We believe in one triune God, eternally existing in three persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—each co-eternal in being, co-identical in nature, co-equal in power and glory, and having the same attributes and perfections (Deut. 6:4; Matt. 28:19; John 14:10, 26; 2 Cor. 13:14).

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man, without ceasing to be God, having been conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful men (Isa. 7:14; 9:6; Luke 1:35; John 1:1-2, 14; 2 Cor. 5:19-21; Gal. 4:4-5; Phil. 2:5-8).

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption through His death on the cross as a representative, substitutionary sacrifice and that our justification is made sure by His literal, physical resurrection from the dead (Acts 2:18-36; Rom. 3:24-25; Eph. 1:7; 1 Pet. 2:24; 1 Pet. 1:3-5).

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended to Heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God where, as our High Priest, He fulfills the ministry of Representative, Intercessor, and Advocate (Acts 1:9-10; Rom. 8:34, Heb. 9:24; 7:25; 1 John 2:1-2).

We believe that the Holy Spirit is a Divine person, equal and of the same nature to the Father and Son; the He convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment; that He is the Supernatural Agent in regeneration, baptizing all believers into the body of Christ; and that He indwells and seals them unto the day of redemption (John 16:8–11; Rom. 8:9; 1 Cor. 12:12-14; 2 Cor. 3:6; Eph. 1:13-14).

We believe that He is the Divine Teacher Who assists believers to understand and appropriate the Scriptures. It is the privilege and duty of all the saved to be filled with the Spirit, the evidence being love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance (Matt. 28:19-20; John 3:5-7; 14:16-17, 26; 16:7-15; II Cor. 13:14; Gal. 5:22-23; Eph. 1:17-18; 2:18; 5:18; I Pet. 1:23; 1 John 2:20, 27).

We believe that God is sovereign in the bestowal of spiritual gifts to every believer. God uniquely uses evangelists, pastors, and teachers to equip believers in the church to do the work of the ministry (Rom. 12:3-8; 1 Cor. 12:4-11, 28; Eph. 4:7-12).

We believe that God the Holy Spirit is sovereign in the bestowing of all His gifts for the perfecting of the saints today and that speaking in tongues and the working of sign miracles in the beginning days of the church were for the purpose of pointing to and authenticating the apostles as revealers of divine truth and were never intended to be characteristic of the lives of believers (1 Cor. 12:4-11; 13:8-10; 2 Cor. 12:12; Eph. 4:7-12; Heb. 2:1-4).

We believe that the Genesis account of creation is neither allegory nor myth but a literal, historical account of God’s creation of the universe in six literal, 24-hour periods. We reject evolution, the Gap Theory, the Day-Age Theory, the Framework Hypothesis, and Theistic Evolution as unscriptural theories of origin (Gen. 1-2; Ex. 20:11).

We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God, but that in Adam’s sin the human race fell, inherited a sinful nature, and became alienated from God. Man is totally depraved and, of himself, utterly unable to remedy his lost condition (Gen. 1:26-27; Rom. 3:22-23; 5:12; 6:23; Eph. 2:1-3; 4:17-19).

The Atonement. We believe in the single substitutionary sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ for sinners, One for all, and once for all; that salvation is wholly of divine grace apart from any works of merit of the sinner; that it is provided in the atonement of Jesus Christ, wrought by God, and is received by a sinner when he repents towards God and puts his trust in the Lord Jesus Christ as his own personal Savior; that all who receive the Lord Jesus Christ by personal faith as Savior, are thereby born again, and have eternal life through the indwelling Christ; and that unbelievers will suffer eternally for their sins (Psa. 49:7; Jonah 2:9; Mark 1:14-15; Luke 13:3; 24:46-47; John 1:11-13; 3:16, 18, 36; 5:24; 8:24; Acts 16:31; 17:30-31; 20:20-21; Rom. 4:2-5; 5:8; 10:9-10; II Cor. 5:14; Gal. 6:15; Eph. 2:8-10; I Tim. 4:10; Titus 3:4-7; Heb. 10:10; I John 5:11-12; Rev. 21:8).

The Eternal Security and Assurance of Believers. We believe that all the redeemed, once saved, are kept by God’s power and thus are secure in Christ forever (John 6:37-40; 10:27-30; Rom. 8:1; 8:38-39; I Cor. 1:4-8; I Pet. 1:5). We believe that it is the privilege of believers to rejoice in the assurance of their salvation through the testimony of God’s Word and through the testimony of their own sanctification but never as an excuse to sin “that grace may abound” (Rom. 6:1-4; 13:13-14; II Cor. 13:5; Gal. 5:13; Tit. 2:11-15).

Sanctification. We believe regeneration is a one-time event in the life of the believer, sanctification is a continuing process by which God gradually transforms him into the image of Christ. With God’s help, the believer actively participates in this process by responding in obedience to God’s Word and the Holy Spirit. This process is completed when believers join Christ in heaven, perfected in holiness (John 17:17; II Cor. 3:18; Eph. 5:26; Phil. 1:6; 2:12-13; I John 3:2; Acts 20:32).

The Flesh Principle. We believe that every saved person has been given the necessary provisions for the victory of the spiritual nature over the carnal and fleshly nature through the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit, and, that all claims to the eradication of the flesh in this life are unscriptural (Rom. 5:15-21; Rom. 6:13; 8:12-13; Gal. 5:16-25; Eph. 4:22-24; Col. 3:10; I Pet. 1:14-16; I John 3:5-9).

