What We Believe

The following comprise the Scriptural beliefs of this church

Scriptures: We believe in the Holy Scripture, accepting fully the writings of the Old and New Testaments as the very Word of God, verbally inspired in all parts in its original autographs, our infallible and authoritative rule of faith and practice.  (2 Timothy 3:16 – 17; 2 Peter 1:20-21)

The Godhead: We believe there is one God eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. (Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 28:19; John 14:10, 26; 2 Corinthians 13:14)

Jesus Christ: We believe in the deity of Christ; His virgin birth; His shed blood for atonement; His bodily resurrection; His ascension into Heaven there to be our Intercessor; His lordship over all creation. He fulfills the ministry of Representative, Intercessor, and Advocate. (Isaiah 7:14; 9:6; Luke 1:35; John 1:1-2, 14; 2 Corinthians 5:19-21; Galatians 4:4-5; Philemon 2:5-8; Acts 2:18-36; Romans 3:24-25; Ephesians 1:7; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 Peter 1:3-5; Acts 1:9-10; Romans 8:34; Hebrews 9:24; 7:25; I John 2:1-2)

Holy Spirit: We believe that the Holy Spirit convicts of sin, makes believers children of God through the new birth, assures them of Heaven, and by His indwelling enables Christians to live a godly life. We believe that He is the divine Teacher who assists believers to understand and appropriate the Scriptures.    (John 16:8-11; Romans 12: 3-8; I Corinthians 12:4-11, 28; Ephesians 4:7-12)

Depravity of Man: We believe that all men are sinners by nature, sinful and lost, and have within themselves no possible means of salvation without Christ.  (Genesis 1:26-27; Romans 3:22-23; 5:12 6:23; Ephesians 2:1-3; 4:17-19)

Salvation: We believe in salvation by grace through faith; that salvation is the free gift of God, not by any virtue or works of man, but received only by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; and all true believers possess the gift of eternal life, a perfect righteousness, son-ship in the family of God, and the divine guarantee that they shall never perish.  (Matthew 12:31-32; John 1:12; Ephesians 1:7; 2:8-10; I Peter 1:18-19; I John 1:9)

Satan: We believe in the existence of Satan, the deceiver and god of this present world; that he was defeated and judged at the cross, and therefore his final doom is certain and shall be eternally punished in the Lake of Fire. (Job 1:6-7; Isaiah 14:12:17; Matthew 4:2-11; 25:41; Revelation 20:10)

What We Believe

The following comprise the Scriptural beliefs of this church

Second Coming of Christ: We believe in the second coming of Christ; the time being unrevealed but always imminent.  When He returns he will rapture His church prior to the seven-year tribulation period.  At the end of the Tribulation, Christ will personally and visibly return with His saints, to establish His earthly Messianic Kingdom, which was promised to the nation of Israel.  (Psalms 89:3-4; Daniel 2:31-45; Zechariah 14:4-11; I Thessalonians 1:10, 4:13-18; Titus 2:13; Revelation 3:10; 19:11-16; 20:1-6).

Civil Government: We believe in the separation of church and state; that God has ordained both, and has delegated authority to each; the authority of one must not interfere with the other; however, this does not mean that the state is to be non-religious nor does it mean that the church and its members may not be involved in the political processes of this nation.  We believe that we must obey the state unless it requires us to act contrary to our faith at which time we must obey God rather than the state.  (Matthew 25:15-22; Acts 5:29; Romans 13:1-17; Ephesians 5:22-24; Titus 3:1-2; Hebrews 13:17; I Peter 2:13-14)

Separation: We believe that all the saved should live in such a manner as not to bring reproach to their Savior and Lord.  God commands His people to separate from all religious apostasy, all worldly and sinful pleasures, practices, and associations, and to refrain from all immodest and immoderate appearances (Leviticus 19:28; Romans 12:1-2; 14:13; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1; 2 Timothy 3: 1-5; 1 John 2:15-17; 2 John 9-11)

Scriptural Ordinances: We believe the two scriptural ordinances given to the local church are baptism by immersion of believers only, and the Lord's Supper to be partaken of by obedient Christians. (Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 2:41-42; 8:36-38; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26).

Family Relationships: 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 church.  The husband is to be the leader of the home, and men are to be leaders (pastors and deacons) of the church.  Accordingly, only men are eligible for licensure and ordination by the church. (Galatians 3:28; Colossians 3:18; 1 Timothy 2:8-15; 3:4-5, 12)

We believe that God has ordained the family as the foundational institution of human society.  The husband is to love his wife as Christ loves the church.  The wife is to submit herself to the Scriptural leadership of her husband as the church submits to the headship of Christ.  Children are a heritage from the Lord.  Parents are responsible for teaching their children spiritual and moral values and leading them, through consistent lifestyle example and appropriate discipline.  (Genesis 1:26-28; Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 6:4-9; Psalm 127:3-5; Proverbs 19:18; 22:15; 23:13-14; Mark 10:6-12; 1 Corinthians 7: 1-16; Ephesians 5:21-33; 6:1-4, Colossians 3:18-21; Hebrews 13:4; I Peter 3:1-7)