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THE BIBLE
The Bible, consisting of both Old and New Testaments in their entirety, is the only
divinely inspired, inerrant, truthful and authoritative written Word of God, and the only
infallible rule of faith and practice. The divine inspiration of Scripture extends only to
the original manuscripts and not to the various copies and translations of Scripture. The
Bible should be interpreted literally, grammatically, contextually and historically.
GOD
There is one infinite, personal God, the Creator, eternally existing in three persons,
revealed in Scripture as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
JESUS CHRIST
Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God, conceived in the flesh by the Holy Spirit, born of
the virgin Mary and is fully God and fully man. Jesus Christ lived a sinless life, was
crucified and died to pay for the sin of all mankind. He was buried and three days later
He rose bodily from the dead by the power of God. Jesus appeared to many people after
His resurrection and then ascended into heaven and is now seated at the right hand of
God the Father where He is our only Mediator, High Priest and Advocate.
THE HOLY SPIRIT
The Holy Spirit is God, a person, not a force. The Holy Spirit’s ministries include
convicting all men of sin, calling, regenerating, indwelling and baptizing all believers
into the body of Christ. The Holy Spirit sets the believer apart to a holy life, teaching,
keeping and empowering him day by day. The Holy Spirit distributes spiritual gifts to
each believer according to His will. Some of the spiritual gifts given to Christ’s apostles
have become rare. We do not seek after particular gifts nor do we prohibit particular gifts
but we believe God, in His sovereignty, can use any of the gifts according to His desire.
MAN
Mankind was created in the image of God to enjoy and experience a personal
relationship with Him. The first man sinned and destroyed the possibility of that
relationship. All offspring of Adam, the first man, are consequently sinners. Since no
sinner can attain God’s standard of perfection, man is separated from God, spiritually
dead in his sin. The judgment for sin is eternal separation from God in the lake of fire, a
place of eternal torment.
SALVATION
God made it possible for the relationship between Him and man to be restored by only
one way. The substitutionary death of Jesus Christ on the cross is the payment for man’s
sinfulness and the resurrection of Jesus Christ provides for the restoration of that
relationship. A person must trust in Jesus Christ alone to obtain the free gift of salvation.
Once a person has trusted in Christ alone for salvation, that person is unable to remove
himself or to be removed from that relationship for all of eternity.
SANCTIFICATION
Every true believer is given a perfect standing before God and can experience holiness in
this life by yielding to Jesus Christ.
THE CHURCH
The Church, referred to as the body of Christ in the Bible, is made up of all people in the
world and throughout all of history who have trusted Jesus Christ alone for salvation.
Christians, being members of the universal Church, should commit themselves to a local
assembly of believers (local church) for growth, fellowship and service. The Church is
God’s chosen instrument to make known to the world the possibility of a restored
relationship with God.
SATAN
Satan is a created, real spiritual being who is the author of sin, our adversary and accuser
and the great deceiver. Satan is diametrically opposed to the things of God, but is in no
way God’s opposite (God being far beyond any comparison or equal). The Bible tells of
Satan’s certain defeat by the Lord Jesus Christ and his eternal punishment in the lake of
fire.
FUTURE EVENTS
There is coming a literal time of great tribulation at the end of the present age. After this
terrible period, Christ will return in power and glory to judge the wicked and establish His
Millennial Kingdom literally on earth. At a time known only to God the Father, Jesus will
catch away (rapture) His Church from the earth so that they will not suffer God’s wrath
when it is poured out on the world before His glorious coming. The Millennial Kingdom
will be followed by the judgment of all who have not trusted Christ for salvation. Those
people will be separated from God, cast into the eternal lake of fire with no hope of
relief. After that comes the creation of a new heaven and new earth, which will be the
eternal home, with the Lord Jesus, of all who have trusted Christ alone for salvation.
The Bible, consisting of both Old and New Testaments in their entirety, is the only
divinely inspired, inerrant, truthful and authoritative written Word of God, and the only
infallible rule of faith and practice. The divine inspiration of Scripture extends only to
the original manuscripts and not to the various copies and translations of Scripture. The
Bible should be interpreted literally, grammatically, contextually and historically.
GOD
There is one infinite, personal God, the Creator, eternally existing in three persons,
revealed in Scripture as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
JESUS CHRIST
Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God, conceived in the flesh by the Holy Spirit, born of
the virgin Mary and is fully God and fully man. Jesus Christ lived a sinless life, was
crucified and died to pay for the sin of all mankind. He was buried and three days later
He rose bodily from the dead by the power of God. Jesus appeared to many people after
His resurrection and then ascended into heaven and is now seated at the right hand of
God the Father where He is our only Mediator, High Priest and Advocate.
THE HOLY SPIRIT
The Holy Spirit is God, a person, not a force. The Holy Spirit’s ministries include
convicting all men of sin, calling, regenerating, indwelling and baptizing all believers
into the body of Christ. The Holy Spirit sets the believer apart to a holy life, teaching,
keeping and empowering him day by day. The Holy Spirit distributes spiritual gifts to
each believer according to His will. Some of the spiritual gifts given to Christ’s apostles
have become rare. We do not seek after particular gifts nor do we prohibit particular gifts
but we believe God, in His sovereignty, can use any of the gifts according to His desire.
MAN
Mankind was created in the image of God to enjoy and experience a personal
relationship with Him. The first man sinned and destroyed the possibility of that
relationship. All offspring of Adam, the first man, are consequently sinners. Since no
sinner can attain God’s standard of perfection, man is separated from God, spiritually
dead in his sin. The judgment for sin is eternal separation from God in the lake of fire, a
place of eternal torment.
SALVATION
God made it possible for the relationship between Him and man to be restored by only
one way. The substitutionary death of Jesus Christ on the cross is the payment for man’s
sinfulness and the resurrection of Jesus Christ provides for the restoration of that
relationship. A person must trust in Jesus Christ alone to obtain the free gift of salvation.
Once a person has trusted in Christ alone for salvation, that person is unable to remove
himself or to be removed from that relationship for all of eternity.
SANCTIFICATION
Every true believer is given a perfect standing before God and can experience holiness in
this life by yielding to Jesus Christ.
THE CHURCH
The Church, referred to as the body of Christ in the Bible, is made up of all people in the
world and throughout all of history who have trusted Jesus Christ alone for salvation.
Christians, being members of the universal Church, should commit themselves to a local
assembly of believers (local church) for growth, fellowship and service. The Church is
God’s chosen instrument to make known to the world the possibility of a restored
relationship with God.
SATAN
Satan is a created, real spiritual being who is the author of sin, our adversary and accuser
and the great deceiver. Satan is diametrically opposed to the things of God, but is in no
way God’s opposite (God being far beyond any comparison or equal). The Bible tells of
Satan’s certain defeat by the Lord Jesus Christ and his eternal punishment in the lake of
fire.
FUTURE EVENTS
There is coming a literal time of great tribulation at the end of the present age. After this
terrible period, Christ will return in power and glory to judge the wicked and establish His
Millennial Kingdom literally on earth. At a time known only to God the Father, Jesus will
catch away (rapture) His Church from the earth so that they will not suffer God’s wrath
when it is poured out on the world before His glorious coming. The Millennial Kingdom
will be followed by the judgment of all who have not trusted Christ for salvation. Those
people will be separated from God, cast into the eternal lake of fire with no hope of
relief. After that comes the creation of a new heaven and new earth, which will be the
eternal home, with the Lord Jesus, of all who have trusted Christ alone for salvation.
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