Doctrinal Statement

Doctrinal Statement

We Believe:

The Bible, sixty-six books in the Old and New Testaments, is without error in its original writing (2 Tim. 3:16), its author is God (2 Pe. 1:19-21), being thereby verbally and plenarily inspired (Matt. 5:18).

The Genesis account of creation should be understood literally; that is twenty-four hour days; that all animal and vegetable life was made directly by God and that man was created in God's own image and did not evolve (Gen. 1:1-26).

There is one living and true God who exists in three Persons; the Father is God (1 Cor. 8:6), the Son is God (Jn. 1:1, 14); Heb. 1:8-10), and the Holy Spirit is God (Acts 5:3-4).

The Lord Jesus Christ was born of a virgin (Isa. 7:14; Matt. 1:18-25; Luke 1:26-38), lived a sinless life (2 Cor. 5:21), rose bodily from the dead (1 Cor. 15:20), and ascended to God the Father to rule as the KING OF KINGS and LORD OF LORDS (Ro. 1:4; Rev. 19:16).

Man, although originally created without sin (Gen 1:27, 31), by one transgression fell (Gen. 3:6, 7; Ro. 5:12, 19) so that all mankind are now sinners and justly under condemnation (Eph. 2:2, Ro. 3:9-18, 23). God has provided salvation through the finished work of Jesus Christ who died on the cross and shed His blood for the remission of sins (Ro. 3:25; Heb. 9:22). Salvation for sinners is by grace alone through faith alone and is available to all who genuinely call upon the Lord Jesus Christ (Jn. 3:16; Ro. 10:13; Eph. 2:8). All believers are eternally secure (Jn. 10:27-29; Ro. 8:38-39).

The believer is sanctified positionally at the time of salvation by the completed work of Jesus Christ (Jn. 19:30; 1 Cor. 1:2); sanctified progressively by the continuing work of Jesus Christ through the Spirit and the Word (Ro. 7:24-8:13; Jn. 17:17), and will be completely sanctified only at the time of glorification (Col. 3:4; 1 Jn. 3:1,2).

The Holy Spirit permanently indwells the believer at the time of conversion and places him into the body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:13).

The blessed hope of the believer is the imminent, premillennial appearance of Christ to rapture the church, His bride (1 Thess. 4:13-18, 5:9; Rev. 6:17). The lost will face eternal punishment (Jn. 5:28-29; Rev. 20:11-15) and the saved will enter into the eternal presence of the the Lord (1 Thess. 4:17).