Confession of Faith

We Believe...

1. The Scriptures, both Old & New Testaments, to be the inspired Word of God, without error in the original writings, the complete revelation of His will for the salvation of men, & the Divine & final authority for all Christian faith & life.

2. In one God, Creator of all things, infinitely perfect & eternally existing in three persons, Father, Son & Holy Spirit.

3. That Jesus Christ is true God & true man, having been conceived of the Holy Ghost & born of the Virgin Mary.  He died on the cross a sacrifice for our sins according to the Scriptures.  Further, He arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven, where at the right hand of the Majesty on High, He now is our High Priest & Advocate.

4. That the ministry of the Holy Spirit is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ, & during this age to convict men, regenerate the believing sinner, indwell, guide, instruct, & empower the believer for godly living & service.

5. That man was created in the image of God but fell into sin & is therefore lost & only through regeneration by the Holy Spirit can salvation & spiritual life  be obtained.

6. That the shed blood of Jesus Christ & His resurrection provide the only ground for justification & salvation for all who believe, & only such as receive Jesus Christ are born of the Holy Spirit, & thus become children of God.

7. That water baptism & the Lord's Supper are ordinances to be observed by the Church during the present age.  They are, however, not to be regarded as means of salvation.

8. That the true Church is composed of all such persons who through saving faith in Jesus Christ have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit & are united together in the body of Christ of which He is the head.

9. That only those who are thus members of the true Church shall be eligible for membership in the local church.

10. That Jesus Christ is the Lord & Head of the Church, & that every local church has the right under Christ to decide & govern its own affairs.

11. In the personal & pre-millennial & imminent coming of our Lord Jesus Christ & that this "Blessed Hope" has a vital bearing on the personal life & service of the believer.

12. In the bodily resurrection of the dead; of the believer to everlasting blessedness & joy with the Lord, of the unbeliever to judgment & everlasting conscious punishment.