipline of his heavenly Father.

We believe in immediate positional sanctification at the moment of salvation, whereby God eternally sets the believer apart as belonging to Him by redemption and places the believer into the family of God as children, joint heirs with Jesus Christ. We are made partakers of God’s holiness in the process of progressive sanctification that begins at the new birth and is carried on in the heart of the believer as he yields his life to the presence and power of the Holy Spirit; through the Word of God, surrendered will, prayer, watchfulness, and self-examination. Ultimate sanctification will be the portion of every believer when finally in the presence of the Lord; complete and free from every trace or effect of sin and rebellion.

We believe in a two-fold doctrine of separation encompassing: (1) – the separation of the believer from all worldly practices that may dishonor Jesus Christ, that contradict biblical instruction, or that might damage the testimony of the individual believer or the church, (2) the separation of the local church from all affiliation and fellowship with those individuals or organizations that deny the verities of the faith.

We believe all men will spend eternity either with Christ or eternally separated from Him. We believe the lost who die wait in a literal Hell for the day of final judgment where they will be punished in a literal lake of fire. We believe those who have accepted Christ as Savior will experience a bodily resurrection to spend eternity with Christ our Lord.

We believe in the Church – a living, spiritual body of which Christ is the Head and in which all regenerated people in this dispensation are members; and that those who are truly born again are baptized by the Holy Spirit into a vital union with Christ and into the universal Church, which is His body and Bride. The local church is the visible expression of the Body of Christ and is a congregation of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, scripturally baptized, and associated by covenant for worship, teaching, evangelism, edification, observance of the ordinances, and fellowship. The mission of the local church is to make individual disciples, baptize them, and teach them. The local church has the absolute right of self-government, free from the interference of any earthly hierarchy of individuals or organizations. The officers of the local church are pastors and deacons. The local church is the center of God's plan for this age.

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ instituted two ordinances to be observed by all believers until His return -- baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Baptism is a part of the believer's obedience to Christ and involves immersion once in the water in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit; to show forth in a solemn and beautiful emblem our faith in the crucified, burried, and risen Saviour, and our identification with the Saviour in death to sin and resurrection to new life – a public recognition of the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Baptism follows a public confession of the believer’s salvation and is a pre-requisite to church membership. Baptism is not a part of salvation process but rather an act of obedience after salvation. The Lord’s Supper (communion) is a memorial service in which the elements of bread and the fruit of the vine symbolize the body and blood of Christ, reminding the believer of the love of God. Participation in the Lord’s Supper is only for those who are members of this local church (or churches of like faith and practice) and is always preceded by careful self-examination.