What we believe

We believe in the absolute authority of the Holy Bible, consisting of 66 books in the Old and New

Testaments, We believe it was fully inspired by God (God-breathed), and is sufficient for all life and godliness. (2 Tim. 3:16-17, 2 Pet. 1:3, 19-21)

We believe that there is only one true and living God that He is a spirit, and perfect in all His

attributes and that His Holiness is beyond our comprehension. He possesses omniscience (all

knowing), omnipotence (all-powerful), omnipresence (present everywhere), and is immutable

(unchanging). We further believe that He is sovereign in His position, just in all His decrees, and

righteous in all His actions. We believe in the unity of the Godhead which consists of three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Each member of the Godhead possesses personality and each is worthy of honor, worship, devotion and love, and that each has a distinctive but harmonious part in the work of redemption. (I Cor. 8:6, I John 5:7, Rev. 4:11)

       a. The Father:

       We believe that the Father is truly God, and that in the Godhead He occupies a

       functional but not a positional superiority, and that it is to the glory of the Father

       that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. (John 8:42, John 14:16-

       17, Phil. 2:9-11)

        b. The Son

        We believe that Jesus Christ was conceived of the Holy Ghost, born of the virgin Mary,

        incarnate in human flesh as no other man ever was, or can be, born of woman; that He is

        both the Son of God and God the Son, total deity and total humanity, two distinct natures

        in one unique person without any confusion or mixture, and that He never ceased to be

        God for one instant in His humiliation as the Son of Man. We further believe in His

        sinless life, His substitutionary death upon the cross for our sins, His physical

        resurrection from the grave, His ascension to the right hand of the Father where He ever

        liveth to make intercession for the believers. We believe in His personal, bodily, visible

        and pre-millennial return to the earth. (John 1:1-2, Matt. 1:20, I Pet. 2:24, Eph. 1:7, Acts

        1:9-11, Heb. 7:25)

         c. The Holy Spirit

         We believe that the Holy Spirit is a divine person, equal with God the Father and God the

         Son and of the same nature, that in His relation to the unbelieving world; He convicts of

         sin, of righteousness and of judgment. We further believe that He bears witness to the

         truth of the Gospel in preaching and testimonies, that He is the Agent in the new birth,

         that He seals, endues guides, teaches witnesses, sanctifies, and helps the believer. (John

         14:26, 16:8-11, Matt. 28:19, Heb 9:14, Luke 1:35, Gen. 1:1-3, Acts 5:30-32, Eph. 1:13-14,

          Acts 11:16, Luke 24:49, Rom. 8:14, 16, 26, 27)

We believe in the personality of Satan, that he is the unholy god of this age and the author of all the powers of darkness, and is destined to the judgment of an eternal justice in the lake of fire. (Matt. 4:1-3, 2 Cor. 4:14, Rev. 20:10)

We believe that God created all things visible and invisible in six literal days according to the

Genesis account, apart from any process of evolution. (Gen. 1 & 2, Col. 1:16-17, John 1:3, Rev. 4:11)

We believe that man was created in the image of God as male and female. Man is a unique and

direct creation of God, created in innocence, but by voluntary transgression fell from his sinless

state, the result of which is that all of mankind are now sinners by nature and by choice, positively inclined to evil and utterly devoid of that righteousness required by the law of God and therefore under just condemnation without defense or excuse. (Gen. 1:27, 3:1-6, Eccl. 7:29, Rom. 5:12-19, 3:9-12, 7:14-17, Is 53:6, Jer. 17:9, Gal 5:19-21, 3:22-24)

We believe that eternal salvation comes by the Grace of God when we repent of our sins and put

our faith (trust) in the Lord Jesus Christ and His shed blood, and that we are justified and sanctified and our spiritual walk and growth begins. We define the above terms as follows:

      a. Eternal Salvation - all who take Christ as their Savior are born from above and are

      eternally secure in Christ - John 10:28-29, Rom. 8:35-39, Phil. 1:6

      b. Grace of God - God’s gift to undeserving souls. - Eph. 2:8-9 

      c. Blood Atonement - that Christ voluntarily died in the sinner’s place, the just for the unjust;

      Christ, the Lord, shed His precious blood and bore our sin in His own body on the tree.

      2 Cor. 5:21, I Pet. 3:18

      d. Repentance - is a change of mind and purpose toward God, and is a part of salvation, and

      that personal faith (belief) in the shed blood of Jesus Christ is the only condition of

      salvation. John 3:36, Acts 20:21

      e. Justification - is the act of God whereby our legal standing in heaven is changed and 

      we are declared righteous. We believe that anyone who comes to God and trusts Christ for

      salvation is justified. - Acts 13:39, Is. 53:11, Rom. 5:1-9, 3:24

      f. Sanctification - means “to be made holy” or “to be set apart” for a Holy purpose.

      I Thess. 5:3

We believe that the righteous (believers in Christ) immediately upon death enter the presence of

Christ to await their resurrection to life, and that the wicked (unbelievers) are detained in hell to

await their resurrection to damnation. (Luke 23:43, I Thess. 4:16-17, Rev. 20:13, 15)

       a. The Universal Church: We believe that the church universal is a New Testament

       Institution, unknown to the Old Testament prophets; established by Jesus Christ who is

       the sole head; revealed through the Holy apostles, empowered and perpetuated by the

       Holy Spirit (His “body” for service and His “bride” for glory). It began with the New

       Testament Saints and will be consummated at the coming of Christ in the rapture. (Matt.

       16:18, Col. 1:18, I Cor. 12:12-14, Eph. 1:22-23, I Thess. 4:13-18)

      b. The Local Church: We believe that the local church consists of a group of born-again

      Immersed believers organized according to the scriptures; independent, self-governing

      and having pastors and deacons as its Biblical officers; united for common service and

      fellowship; meeting together for worship of God, by teaching, preaching and observing

      the ordinances; serving one another in the love of Christ. (Acts 2:41-42, I Tim. 3:1, 8,

      Phil. 1:1, I Tim. 4:13)

We believe that God has given us two ordinances: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.

      a. Baptism: We believe in the immersion of the believer in water as the Biblical mode of

      baptism and that it is a pre-requisite to church membership.

      (Acts 8:36-38, Matt. 28:19)

      b. The Lord’s Supper: We believe in the communion of the Lord’s Supper as a privilege

      unique to those who are believers in Christ and is a commemorative act entered into

      only after appropriate self-examination. (I Cor. 11:23-28)

We believe that God created man and woman after His own Image, and that God has ordained

marriage, consisting of one man and one woman, to be the foundation of the family and to be the only legitimate and Godly expression of sexuality. (Genesis 1:27)