Our Beliefs

The Authority Of Our Statement Of Faith

This Statement of Faith does not exhaust the extent of our faith. The Bible itself is the sole and final source of all that we believe. We do believe, however, that the following statement of faith accurately represents the teaching of the Bible.

The Bible - The King James

We believe in the inspiration and preservation of the word

of God. That is, it was inspired of God the moment it was

spoken and then the spoken word was written down by holy

men of God (1 Pet. 1:20-21; 2 Tim. 3:16; Jer. 36:1-4); we

believe the God who inspired His word is also powerful

enough to keep His word (Psa. 12:6-7; Matt. 24:35).

Furthermore, we believe that the King James Bible does not

just contain the word of God but is in fact the very words of

God and His final authority in these last days.

Dispensationalism - Rightly Dividing

We believe that the Scriptures interpreted in their natural,

literal sense, reveal divinely determined dispensations or rules

of life which define man's responsibility in successive ages.

These are divinely ordered stewardships by which God directs

man according to His purpose. These dispensations are the

subjects of detailed revelation in Scripture.

(Gen. 1:1-2:8; 12:1-3; 15:18-21; Ex. 18-19, II Sam. 7:8-16; Matt. 26:28; Rev. 21-22)

God - The Godhead

We believe in one triune God, eternally existing in three

persons - Father, Son, and Holy Ghost - each co-eternal in

being, co-identical in nature, co-equal in power and glory,

and having the same attributes and perfections.

(Deut. 6:4; Matt. 28:19, II Cor. 13:14; Jn. 14:10-26, I Jn. 5:7)

The Lord Jesus Christ

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God

became Man without ceasing to be God, having been conceived by

the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary in order that He might

reveal God and redeem sinful man.

(Isa. 7:14; 9:6; Lk. 1:35; Jn.1:1-2,14; II Cor. 5:19-21; Gal. 4:4-5; Phil. 2:5-8)

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our

redemption through His death on the cross as a representative,

vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice, and that our justification is

made sure by His literal, physical resurrection from the dead.

(Acts 2:18-36; Rom. 3:24-25; I Pet. 2:24; Eph. 1:7; I Pet. 1:3-5)

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended in to heaven and is

now exalted at the right hand of God where, as our High Priest, He

fulfills the ministry of representative, intercessor, and advocate.

(Acts 1:9-10; Heb. 9:24; 7:25; Rom.8:34; I Jn. 2:1-2)

The Holy Spirit

We believe that the Holy Spirit is a Person, who convicts the world of

sin, of righteousness, and of judgment, and that He is the supernatural

agent in regeneration, baptizing all believers into the body of Christ,

indwelling and sealing them unto the day of redemption.

(Jn. 16:8-11; Rom. 8:9; I Cor. 12:12-14; II Cor.3:6; Eph. 1:13-14)

We believe that the Holy Spirit is the divine Teacher, who enables

believers to understand and appropriate the Scriptures, and that it is

the privilege and duty of all the saved to be filled with the Spirit.

(Eph. 1:17-18; 5:18; I Jn. 2:20, 27)

We believe that God is sovereign in the bestowal of spiritual gifts to

every believer. God uniquely uses evangelists and pastors and teachers

to equip believers in the assembly in order that they can do the work of

the ministry.

(Rom. 12:3-8; I Cor. 12:4-11, 28; Eph. 4:7-12)

Man - The Fall

We believe that man was created in the image and likeness

of God, but that in Adam's sin the human race fell, inherited

a sinful nature, and became alienated from God, and that

man is depraved and of himself utterly unable to remedy his

lost condition.

(Gen. 1:26-27; Rom. 3:22-23; 5:12, 23; Eph. 2:1-3; 4:17-19).

Salvation

We believe that salvation is the gift of God, brought to man

by grace, and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus

Christ, Whose precious blood was shed on Calvary for the

forgiveness of our sins. Salvation is available to all through

faith.

(Jn. 1:12; Eph. 1:7; 2:8-10; I Pet. 1:18-19)

The Church - Local

The local church is a group of like minded believers that

have been saved and are striving together to serve the

Lord Jesus Christ.

The Church - The Body of Christ

Once someone gets saved, they get put into the body of Christ,

which is the church. This consists of all saved believers.

The Rapture

The Lord Jesus Christ is going to call away His church

before the tribulation period. He is our blessed Hope and we

believe it could be any day.

Revelation

The Lord Jesus Christ is going to come back at the end of the

tribulation and set up His Kingdom on earth.

Real people serving a real God with a real purpose.

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