What We Believe
We hold to the historic and orthodox teachings of Christianity as articulated in the Apostles Creed and the Nicene Creed. See below for expanded explanations.
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• We believe the Bible is the inspired, infallible, authoritative Word of God; including in the verbal inspiration of the original scriptures.
• We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons (The Trinity): Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
• We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father and His personal return to this earth in power and glory.
• We believe in divine healing through the atonement and prayer for the sick.
• We believe in water baptism by immersion at an age of accountability.
• We believe in the true church, composed of all blood-washed believers.
• We believe in the open table at the Lord's Supper.
• We believe in the resurrection of the saved and the lost, the one to everlasting life and the other to everlasting damnation.
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We believe in the natural depravity of the human race.
We believe in the substitutionary atonement.
We believe that the only means of being cleansed from sin is through repentance and faith in the precious blood of Jesus Christ, and not of works.
We believe that regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for personal salvation.
We believe every activity of God’s Kingdom is opposed through spiritual warfare through the reality and personality of the devil.
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We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
We believe in the evangelism of the lost and the nations of the world.
We believe in obedience to civil government.
We believe in church government, loyalty and obedience to those in authority over us in the Lord.
We believe in tithing as God's financial plan.
We believe in restitution for past wrongs whenever possible.
We believe in the victorious life over sin by consistent Bible study and prayer
We believe in the maintenance of good works and holy living; in Christian holiness, through absolute surrender and consecration; in Christian modesty in the matter of dress and wearing apparel; and with regards to recreation, we believe in liberty of conscience and a godly example to the world.
We believe in keeping the Lord's Day as a matter of privilege, rather than law.
We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ and Christian tolerance to all denominations of the Christian faith.