|
Doctrinal Statement
|
1.
Verbal Inspiration:
We believe that every work of the Old and New Testament, in the original
manuscripts, was written by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and that the
Bible is consequently wholly without error.
We believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God, and that it is the
only infallible rule of faith and practice.
2
Timothy 3:16, 17; 2 Peter 1:20,21; Hebrews 1:2; John 10:35; Ephesians 6:17;
Isaiah 8:20; Psalm 119:105
2.
The Trinity:
We believe that God is Triune and that there are three eternal, co-equal
divine persons in the Godhead and these three are one God.
Luke
3:21, 23; 1 Peter 1:2; 2 Corinthians 13:14; and Deuteronomy 6:4.
3.
The Person of Christ:
We believe in the Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ and that He was
conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin.
John
1:1, 14 Luke 1:35; 1 Timothy 3:16; Colossians 2:9.
4.
Salvation:
We believe that the only way to be saved is by faith in the blood
sacrifice, vicarious atonement, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ the Son
of God.
We believe in the eternal security of the saints.
John
3:16; John 14:6; Ephesians 2:8,9; Acts 16:31; Romans 8:25, 26; John 10:28;
Hebrews 7:25; 1 John 5:13
5.
Intercession:
We believe that our Lord Jesus Christ ascended into heaven and is now
seated at the right hand of the Father and that He is the only Mediator between
God and man.
Mark
16:19; Hebrews 9:24; 1 John 2:1; 1 Timothy 2:5
6.
The Church:
We believe that the church, which is the Body of Christ, began with the
descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost; that each one who recieves
the Lord Jesus Christ, is indwelled by the Holy Spirit.
Acts
2:1-4; John 7:39; 1 Corinthians 12, 13; Romans 8:9-15: 1 John 2:27;
1
John 4:16.
7.
Our Commission:
We believe that the Gospel commission is for the church; that baptism in
water, and the Lord's supper are divine institutions and that Christ desires us
to practice them in this age.
Matthew
28:19; Mark 16:16; Luke 24:47, 48; Romans 6:3,4; 1 Corinthians 11:23, 26.
8.
The Lord's Return:
We believe that Christ shall at any moment return in the air to rapture
the saints, and that a Tribulation of seven years will occur; after which He
shall come to the earth with the saints and rule for a thousand years. After
this, the wicked dead shall be judged and cast into the Lake of Fire.
John
14:3; Acts 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17; Daniel 9:27; Jude 14; Revelation
20:2-6, 15.
9.
Satan:
We believe that Satan is a person, the author of the fall of mankind and
that he shall be eternally punished.
Genesis
3:15; Job 1:6,7; Revelation 20:2, 10.
10.
Final Stage:
We believe in the bodily resurrection of the dead, both of the just and
the unjust, and in the eternal conscious punishment of the lost and the eternal
joy of the saved.
1
Corinthians 15:22-24; John 5:28, 29; Matthew 25:46; Revelation 21:4.