THE BIBLE

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We believe the Bible to be the revealed Word of God, fully and verbally inspired of God. We believe the Scriptures to be the inerrant, infallible Word of God, as found within the 66 books from Genesis to Revelation. We believe that God not only inspired every word, but that He has preserved them through the ages. We believe that the King James Version is the preserved Word of God for the English-speaking people and is the only acceptable translation to be used in this church.
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 (Psalm 12:6–7; II Timothy 3:15-17; I Peter 1:23-25; II Peter 1:19-21)

GOD

We believe in one God; Who is eternal, self-existent, infinite, and immutable. We believe He has one nature, one essence, and one substance; yet manifests Himself to man in three Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

(Deuteronomy 6:4; I Timothy 1:17; James 1:17; I John 4:4)

JESUS CHRIST

We believe Jesus Christ to be the one and only Saviour of mankind. We believe Jesus Christ to be eternally God and to possess all the attributes of Deity. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ was virgin-born, that He was God incarnate, and that the purposes of the incarnation were to reveal God, to redeem men, and to rule over God’s kingdom. We believe Jesus Christ never relinquished any attributes of His Deity, but merely veiled them. We believe He lived a perfect, sinless life, at the end of which He was offered for all mankind as a substitutionary sacrifice for man’s sin. This sacrifice was a just payment to God for the forgiveness of sin. It was activated by His death through the shedding of His blood on the cross and was accepted by God upon His resurrection. We believe He ascended into Heaven after His resurrection to be seated at the right hand of the Father and is now waiting for the time of receiving His Bride at the rapture, which is followed by His return seven years later to earth to rule and reign as King for 1,000 years.

(Psalm 2:7-9; Isaiah 7:14; 9:6; 43:11; Micah 5:2; Matthew 1:25; Luke 1:26-35; John 1:1; 1:3, 14, 18, 29; Romans 3:19-25; 5:6-15; Philippians 2:5-11; I Thessalonians 4:13-18; I Timothy 2:5; 3:16; Titus 2:10-15; Hebrews 7:26, 9:24-28; I Peter 1:19; 2:2; I John 1:3; Revelation 20:1-6)

THE HOLY SPIRIT

We believe the Holy Spirit of God is a divine person who has personality and all the attributes of Deity. We believe the Holy Spirit has always been involved in the affairs of mankind; however, we believe He has a special ministry that began at Pentecost and will continue until the rapture. This ministry includes reproving the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment. The Holy Spirit was also sent to regenerate, sanctify, seal, and fill all who have placed their faith in Jesus Christ.

(Genesis 1:2; John 3:5-6; 14:16; Acts 1:5; 11:15; I Corinthians 3:16; 6:19-20; 12:13)

THE DEVIL OR SATAN

We believe that Satan was once holy, and enjoyed heavenly honors; but through pride and ambition to be as the Almighty, fell and drew after him a host of angels, that he is now a malignant prince of the power of the air, and the unholy god of this world. We hold him to be man’s great tempter, the enemy of God and His Christ, the accuser of the saints, the author of all false religions, the chief power back of the present apostasy; the lord of the Antichrist; the author of all powers of darkness – destined, however, to final defeat at the hands of God’s Son, and the judgment of an eternal justice in hell, a place prepared for him and his angels.

(Isaiah 14:12-15; Ezekiel 28:14-17; Matthew 4:1-3; 13:25; 25:41; 27:39; Mark 13:21-22; Luke 22:3-4;  John  14:30;   Ephesians  2:2;  2 Corinthians  11:13-15;  1 Thessalonians  3:5; 2 Thessalonians 2:8-11; 1 Peter 5:8; 2 Peter 2:4; 1 John 2:22; 3:8; 4:3; 2 John 7; Jude 6; Revelation 12:7-10; 13:13-14; 19:11,16,20; 20:1-3,10)
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SIN AND SALVATION

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We believe all men were born with an inherited sin nature received from our common ancestor, Adam. We believe that because of his nature, man is a sinner by choice, and he is totally incapable of reforming himself or ceasing from his sin by his own power. We believe the only hope of deliverance for man is a total change of mind concerning his sinful condition and inability to change it, and a turning to Jesus Christ as the only Saviour. We believe that only through the substitutionary sacrifice of Christ on the cross can a man be delivered from his sin. We believe that The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. We believe that all those who reject Jesus Christ as their Saviour are already condemned to an eternity in the lake of fire.

(Genesis 5:1-5; Acts 4:19; 16:31; Romans 3:10-23; 5:6-12; 6:23; 10:9-10; Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5-6; Revelation 20:11-14)

THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH

We believe that the church began with the calling out of the twelve apostles by Jesus Christ and was empowered on the day of Pentecost. We believe the local church is composed of members who have been saved and baptized according to the command of Christ, and have voluntarily united together for the purposes of worship, fellowship, service, and observance of the ordinances of baptism and communion. We believe that the true mission of the church is found in the Great Commission: First, to make individual disciples; second, to build up the Church; third, to teach and instruct as He commanded. We believe all true believers will be taken up at the rapture, just prior to the tribulation.

(Matthew 16:16-18; Acts 1:15; 2:41-43; 11:15;  20:28;  I  Corinthians 15: 51-58;  Ephesians  1:12-14; 5:25-30;  I Thessalonians 4:13-18; I Timothy 3:4-15)
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​THE LAST DAYS

We believe in the literal interpretation of the Scriptures in their grammatical and historical context. We believe in the pre-tribulation rapture of the church saints, followed by the seven-year tribulation. We believe in the pre-millennial return of Christ to the earth and His literal rule of 1,000 years. Following this one-thousand- year reign is the Great White Throne judgment and then the new heaven and new earth.
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(I Corinthians 15:51-58; I Thessalonians 4:13-18; 5:1-9; Revelation 19-22)