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January 8
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We believe the Holy Scriptures to be the
verbally inspired, authoritative Word of God contained in the Old and
New Testaments as the very Word of God, wholly without error. Our church
stands for the received Text of the Holy Scriptures, present in what is
commonly referred to as the King James Authorized Version in the English
language, and for sound translations of the Received Text in the various
languages of the world.
- We believe in one God, eternally existing in three
Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
- We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy
Spirit, born of the virgin, Mary, and is true God and true man.
- We believe that man was created by direct action of
God, created in the image of God; that he sinned and thereby incurred
not only physical death, but also that spiritual death which is
separation from God; and that all human beings are born with a sinful
nature, and, in the case of those who reach moral responsibility, are
sinners in thought, in word, and in deed, and are lost without Christ.
- We believe in the bodily resurrection of our Lord,
His bodily ascension into Heaven, and His bodily presence there as our
High Priest and Advocate.
- We believe in the “blessed hope” the personal,
bodily, pre-tribulation, pre-millennial, and imminent return of our Lord
and Savior, Jesus Christ.
- We believe that all who receive by faith the Lord
Jesus Christ are born again of the Holy Spirit, and are therefore
children of God and eternally saved.
- We believe that Satan is literal and personal, the
agent of the Fall, the prince and the power of this present world, and
that he shall be judged and eternally punished.
- We believe that immersion is the proper form of
baptism revealed and commanded in the Scriptures; that it has no saving
power, but is commanded for those who are already saved; that the new
birth, which comes as a result of repentance and faith in the Lord Jesus
Christ, is the Scriptural prerequisite for baptism; therefore, only
those who are old enough to trust Jesus Christ for themselves should be
baptized.
- We believe that the Bible recognizes only two offices
in the local church: pastor, and deacons. Furthermore, we maintain that
those offices may be held by men only.
- We believe that the local New Testament church is a
body of believers, baptized, assembling for worship, service, and the
dissemination of the Gospel to all the earth; and that the local church
is fully autonomous and independent of any earthly authority or
denomination concerning the conduct of its business and mandate.
- We believe that all the saved are called to a life of
separation from worldly and sinful practices.
- We believe that all the saved are called to a life of
spreading the Gospel through soul winning to the lost.
In addition to the specific articles of our statement of
faith, we have no affiliation with either the National or World Council of
Churches or any of their affiliates or partners, and does not have any
association with ecumenical organizations.
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