These truths are not new. They are the faith once delivered to the saints, drawn straight from the word of God.
We believe the Bible is the final authority for everything we believe and do. It was given by the inspiration of God and is without error, and the God who breathed out His word has kept His promise to preserve it. For the English-speaking world that preserved word is the Authorized (King James) Version, and to it we hold without apology. (2 Timothy 3:16, Psalm 12:6–7, Isaiah 40:8)
We believe in one true and living God, eternally existing in three persons — the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost — one in essence and equal in glory. (1 John 5:7, Matthew 28:19)
We believe God made all things in heaven and earth, both visible and invisible, and that He holds the whole of creation together by the word of His power. Nothing exists or continues apart from Him. (Genesis 1:1, Colossians 1:16–17, Hebrews 1:3)
We believe Jesus Christ is God come in the flesh — born of a virgin, perfectly without sin, crucified for sinners, and raised bodily from the dead. He is coming again to receive His church to Himself, and afterward to return and establish His kingdom. (1 Timothy 3:16, John 1:14, 1 Corinthians 15:3–4)
We believe God desires every person to be saved, and that the gospel is offered freely to all. Salvation comes by grace through faith in the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ, with no human work or merit added to it. Whosoever will may come — the door is open to anyone — yet not all are saved, for each one must personally receive Him. (1 Timothy 2:3–4, 2 Peter 3:9, Ephesians 2:8–9, John 1:12, Romans 10:13)
We believe that the moment a person trusts Christ he becomes a child of God forever, sealed by the Holy Spirit, who teaches and comforts him until the day of redemption. What God has secured cannot be lost. (Ephesians 4:30, John 10:28–29, Philippians 1:6)
We believe baptism is for those who have already trusted Christ — a public testimony of a salvation already received, picturing His death, burial, and resurrection. When the Ethiopian asked, “what doth hinder me to be baptized?” the answer put belief first: “If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest.” Baptism adds nothing to salvation and does not make one a member of the church. (Acts 8:36–37, Romans 6:4)
We believe that salvation makes a person a member of the body of Christ, and that believers are to gather together in a local church to worship, to grow, and to minister one to another. (1 Corinthians 12:13, Hebrews 10:24–25, Acts 2:41–42)
We believe every Christian is responsible to carry the good news of Christ to others — by personal testimony and by giving to support the missionary work of the church — until the gospel has reached all men. (Mark 16:15, Acts 1:8, Romans 10:14–15)
We believe the saved are called to be separate from the world, holy in mind and body. Yet right living does not come by the keeping of rules; it flows from an inner change of heart. We give our attention first to that inward condition, trusting the outward life to follow. (Romans 12:1–2, 2 Corinthians 6:17, 1 Samuel 16:7)
We believe in a literal heaven and a literal hell. Those who reject the Lord Jesus Christ will be eternally separated from God in the conscious torment of the lake of fire, while those who receive Him will dwell forever in the glorious presence of God. (Revelation 20:15, Revelation 21:8, John 14:1–3)
We believe in the blessed hope of the Lord Jesus Christ gathering His church together unto Himself — the dead in Christ and the living caught up together to meet Him in the air. We watch and wait for that day. (Titus 2:13, 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17, 2 Thessalonians 2:1)
This is a summary of our position. We would be glad to talk with you in person about any of these truths and what the Bible says.
Plan a Visit“Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.”John 17:17
