CONFESSION OF FAITH

A.         We believe that all Scripture, as originally written, was plenarily and verbally inspired by God and is the product of holy men controlled by the Holy Spirit, which truth is preserved without any mixture of error in the Bible. The Bible contains 66 books; it is the only complete and final revelation of the will of God for this age; it is the true center of Christian union and the supreme standard for all human conduct, creeds and opinions. (II Tim. 3:16-17; II Peter 1:19, 21; John 17:17; Rom. 15:4; Rev. 22:19)

B.        We believe there is one and only one true and living God, infinite in every excellence; that in the unity of the Godhead there are three persons, coequal, coeternal in every perfection. These three are the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, who execute different offices and functions in the work of redemption. (Ex. 20:2-3; Matt. 28:19; I Cor. 8:6; II Cor. 13:14)

C.    We believe that Jesus Christ is true God and true man, having been conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin, that He died on the cross as a sacrifice for our sins, according to the Scriptures. We believe further that He rose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven, where at the right hand of God the Father, He now is our High Priest and Advocate. We believe He will return personally and bodily for His church before the tribulation and will return with His saints at the end of the tribulation to establish the throne of David and His earthly millennial reign. (Matt. 1:24-25; John 1:14; Acts 1:9; I Cor. 15:3-4, 51-57; I Thess. 4:13-18; Heb. 8:1; I John 2:1; Rev. 19:11-21, 20:6, 14)

D.       We believe that the Holy Spirit is a divine person, equal with God the Father and God the Son; that He was active in creation; that He convicts of sin, righteousness and judgment, bears witness to the truth, glorifies the Lord Jesus Christ; that He is the agent of the new birth and that He seals, endues, baptizes, guides, teaches (witnesses to), sanctifies, indwells and helps every believer for Godly living and service. (Gen. 1:1-3; John 3:8, 14:16-17, 26, 16:8-11; Matt. 28:19; Rom. 8:14-27; I Cor. 12:13; Titus 3:5)

E.    We believe in the distinct personality of Satan, that he is the unholy god of this world, the author of all powers of darkness and sin, and is destined to the judgment of an eternal justice in the lake of fire. (Matt. 4:1-11; II Cor. 4:4; Heb. 2:14; Rev. 20:10)

F.    We believe in the literal Genesis account of creation: that God created the heavens and the earth,             including all life, "each after its own kind," by direct act and not by process of evolution. (Gen. 1;             Ex. 20:11; Acts 4:24; Col. 1:16-17; John 1:3)

G.    We believe that man, in the person of Adam, was created in innocence; but by voluntary transgression he fell into sin, thus plunging the whole race into condemnation and death; so that all mankind is born in sin and shaped in iniquity. (All men are sinners by choice in the first expression of their will, and therefore are under just condemnation without defense or excuse before God.) (Gen. 3:16, 24; Rom. 3:23, 5:10-19; Eph. 2:1-3; Rom. 1:18; Gal. 3:22)


H.    We believe that salvation is by grace through faith in the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross, being His voluntary substitution in the place of sinners, and that no works, however good, make that salvation more secure; that this salvation is brought about apart from race or human achievement, totally by the power of the Holy Spirit in connection with divine truth; that the blessings of this salvation are freely given on the grounds of grace through the gospel to all who will, by penitent and obedient faith, believe in Jesus Christ as personal Saviour and Lord. Those who believe in Christ are eternally secure in Him. (Eph. 2:8-9; John 3:3; I Tim. 2:5; Heb. 10:4-18; John 1:13; Eph. 1:7; Acts 16:31; Rom. 10:9-13; John 5:24)

I.    We believe that the Church universal is the company of God’s redeemed people, Christ being the head and the Church His body. Unknown to the Old Testament prophets, the Church is a New Testament institution, established by Jesus Christ at Pentecost and will be consummated at the coming of Christ in the Rapture. This universal body of Christ is visible in local congregations of baptized (immersed) believers, associated by covenant of faith and laws, exercising the gifts, rights, and privileges invested in it by His Word; that its officers are pastors and deacons; that it has the absolute right of self- government, directed by the Holy Spirit and answerable only to Christ, and that in all matters of membership, policy, government, and discipline, the will of the local church is final. (Matt. 18:15-17; I Cor. 1:2, 6:4-5; I Tim. 3:1-16; Eph. 1:22, 4:11; Acts 20:17-28; Acts 6:1-7)

J.    We believe that there are two church ordinances: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Baptism is the immersion of a believer in water. It sets forth our faith in a crucified, buried and risen Saviour, with the effects which faith produces, death to sin and resurrection to a new life. Baptism is a prerequisite to the privileges of church membership. The Lord’s Supper is a commemoration of our Lord’s death until He comes and our continual fellowship with Him. It should be preceded by obedience in baptism, and at every Lord’s Supper a careful self-examination. (Acts 8:36-39; Rom. 6:3-5; I Cor. 11:23-32)

K.    We believe that there is a radical and essential difference between the righteous and the wicked. All who, through faith, are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and sanctified by the Spirit of God are truly righteous in His esteem, while all who continue in impenitence and unbelief are, in His sight, wicked and under the curse. This distinction holds among men, both in life and after death, in everlasting happiness of the saved and the everlasting conscious suffering of the lost. (Mal. 3:18; Rom. 6:17-23; Matt. 25:34-46; John 8:21)

L.    We believe in the resurrection of physical bodies from the dead; the dead in Christ will be raised at the coming of Christ for His Church, and the wicked dead will be raised at the close of the Millennial kingdom and stand in their bodies at the Great White Throne of Judgement to receive their final doom. (John 5:21-30; I Thess. 4:13-18; Rev. 20:11-15)


M.    We believe that the gifts such as tongues, healing and prophecy were given as a sign to authenticate the message of the apostolic church. The foundation has been laid, the Scripture completed, therefore any revelatory sign would be contradictory to the established Gospel. (I Cor. 12:11; Eph. 4:11; I Cor. 12:8, 28; II Cor. 12:12; I Cor. 14:20-22; I Cor. 13)

N.  We believe in separation of the Church from state and from all forms of apostasy, from the charismatic movement, and from secret societies. (Matt. 22:21; II Cor. 6:14-18; Eph. 5:11-12; I Cor. 13; II John 9-11; Matt. 10:26-27; Psalm 1; John 18:20; James 5:12)