Our Statement of Faith
Augustine said, “In the essentials, unity; in the non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.”
The following is a statement of what we consider the essentials.
I. We believe in the Scripture of the Old and New Testaments as verbally inspired by God, and inerrant in the original writings, and that they are of supreme and final authority in faith and life. (Mt. 5:17-18 and 2 Tim. 3:16-17)
II. We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Deut. 6:4-5; Mt. 28:19; John 1:1, 20:28 and 2 Cor. 13:14)
III. We believe that, as provided and purposed by God and as pre-announced in the prophecies of the Scriptures, the eternal Son of God came into this world that He might manifest God to men and become the Redeemer of a lost world. To this end He was born of the virgin Mary and received a human body and a sinless human nature, thus becoming fully man without ceasing to be fully God. (John 1:1,14; Phil. 2:5-11; Is. 7:14; Mt. 1; 2 Cor. 5:21; Rom. 5:8 and John 3:16)
IV. We believe that man was created in the image of God and that he fell through sin, and, as a consequence of his sin, incurred not only physical death but spiritual death, becoming dead in trespasses and sin. We also believe that this spiritual death, or total depravity of human nature, has been transmitted to the entire human race, Christ Jesus alone being excepted. Hence, every child of Adam is born with a nature which possesses no spark of divine life and is essentially bad apart from divine grace. (Gen. 1:26-27, 5:1; Rom. 3:10, 5:12 and Eph. 2:1)
V. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures, as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice, and that all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood. (Heb. 9:11ff, 10:3ff; Is. 53; Rom. 5:8, 6:10 and 2 Cor. 5:14-21)
VI. We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, in His ascension into heaven, and His present life there for us as High Priest and Advocate. (I Cor. 15; Rom. 10: 9-10; Acts 1:9; I Peter 3:21b-22 and Heb. 4:14-15, 7:25)
VII. We believe that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will personally return and set up His Kingdom wherein He will rule and reign in righteousness. (Acts 1:11; Mt. 24:44; Heb. 9:28 and Titus 2:13)
VIII. We believe that all who receive by faith the Lord Jesus Christ are born again of the Holy Spirit, and thereby become children of God. (Jn. 3, 1:12)
IX. We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust, the blessedness of the saved, and the retribution of the lost. (Acts 24:15; I Thess. 4:13-18; I Cor. 15:51-58; Rev. 20:11-15 and Lk. 16:23-31)
X. We therefore believe in:
A. The deity, the virgin birth, vicarious death, physical resurrection, ascension, and personal return in glory of the Lord Jesus.
B. The personality, deity, and work of the Holy Spirit.
C. The personality of Satan.
D. The great scriptural doctrines of sin, salvation by grace, redemption, regeneration, justification by faith, prayer, physical resurrection, reward of believers and retribution for unbelievers.