(A) THE GREAT COMMANDMENT

We believe that love one for another as Jesus loves the believer manifests our discipleship, proves our love for God and symbolizes our authority as New Testament churches. Love is
therefore the great commandment of the Lord Jesus Christ upon which all others are dependent (Matt. 22:35-40; John 13:34,35; John 15:12; I John 4:7-21; I John 5:1-3; Rev. 2:4,5).

(B) THE HOLY SCRIPTURES

We believe in the infallible, verbal inspiration of the whole Bible and that the Bible is the all-sufficient rule of faith and practice (Psalm 119:160; 2 Tim. 3:16,17).

(C) THE GODHEAD

We believe in the personal triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, equal in divine perfection (Matt. 28:19).

(D) THE CREATION

We believe in the Genesis account of Creation (Gen. chapters 1&2).

(E) THE PERSONALITY OF SATAN

We believe that Satan is a fallen angel, the archenemy of God and man, the unholy god of this world, and that his destiny is the eternal lake of fire (Isa. 14:12-15; Ezek. 28:11-19; Matt. 25:41;
2 Cor. 4:4; Eph. 6:10-17; Rev. 20:10).

(F) THE VIRGIN BIRTH

We believe in the virgin birth and sinless humanity of Jesus Christ (Matt. 1:18-20; 2 Cor. 5:21;
1 Peter 2:22).

(G) THE DEITY OF JESUS

We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ (John 10:30; John 1:1, 14; 2 Cor. 5:19).

(H) THE HOLY SPIRIT

We believe the Holy Spirit is the divine Administrator for Jesus Christ in His churches (Luke 24:49; John 14:16,17; Acts 1:4,5,8; Acts 2:1-4).

(I) THE SPIRITUAL GIFTS

We believe that miraculous spiritual manifestation gifts were done away when the Bible was completed. Faith, Hope and Love are the vital abiding Spiritual Gifts (1 Cor. chapters 12-14).

(J) THE ETERNAL STATE OF MAN

We believe that Man was created in the image of God and lived in sinlessness until he fell by voluntary transgression from his sinless state, the result being that all mankind are sinners (Gen. 1:26; Gen. 3:6-24; Rom. 5:12,19).

(K) THE SACRIFICE OF JESUS

We believe that the suffering and death of Jesus Christ was substitutionary for all mankind and is efficacious only to those who believe (Isa. 53:6; Heb. 2:9; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 Peter 3:18; 2 Pet. 3:9; 1 John 2:2).

(L) THE RESURRECTION

We believe in the bodily resurrection and ascension of Christ and the bodily resurrection of His saints (Matt. 28:1-7; Acts 1:9-11; 1 Cor. 15:42-58; 1 Thess. 4:13-18).

(M) THE RETURN OF JESUS

We believe in the premillennial, personal, bodily return of Christ as the crowning event of the Gentile age. This event will include the resurrection of the righteous to eternal heaven, and the Millennium will be followed by the resurrection of the unrighteous unto eternal punishment in the lake of fire and that the righteous shall enter into the heaven age (John 14:1-6; 1 Thess. 4:13-18; 2 Thess. 2:8; Rev. 19; Rev. 20:4-6; Rev. 20:11-15; Rev. 21:8).

(N) SALVATION

We believe that the depraved sinner is saved wholly by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, and the requisites to regeneration are repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ (Luke 13:3-5; John 3:16-18; Acts 20:21; Rom. 6:23; Eph. 2:8,9), and that the Holy Spirit convicts sinners, regenerates, seals, secures, and indwells every believer (John 3:6; John 16:8,9; Rom. 8:9-11; 1 Cor. 6:19,20; Eph. 4:30; Titus 3:5).

(O) ETERNAL SECURITY

We believe that all who trust Jesus Christ for salvation are eternally secure in Him and shall not perish (John 3:36; John 5:24; John 10:27-30; Rom. 8:35-39; Heb. 10:39; 1 Peter 1:5).

(P) GOD'S DEALINGS WITH HIS CHILDREN

We believe that God deals with believers as His children, that He chastises the disobedient, and that He rewards the obedient (Matt. 16:27; Matt. 25:14-23; John 1:12; Heb. 12:5-11;
2 John 8; Rev. 22:12).

