| We believe,
In the verbal and plenary inspiration
of the Old and New Testaments, which constitute the inerrant Word of God.
In One God, the Creator of all,
eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
In the Deity of the Lord Jesus
Christ, being born of a virgin, and having a perfect and sinless humanity.
In the depravity of the nature
of man through his fall in the Garden of Eden, and the absolute inability
of man to save himself from eternal punishment by his own works.
In the substitutionary death,
bodily resurrection, and premillenial return of Jesus Christ.
In the direct creation of the
universe and man by God apart from any process of evolution.
In the eternal salvation of all
individuals who put their faith, hope, and trust in Christ, whose blood
was shed for the remission of sins.
In the government of God through
the person of Jesus Christ. That he has accepted the finished work
of Christ, approving and setting his seal upon his work by the act of raising
him from the dead. That he himself has now been enthroned at the
right hand of the Father in heaven, being the head of the church, which
is his body.
In the High Priestly Office of
Jesus Christ as the intercessor of the church before the throne of God
in heaven.
In the individual responsibility
of man to give an account to God of his own life according to what God
himself has commanded him.
In the Baptism and Filling of
the Holy Spirit being accompanied with manifestations comparable to those
being manifested in the first century christian church.
In the local church as an independent
and self governing body, being only a part of the complete body of Christ.
In the oneness of the body of
Christ, while allowing for differences in administration and opinion.
In the Eternal Blood Covenant
and the Everlasting Gospel of Jesus Christ.
That the goal of all Christian
Ministry is to establish true unity of the body in the Spirit of Christ,
without compromise, having and upholding the inspired written Word of God
as Final Authority.
In the ordinance of Water Baptism
as the outward symbol of the Eternal Covenant.
In the ordinance of the Lord's
communion supper as the outward expression of the Eternal Blood Covenant.
In the responsibility of the
church to evangelize the world.
In the call to separation from
all spiritual apostasy.
In the personal existence of
Angels, Demons, and Satan.
In demonic oppression and possession
and the church's authority and responsibility to operate in the gifts of
the Holy Spirit to affect complete deliverance from such beings.
In eternal punishment in a lake
of fire for the wicked and eternal blessings for the true believer in Christ.
In the millennial reign of Jesus
Christ upon this earth.
In the eventual complete destruction
and recreation of both the heavens and the earth.
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