The Scripture: We believe in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments alone as verbally, plenarily inspired of God, without error in the original writings and the sole authority of faith and practice, providentially preserved as God’s eternal Word. We support the use of modern literal (as opposed to paraphrase) translation versions and use the following in ministry: KJV, ESV, NASB

The Godhead: We believe in one God, an eternal Spirit existing in three distinct uncreated Persons-God the Father, God the Son (incarnated as Jesus Christ), and God the Holy Spirit-yet one in essence and equal in every divine perfection and attribute as the Triune God.

Jesus Christ: We believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. God’s eternal Son who was begotten by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary. He is truly God and truly Man. We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His bodily ascension into Heaven, and in His present life there as High Priest for us.

The Holy Spirit: We believe in the eternal deity and personality of the Holy Spirit Who is one of the three Persons of the Trinity. It is the Holy Spirit’s work to restrain evil, convict of sin, and regenerate those of saving faith. The Spirit indwells, thus empowering believers to teach, obey, and serve God in faith.

Man: We believe that man was created directly by God on the literal day six of the creation week, in His image, and in a state of sinlessness. We believe that originally man freely chose to transgress the will of God, and thereby, incurred sin, condemnation, physical and spiritual death so that man is a sinner by nature and by choice, completely depraved, destitute of any moral good, and utterly unable to merit God’s favor or contribute to his salvation.

Salvation: We believe mankind’s salvation is completely dependent on the grace of God, is a free gift of God that man cannot earn or merit in any way and is appropriated by repentance and faith in the person and cross work of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We hold that in salvation the believer is called, regenerated, Spirit baptized into union with Christ, justified, (including the forgiveness of sin and restoration to favor with God through the merit or righteousness of Christ), adopted, sanctified, and glorified. We believe that God secures and guarantees the final salvation of every true believer, and that the genuine believer will continue in his faith and show evidence of his faith in Christ until he meets the Lord. We believe all the elect of God, once saved, are kept by God’s power and are secure in Christ forever.

Sanctification: We believe sanctification is presented in three senses in Scriptures: (1) every saved person has been sanctified through the death of Christ; (2) is being sanctified by the Holy Spirit; and, (3) will be completely sanctified at his glorification. Every believer has two natures, old and new, and the old cannot be eradicated during this life.

The Church: We believe in the Church – a living, spiritual body of which Christ is the Head, and of which all regenerated people in this age are a part. We believe a local church is a company of believers in Jesus Christ, immersed upon a credible confession of faith and associated for worship, work of the ministry, evangelism, observance of the ordinances (baptism and the Lord’s supper), and fellowship.