(Q) THE CHURCH

We believe that Jesus Christ established His church during His ministry on earth and that it is always a local, visible assembly of scripturally baptized believers in covenant relationship to carry out the Commission of the Lord Jesus Christ, and each church is an independent, self-governing body, and no other ecclesiastical body may exercise authority over it. We believe that Jesus Christ gave the Great Commission to the New Testament churches only, and that He promised the perpetuity of His churches (Matt. 4:18-22; Matt. 16:18; Matt. 28:19,20; Mark 1:14-20; John 1:35-51; Eph. 3:21).

(R) THE TWO CHURCH ORDINANCES
We believe that there are two pictorial ordinances in the Lord's churches: Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Scriptural baptism is the immersion of penitent believers in water, administered by the authority of a New Testament church in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Lord's Supper is a memorial ordinance, restricted to the members of the church observing the ordinance (Matt. 28:19,20; Acts 8:12,38; Rom 6:4; 1 Cor. 5:11-13; 1 Cor. 11:1,2, 17-20,26).

(S) THE CHURCH OFFICES

We believe that there are two divinely appointed offices in a church, pastors and deacons, to be filled by men whose qualifications are set forth in Titus and I Timothy.

(T) ASSOCIATIONS

We believe that all associations, fellowships, and committees are, and properly should be, servants of, and under control of the churches (Matt. 20:25-28).

(U) CIVIL GOVERNMENT

We believe in freedom of worship without interference from the government and affirm our belief in civil obedience, unless the laws and regulations of civil government run contrary to the Holy Scriptures (Rom. 13:1-7; 1 Peter 2:13-15).

(V) HUMAN SEXUALITY

We believe that God commanded that no intimate sexual activity between a man and a woman should be engaged in outside of marriage . We believe that any form of homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, bestiality, incest, fornication, adultery, pornography, and co-habitation without marriage are sinful perversions of God's gift of sex (Gen. 2:24; Gen. 19:5,13; Gen. 26:8,9; Lev. 18:1-30; Rom. 1:26-29; 1 Cor. 5:1; 6:9; 1 Thess. 4:1-8; Heb. 13:4).

(W) DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE

We believe that God hates divorce and intends marriage to last until one of the spouses dies.
Remarriage after divorce is regarded as adultery except on the grounds of fornication. Although divorced and remarried persons or divorced persons may hold positions of service in the Church and be greatly used of God for Christian service, they may not be considered for the offices of pastor or deacon (Mal. 2:14-17; Matt. 19:3-11; Rom. 7:1-3; 1 Tim. 3:2,12; Titus 1:6).

(X) ABORTION

We believe that human life begins at conception and that the unborn child is a living human being. Abortion constitutes the unjustified, unexcused taking of unborn human life. Abortion is murder. We reject any teaching that abortions of pregnancies due to rape, incest, birth defects, gender selection, birth or population control, or the mental well-being of the mother are acceptable (Job 3:16; Psalms 51:5; 139:14-16; Isa. 44:24; 49:1,5; Jer. 1:5; 20:15-18; Luke 1:44).

(Y) MISSIONS

We believe that God has given the Church a Great Commission to proclaim the Gospel to all nations so that there might be a great multitude from every nation, tribe, ethnic group, and language group who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. As ambassadors of Christ we must use all available means to go to the foreign nations and not wait for them to come to us (Matt.28:19,20; Mark 16:15; Luke 24:46-48; John 20:21; Acts 1:8; 2 Cor. 5:20).

(Z) LAWSUITS BETWEEN BELIEVERS

We believe that Christians are prohibited from bringing civil lawsuits against other Christians or the Church to resolve personal disputes. We believe the Church possesses all the resources necessary to resolve personal disputes between members. We do believe, however, that a Christian may seek compensation for injuries from another Christian's insurance company, or may seek other civil action as long as the claim is pursued without malice or slander (1 Cor. 6:1-8; Eph. 4:31-32).

(AA) GIVING

We believe that every Christian should, as a steward of the portion of God's wealth entrusted to him, support his local church financially. We believe that God has established the tithe as a basis for giving but that every Christian should give offerings sacrificially and cheerfully to the support of the Church, the relief of those in need, and the spread of the Gospel as he feels led by the Lord to do so. We believe that a Christian relinquishes all rights to direct the use of their offering once the gift has been made (Gen. 14:20; Prov. 3:9,10; Acts 4:34-37; 1 Cor. 16:2; 2 Cor. 9:6,7; Gal. 6:6; Eph. 4:28; 1 Tim. 5:17,18; 1 John 3:17).

The Statement of Faith does not exhaust the extent of our faith. The Bible itself is the sole and final source of all that we believe. We do believe, however, that the foregoing Statement of Faith accurately represents the teachings of the Bible, and therefore, is binding upon all members.