Confession of Faith

The Bible, both the Old and New Testaments, is the only authoritative, inspired, infallible Word of God and is the final authority in faith and practice. (II Timothy 3:16-17)

There is one God, eternally existent in the persons of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19)

The creation of the universe, world, and man in six literal days was a direct act of God. (Exodus 20:11, Genesis 1)

The deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross, His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the right hand of the Father, His personal return for the rapture of the Church, and the power and great glory at His revelation are essential doctrines to an understanding of the person and work of Jesus Christ. (I Corinthians 15:3-4)

For the salvation of lost and sinful men, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential. (Titus 3:5-7)

Personal salvation is by faith in the blood of Jesus Christ which He shed on the cross of Calvary for the remission of sins for all who believe. Salvation is the gift of eternal life by the grace of God apart from works. (Titus 3:5-7; Ephesians 2:8-9)

The believer is eternally secure in his salvation through Jesus Christ. (John 10:28-29)

There will be a resurrection of both the saved and the lost: they that are saved unto the resurrection of life; they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation. (I Thessalonians 4:16); Revelation 20:12)

Believers in our Lord Jesus Christ are joined in a spiritual unity. (Philippians 2:2)

The Holy Spirit is a Person, and He is God, possessing all the divine attributes. He indwells, baptizes, and seals all believers at the moment of their salvation and fills them in response to their confession of sin and yieldedness. (John 14:17; John 16:7-8)

God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of a marriage between a man and a woman. Any form of homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, bestiality, incest, fornication, adultery, and pornography are sinful perversions of God’s gift of sex. God disapproves of and forbids any attempt to alter one’s gender by surgery or appearance. (Genesis 2:24; 19:5, 13; 26:8-9; Leviticus 18:1-30; Romans 1: 26-29; I Corinthians 5:1; 6:9; 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8; Hebrews 13:4)

The family is the basic unit of society established by God, Who intends for it to consist of a man and a woman legally married to each other in a permanent relationship, which may or may not produce children. If the man and woman have children, they are responsible to train and teach those children in biblical principles. (Genesis 2:24; Deuteronomy 6:6-7;Romans 7:2; 1 Corinthians 7:10; Ephesians 5:22-23)

We believe all human life is sacred and created by God in His image. Human life is of inestimable worth in all its dimensions, including pre-born babies, the aged, the physically or mentally challenged, and every other stage or condition from conception through natural death. We are therefore called to defend, protect, and value all human life. (Psalms 139)