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 Lake of Fire (Job 1:6-7; Isa. 14:12-17; Matt. 4:2-11; 25:41; Rev. 20:10).

We believe that the church, which is the body and the espoused bride of Christ, is solely made up of born-again believers. We believe that Christ gave Himself for the church and that He is the only true Head of the organism (1 Cor. 12:12-14; 2 Cor. 11:2; Eph. 1:22-23; 5:25-27; Col. 1:18).

We believe that the establishment and continuance of local churches is clearly taught and defined in the New Testament. We believe that a local New Testament church is a body of believers in Christ that have followed the Lord in believer’s baptism and associated together under the direction and government of the Holy Spirit for worship, instruction, fellowship, service and the spread of the gospel to the uttermost part of the earth (Matt. 16:17-18; 28:18-20; Acts 14:27; 20:17, 28–37; I Cor. 3:9-17; Eph. 1:22-23; 2:19-22; 5:25-27; 1 Tim. 3:1-13; Tit. 1:5-11).

We believe in the autonomy of the local church free of any external authority or controls.  Any affiliations, societies, organizations, associations, or agencies this church affiliates with to further the objectives stated in the Purpose Statement are not authoritative in matters of church practice or belief (Acts 13:1-4; 15:19-31; 20:28; Rom. 16:1, 4; 1 Cor. 3:9, 16; 5;4-7, 13; 1 Pet. 5:1-4).

We recognize water baptism by immersion and the Lord’s Supper as the Scriptural ordinances of obedience for the church in this age. (Matt. 28:19-20; Acts 2:41-42; 8:36-38; 1 Cor. 11:23-26)

We believe that Scripture commands God’s people to be holy, set apart to Him, and from all polluting influences, including sin, disobedient brethren, and false teachers.

Personal. Individual believers are the temple of the Holy Spirit and so must be pure from sin. They are not to be unequally yoked together with unbelievers nor found to be friends of the world (2 Cor. 6:14-7:1; 1 John 2:15-17; James 4:4).

Ecclesiastical. The church as a whole must separate from those who teach false doctrine and attempt to subvert the saints (Rom. 16:17; 2 Thess. 3:6-15; 2 John 9-11; 2 Cor. 6:14-18).

Marriage. We believe that Scripture defines marriage as a life-long, exclusive covenant between one naturally born man and one naturally-born woman for the purpose of glorifying God and reflecting Christ’s love. God actively establishes the marriage covenant by spiritually joining the couple and empowering them for service together (Gen. 2:24; Rom. 7:2; I Cor. 7:10; Eph. 5:22-23).

Human Sexuality. We believe that God has reserved all sexual activity to the marriage covenant as defined above. Scripture teaches that all forms of homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, pansexuality, bestiality, incest, fornication, adultery, and pornography are sinful perversions of God’s plan for sexual intimacy. God disapproves of and forbids any attempt to alter one’s gender by surgery or appearance (Gen. 2:24; 19:5, 13; 26:8-9; Lev. 18:1-30; Rom. 1:26-29; I Cor. 5:1; 6:9; I 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 (elders and deacons) of the church. Accordingly, only men are eligible for licensure and ordination by the church (Gal. 3:28; Col. 3:18; 1 Tim. 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 through consistent lifestyle example and appropriate discipline, including scriptural corporal correction (Gen. 1:26-28; Ex. 20:12; Deut. 6:4-9; Ps. 127:3-5; Prov. 19:18; 22:15; 23:13-14; Mk. 10:6-12; 1 Cor. 7:1-16; Eph. 5:21-33; 6:1-4, Col. 3:1821; Heb. 13:4, 1 Pet. 3:1-7).

Divorce and Remarriage. We believe that God designed marriage to be a permanent union, extending until the death of a spouse. God disapproves of divorce. Although divorced persons may serve in the church and be greatly used of God, they are not eligible for the offices of elder or deacon (Mal. 2:14-17; Matt. 19:3-12; Rom. 7:1-3; I Tim. 3:2, 12; Titus 1:6).

We believe in that blessed hope, the personal, imminent return of Christ.

Rapture. Jesus Christ will rapture His church prior to the seven-year tribulation period (John 14:1-3; I Cor. 15:51-53; I Thess. 1:10; 4:13-18; Tit. 2:13; Rev. 3:10).

Second Coming. 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 (Ps. 89:3-4; Dan. 2:31-45; Zech. 14:4-11; Rev. 19:11-16; 20:1-6).

We believe in the bodily resurrection of all men, the saved to eternal life, and the unsaved to judgment and everlasting punishment (Dan. 12:1-2; Matt. 25.46; John 5:28-29; 11:25-26; Rev. 20:5-6, 12-13).

We believe at death that the souls of the redeemed are absent from the body and present with the Lord where in conscious bliss they await the first resurrection when spirit, soul, and body are reunited to be glorified forever with the Lord (Luke 23:43; 2 Cor. 5:8; Phil. 1:23; 3:21; 1 Thess. 4:16-17; Rev. 20:4-6).

We believe that after death the souls of unbelievers remain in conscious punishment and torment until the second resurrection when with soul and body reunited, they shall appear at the Great White Throne Judgment and shall be cast into the Lake of Fire not to be annihilated but to suffer everlasting conscious punishment and torment (Matt. 25:41–46; Mark 9:43-48; Luke 16:19-26; 2 Thess. 1:7-9; Jude 6-7; Rev. 20:11-15).