SCRIPTURES. We believe in the infallible, verbal inspiration of the whole Bible and that
the Bible is the sole authority for faith and practice (Psalm 119:160; 2 Tim.
3:16,17). The Bible is the collection of 66 books, from Genesis to Revelation.
The Bible is Holy and is the very word of God. The Bible was written by holy men
of old, as they were moved by the Holy Spirit in such a definite way that their
writings were supernaturally and verbally inspired and free from error. This is
called Mechanical Dictation. We are staunch defenders of the King James Bible.
We are fully persuaded that the King James Bible is the Word of God and that there are no errors in it.
We are a King James only church.
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LOVE. We
believe that love for another as Jesus loves the believer manifests our
discipleship, proves our love for God and symbolizes our authority as New
Testament churches. Love is therefore the great commandment of the Lord Jesus
Christ upon which all others are dependent (Matthew 22:35 & 40: John 13:34, John
15:12: 1 John 4:7-21: I John 5:1-3: Rev. 2:4 & 5).
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TRINITY.
We believe in the personal triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, equal in
divine perfection (Matthew 28:19).
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CREATION. We believe
in direct and instant creation, that it was not a process, but was completed in
six literal days. We reject the Gap Theory, the Accommodation Theory, the Long
Day Theory, or any other theory that tries to accommodate evolution and
unbelieving science with the Word of God (Gen. 1 & 2; Heb. 11:3; John 1:3).
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SATAN. We believe that Satan is a fallen angel, the archenemy of God and man, the
unholy god of this world, and that his destiny is the eternal lake of fire
(Isa.14:12-15; Ezek. 28:11-19; Matt. 25:41;
2 Corinthians 4:4; Eph. 6:10-17; Rev.20:10).
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BIRTH OF
CHRIST. We believe in the virgin birth and sinless humanity of Jesus Christ (Matthew
1:18-20; 2 Cor.5-21; 1 Peter 2:22).
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DEITY OF CHRIST. We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ (John 10:30; John 1:1 & 14; 2 Corinthians 5:19).
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HOLY SPIRIT. We believe the Holy Spirit is the divine Administrator for Jesus Christ in
His churches (Luke 24:49;
John 14:16,17; Acts 1:4,5; Acts 2:1-4).
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GIFTS. We believe that miraculous spiritual manifestation gifts
were done away when the Bible was completed. Faith, Hope and Love are the vital
abiding Spiritual Gifts (1 Corinthians 12-14).
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SIN. We believe that Man was created in the image of God and lived in innocency
until he fell by voluntary transgression from his sinless state, the result
being that all mankind are sinners (Gen. 1:26; Gen.3:6-24; Romans 5:12, 19).
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DEATH OF
CHRIST. We believe that the suffering and death of Jesus Christ was substitutionary
for all mankind and is effficaciuos only to those who believe (Isa. 53:6; Heb.
2:9; 1 Peter 3; 2 Peter 3:9; 1 John 2:2).
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RESURRECTION. We believe in the bodily resurrection and ascension of Christ and the bodily
resurrection of his saints (Matthew 28:1-7; Acts 1:9-11; 1 Corinthians 15:42-58; 1 Thess.
4:13-18).
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RETURN OF CHRIST.
We
believe in the personal, imminent, pretribulational rapture of all believers,
the premillenial return of the Lord Jesus Christ to earth with His saints to
establish His millennial kingdom.
I Thess. 4:16,17
"For the Lord himself shall desced from heaven with a shout, with the voice of
the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise
first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with
them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with
the Lord." (Mark 13:30-37; I Corinthians 15:51-53; I Thess. 1:10,
4:13-18; 5:9-10; Rev. 19:11-16; Rev. 20:1-6)
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SALVATION. We believe that the depraved sinner is saved wholly by grace through faith
in Jesus Christ, and the requisites to regeneration are repentance from sin
and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ (Luke 13:3-5; John 3: 16-18; Acts 20-21; Rom.
6:23 Eph. 2:8-9), and that the Holy Spirit convicts sinners, regenerates, seals,
secures, and indwells every believer (John 3:6; John 16:8-9; Romans 9:9-11;
1 Corinthians 6:19-20; Eph. 4:30; Titus 3:5).
We reject Calvinism.
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ETERNAL
SECURITY. We believe that all who trust Jesus Christ for salvation are eternally
secure in him and shall not perish (John 3:36; John 5:24; John 10:27-30; Romans
8:35-39; Heb. 10:39; I Peter 1:5).
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BELIEVERS. We believe that God deals with believers as his children, that He chastises
the disobedient, and that He rewards the obedient (Matt. 16:27; Matt. 25:14-23;
John 1:12; Heb.12:5-11; 2 John 8;
Rev. 22:12). Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. (1 Peter 1:16)
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LOCAL CHURCH. We believe that Jesus Christ established His church during His ministry on
earth and that it is always local, visible assembly of scripturally baptized
believers in covenant relationship to carry out the commission of the Lord
Jesus Christ, and each church is an independent, self-governing body, and no
other ecclesiastical body may exercise authority over it. We believe that Jesus
Christ gave the Great Commission to the New Testament churches only, and that He
promised perpetuity of His churches (Matthew 4:18-22; Matthew 16:18; Matthew 28:19-20;
Mark 1:14-20; John 1; Eph. 3:21).
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ORDINANCES. We believe that there are two pictorial-ordinances in the Lords churches:
Baptism and the Lords Supper. Scriptural baptism is the immersion of penitent
believers in water, administered by the authority of a New Testament church in
the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Lord's Supper is a memorial
ordinance, restricted to the members of the church observing the
ordinance (Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 8:12 & 38; Romans 6:4; 1 Corinthians 5:11-13).
We reject Baptist Briderism.
