The Word of God, the sixty-six Books of the Old and New Testaments, is verbally inspired in all parts, and therefore wholly without error as originally given of God.

2 Tim. 3:16, 2 Peter 1:21

God exists eternally as three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Luke 3:22; Matthew 28:19; 2 Cor. 13:14

We believe in Christ’s preexistence and deity,

John 1:1 3

incarnation by virgin birth,

John 1:14; Matthew 1:18 23

sinless life,

Heb. 4:15

substitutionary death,

2 Cor. 5:21

bodily resurrection,

Luke 24:36 43

ascension into heaven and present ministry

Heb. 4:14 16

and coming again.

Acts 1:11

We believe in His personality,

John 16:7-15

and deity,

Acts 5:3-4

and His work in each believer: baptism and indwelling at the moment of regeneration

1 Cor. 12:13; Rom. 8:9

and filling,

Eph. 5:18

to empower for Christian life and service.

Eph. 3:16; Acts 1:8; Gal. 5:22-23

Man was created in the image of God,

Gen. 1:26-28

but his subsequent fall into sin results in spiritual death

Gen. 3:1 24; Rom. 5:12

and the necessity of the new birth for his salvation.

John 3:3-5

Complete and eternal salvation by God’s grace alone is received as the gift of God through personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and His finished work.

Eph. 2:8-9; Titus 3:5-7;1 Peter 1:18-19

There is one true church, the body and the bride of Christ

Eph. 1:22 23; 5:25 32

composed of all true believers of the present age

1 Cor. 12:12 13

and there are local churches existing for worship, for edification of believers, and for world-wide gospel witness, each one being autonomous but cooperating in fellowship and work.

Eph. 4:11-16

A life of righteousness, good works and separation unto God from the evil ways of the world

Rom. 12:1-2

manifested by speaking the truth

James 5:12

maintaining the sanctity of the home

Eph. 5:22 6:4

settling differences between Christians in accordance with the Word of God

1 Cor. 6:1-8

not engaging in carnal strife but showing a Christ like attitude toward all men

Rom. 12:17-21

exhibiting the fruit of the Spirit

Gal. 5:22-23

and maintaining a life of prayer

Eph. 6:18; Phil. 4:6

including the privilege, when sick, of calling for the elders of the church to pray and to anoint with oil in the name of the Lord

James 5:13-18

is God-honoring and ultimately, the best life possible.

Christians should observe the ordinances of our Lord Jesus Christ which are (1) baptism of believers by triune immersion

Matt. 28:19

and (2) the threefold communion service, consisting of the washing of the saints’ feet,

John 13:1-17

the Lord’s Supper,

1 Cor. 11:20-22, 33-34; Jude 12

and the communion of the bread and the cup.

1 Cor. 11:23-26

Satan is the great adversary of God and His people.

Rev. 12:1-10

but his future is determined and sealed. He will be locked up and thrown into the lake of fire forever.

Rev. 20:10

The personal, visible, and imminent return of Christ to remove His church from the earth will come

1 Thess. 4:16-17

before the tribulation

1 Thess. 1:10; Rev. 3:10

and after it, He’ll descend with the Church to establish His millennial kingdom upon the earth.

Rev. 19:11 20:6

We believe in the the conscious existence of the dead,

Phil. 1:21-23; Luke 16:19-31

the resurrection of the body,

John 5:28-29

the judgment and reward of believers,

Rom. 14:10-12; 2 Cor. 5:10

the judgment and condemnation of unbelievers,

Rev. 20:11-15

the eternal life of the saved,

John 3:16

and the eternal punishment of the lost.

Matt. 25:46; Rev. 20:15