Section 1 - The Trinity: The Godhead consists of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit; three Persons but one God (Deut. 6:4, Mt. 28:19, Mt. 3:16-17). These three are co-equal and co-eternal (Ps. 90:2; Jn 1:1; Heb. 9:14).

Section 2 – God the Father: God is a Person, i.e. He exists as a rational, self-conscious, self-determining, moral Being. He is immutable (James 1:17), omniscient (1 John 3:20), omnipotent (Gen. 1:3), omnipresent (Jer. 23:23-24), eternal (Ps. 90:1-2), absolutely sovereign (Rom. 11:36), and holy (Is. 6:3).  He is full of love, justice, mercy, goodness, and truth.

Section 3 – God the Son: Jesus Christ is the divine Son of God by whom all things were made (John 1:1-3). He is the image of the invisible God (Col.1:15-17), and possesses substantially the attributes of God the Father.  In the fullness of time (Gal. 4:4), the eternal Son took upon Himself our nature and, being conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary (Mt. 1:18-20), was made in the likeness of men (Phil. 2:7).  While in the flesh, Jesus Christ is true God and true man, one Person with a two-fold nature.

Section 4 – God the Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Trinity, co-eternal with the Father and the Son (Heb. 9:14), whom the Father sent into the world to reprove it of sin, righteousness, and judgment, and to testify of Jesus Christ (Jn. 16:8-14).

Section 5 – Inspiration of the Scriptures: The Scriptures, including both the Old and New Testaments, are a divine revelation and, as originally written, are verbally inspired of God.  They were written by the Holy Spirit and are final in authority in all matters pertaining to conduct and doctrine (2 Tim. 3:16-17, 2 Peter 1:21).

Section 6 – Sin: Man was created in the image of God (Gen. 1:26-27), but, through disobedience to God, fell into sin, thus alienating himself and the entire human race from God (Gen. 3:1-7, Rom. 5:12).  Through sin, man became devoid of all spiritual life (Rom. 6:23), and in this condition, is dead in trespasses and sins, is subject to the power of the devil (Eph. 2:1-3), and is totally incapable of pleasing God (Rom. 8:7-8), or doing anything to remedy his condition (Titus 3:5).

Section 7 – The New Birth: Because of this universal depravity and death in sin, it is impossible for anyone to enter the kingdom of God or take one step toward heaven without experiencing the new birth.  To be born again is to partake of a new nature, a nature which is from above and which is implanted by the Holy Spirit through the Word, entirely apart from works, ordinances, or human attainment (Jn. 3:1-5; Titus 3:5, 1 Peter 1:23).

Section 8 – Salvation:  Salvation, or the new birth, has been made possible by the vicarious death of Jesus  Christ  on the cross.  Dying in the sinner’s stead, He was made to be sin and a curse, and shed His blood for the remission of sin (1 Peter 1:18-19, Rom 5:6-9, 2 Cor. 5:21).   Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, He was buried, and the third day He arose in the body in which He was crucified (1 Cor. 15:3-4). This salvation is appropriated by an act of faith.  The moment we receive Jesus Christ as our Savior, we pass immediately from a state of spiritual death into everlasting life (John 3:16, John 5:24, Rom. 5:1, Eph. 2:8).

Section 9 – Permanence of Salvation (Eternal Security): All who are saved are kept by God’s power and are safe and secure in Christ forever (John 5:24, John 6:37-40, 47; John 10:27-30, Romans 8:28-29, Eph. 1:12-14; Eph. 4:30, 2 Tim. 1;12, 1 Peter 1;5, 1 Cor. 1:4-8, Heb. 13:5).  Therefore, it is impossible for a redeemed child of God to lose his or her salvation (John 10:28).

One mark of a true believer is a desire to live a life characterized by holiness.  Those who live a continual lifestyle of wanton sin or who lack Christian character should examine themselves to determine if they are true believers and have ever really received the grace of God for salvation. The question is not whether a saved person can be lost (which is impossible), but whether one who professes belief is truly saved (1John 2: 4, 6, 9).

Section 10 – Assurance:   It is the  privilege of all  who are united  to Christ through faith to be assured of their salvation.  This assurance cannot, in any sense of the word, be considered presumption as it is founded, not on one’s feelings or one’s own worthiness, but wholly upon the revealed Word of God (Luke 10:20, John 6:47, John 10:28, 2 Cor. 5:1; 2 Tim 1:12, 1 John 5:13).

Section 11 – The Church: The Church is an elect company of believers, baptized by the Holy Spirit into one body (1 Cor. 12:13).  It is known as the Body of Christ, and is to witness concerning its Head, Jesus Christ (Eph. 4:15).

Section 12 – The Second Coming of Christ:  The Second Advent of Christ will be in two phases:

1)   Christ will descend from heaven in the air, at which time the dead in Christ will be raised, the bodies of living saints will be changed and, together, shall be caught up to be with Christ (1 Thess. 4:13-18, 1 Cor. 15:51-54).  This catching up of the saints is known as the Rapture and is an imminent, personal, premillenial, dateless, signless event; the blessed hope for which the Christian is looking (Titus 2:11-14; 1 Thess. 1:10).

2)       Subsequent to “the tribulation of those days”, Christ will return to the earth with His saints in power and great glory.  This return of Christ will be personal, bodily, and actual.  He will judge the nations and introduce the millennial age (Mt. 25:31-34, Mt. 24:27-31, Rev. 20:6).

Coming in between the two phases of the Second Advent is a period of seven years known as the Tribulation Period.  This is Daniel’s 70^th week; the last half of it is known as the Great Tribulation, which culminates in the Battle of Armageddon (Dan. 9:27, Mt. 24:8-26, Rev. 7:14, Rev. 11:2-3, Rev. 19:19-21).

Section 13 – Heaven and Hell:    There is  a literal  Hell:  a place of torment  and anguish,  prepared for the Devil and his angels (Mt. 25:21, Luke 16:23-26), in which those who reject the Son of God as their personal Savior shall be tormented forever (Rev. 20:10, Rev. 20:13-15).

There is an eternal Heaven where all the redeemed shall live in perfect peace and bliss forever in the presence of God and His Christ (Rev. 22:1-5).

Section 14 – The Believer’s Walk:  The child of  God has been called with a holy calling to walk,  not after the flesh, but after the Spirit, so as not to fulfill the lust of the flesh (Rom. 8:12-13, Gal. 5:16-25), being a new creature in Christ Jesus (2 Cor. 5:17), and thus possessing a new nature.  He, nevertheless, has within him the old nature and, throughout his lifetime, these two natures strive with each other (Rom. 7;15-25).  In view of this, the Christian is exhorted to seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God (Col. 3:1),  and to walk in the Spirit.

The believer is called to live a life of consecration, to present his entire being to God, and not to be conformed to the things of the world (Rom. 12:1-2).  He is not to be unequally yoked together with unbelievers, and is to separate from that which dishonors the Lord (2 Cor. 6;14-17, Eph. 5:11).

Section 15 – The Ministry of Spiritual Gifts:  We believe that God is  sovereign  in the bestowment  of all His gifts, that the gifts of evangelist, pastor, and teacher are sufficient for the perfecting of the saints today, and that speaking in tongues and the working of sign miracles gradually ceased as the New Testament scriptures were completed and their authority became established.  (1 Cor. 12:4-11, 2 Cor. 12:12, Eph. 4:7-12).

  We believe that no specific gift is necessary for a proof of salvation, nor a proof of any degree of sanctification.

We believe that God does hear and answer the prayer of faith in accord with His own will for the sick and afflicted (John 15:7, 1 John 5:14-15).