Doctrinal Statement

What We Believe

We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the verbally inspired Word of God, inerrant in the original languages and the supreme and final authority in faith and life (2 Peter 1:20, 21, II Timothy 3:16, 17).

We believe in one God, eternally existing in three Persons: Father. Son and Holy Spirit (Deut. 6:4, II Cor. 13:14).

We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit; born of the Virgin Mary; lived among men; suffered, bled and died; was buried; raised from the dead; ascended to the right hand of the Father; intercedes for us, and is true God and true man (Luke 1:35; 2:6, 7, 52; Matt. 27:29, 30, 35, 50; Luke 23:50-56; Acts 2:33, 34; 1 John 2:1, John 2:1, John 10:30; 1 John 4:2, 3).

We believe in the divine personality of the Holy Spirit (Acts 5:3, 4; John 14:16, 17; 16:13).

We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God; that he sinned and thereby incurred both physical and spiritual death; and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature and are sinners in thought, word and deed (Gen. 1:26, 27; Rom. 3:22, 23; 5:12; Eph. 2:1-3).

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures, as our representative and substitutionary sacrifice; and that all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood (I Cor. 15:3; I Peter 3:18; Rom. 3:24-26).

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; that they are indwelt and sealed by the Holy Spirit and are secure in Him until the day of redemption (John 1:12; 3:5; Eph. 1:13).

We believe that the Church is composed of all believers; that we are baptized into one body, thus being members one of another (Eph. 1:22, 23; I Cor. 12:12, 13).

We believe that Jesus Christ instituted the Lord’s supper to commemorate His death till He comes. We believe that water baptism is an ordained testimony, portraying our identification with Christ. We believe in and practice baptism by immersion (I Cor. 11:23-26; Matt. 28:19, 20; Rom. 6:3, 4).

We believe in “that blessed hope,” the personal and imminent coming of our Lord Jesus Christ into the air for His saints (as to the time aspect we believe that it is pre-tribulational and pre-millennial). We believe in the personal and visible and glorious return of Christ to the earth with His saints. We believe in the establishment of Christ’s kingdom upon the earth (Titus 2:13; I Thess. 4:13-17; Rev. 19:11-16; 20:1-6).

We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust; the everlasting blessedness of the saved and the everlasting punishment of the lost (John 5:28, 29; 14:1-3; Rev. 20:11-15).

We believe in the personality of Satan; that he is the god of this age, the adversary of Christ and His Church, and that his destiny is eternal punishment (Job 1:6, 7; II Cor. 4:4; I Peter 5:8; Rev. 20:10).