Our Statement of Faith

Articles:

1. The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the inspired Word of God, inerrant in the original manuscripts, and infallible, and the final authority in all matters of faith and life.
   2 Peter 1:20-21; 2 Timothy 3:16

2. One true God eternally exists in three persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
   Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Ephesians 4:4-6; 1 Peter 1:2

3. Jesus Christ is true God and true man and was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary.
   Philippians 2:6; Colossians 2:9; Romans 9:8

4. Jesus Christ, being sinless, died in our place for our sins, was buried and rose again bodily from the dead, ascended to heaven where He now intercedes at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.
   Hebrews 4:15; Romans 4:23-24; Romans 5:8; Romans 10:9-10

5. All persons are sinners and separated from God until they are born again by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ, and evidenced by repentance of sin.
   Romans 3:23; Romans 6:23; Ephesians 2:8-9

6. The Holy Spirit indwells each believer and seals each believer until the day of redemption.
   Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 3:16; Ephesians 1:13-14

7. The Holy Spirit enables the believer to live a victorious life through faith in and obedience to Jesus Christ.
   1 John 5:4-5; 1 Corinthians 15:57; Galatians 2:20

8. The Holy Spirit gives to each believer one or more spiritual gifts to be used to edify the body of Christ.
   Romans 12:6; 1 Corinthians 7:7; 1 Corinthians 12:7-11

9. The righteous are resurrected to eternal blessedness and the unrighteous to everlasting punishment.
   John 5:27-28; Matthew 25:46; John 3:36; Galatians 6:8

10. We look forward to the imminent and visible bodily return of Jesus Christ for His church.
    Matthew 24:30-31; Acts 1:10-11; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

11. The Lord has directed two ordinances for all born-again believers in the local church.

    1. Water baptism in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit as an act of obedience, a testimony and in identification with Christ.
       John 3:16; John 6:47; Acts 10:43

    2. The regular observance of the Lord’s Supper as an active remembrance of His sacrificial death on our behalf.
       1 Corinthians 10:16; 1 Corinthians 11:23-25