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We
believe that the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments are
verbally inspired by God, inerrant, infallible, immutable, and
preserved in the King James Version for the English speaking people,
and that it is the supreme and final authority of faith and
practice.
We believe
in one God,
eternally existing in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
equal in essence while distinct in personality and function. (Exodus
20:2-3; Matthew 28:19-20; 1 Corinthians 8:6; 1 John 5:7)
We believe
in God's direct
creation of the universe without the use of pre-existent material and
apart from any process of evolution whatsoever, as according to the
Genesis account. (Genesis 1:1-31; Exodus 20:11; Colossians 1:16-17;
Hebrews 11:3)
We believe
that Jesus
Christ, the eternal Son of God, was conceived of the Holy Spirit and
born of the virgin Mary, and is true God and true man. (Isaiah 7:14;
John 1:1, 14; Luke 1:35; Galatians 4:4)
We believe
in the
resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, in His ascension into
Heaven, and in His present life there as our High Priest and Advocate.
(Matthew 28:1-7; Acts 1:8-11; 1 Corinthians 15:4-9; Hebrews 4:14-16)
We believe
that the Holy
Spirit is the agent of the New Birth through conviction and
regeneration, and that He seals and indwells everyone who trusts Christ
as Saviour. We also believe that the Holy Spirit fills and empowers
believers, and that He distributes Spiritual gifts to all believers.
(John 3:5; Romans 8:9 & 12:6-8; 1 Corinthians 12:13 & 13:1-13
Ephesians 1:13 & 2:20 & 4:11-12 & 5:18; Hebrews 2:3-4)
We believe
that man was
created in the image of God, that he sinned and thereby incurred, not
only physical death, but also Spiritual death, which is separation from
God. All human beings are born with a sin nature and are sinners in
thought, word, and deed. (Genesis 1:26-27 & 3:1-6; Romans 5:12, 19
& 3:10-13, 23)
We believe
that Jesus
Christ died as the substitutionary sacrifice for all men. The blood
atonement He made is unlimited in its potential. It is limited only in
its application, effectively saving all those who call upon the name of
the Lord in repentance and faith. (Isaiah 53:4-11; John 3:5-8, 16; II
Corinthians 5:14-21, 1 Timothy 4:10; 1 John 2:1-2)
We believe
that all who
receive, by faith, the Lord Jesus, are born again of the Holy Spirit
and thereby become the children of God. (John 1:12-13 & 3:3-16;
Acts 16:31; Romans 4:5; Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5)
We believe
in the eternal
security of the believer, that it is impossible for one who is born
into the family of God, ever to be lost, because he is forever kept by
the power of God. (John 10:28-29; 1 Peter 1:3-5)
We believe
in that 'blessed
hope,' the personal, premillennial, pretribulational, and imminent
return of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, when He will gather all
believers unto Himself and take them to Heaven. (John 14:1-3; 1
Corinthians 15:51-58; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-13)
We believe
in the bodily
resurrection of the saved and the unsaved, the everlasting blessedness
of the saved in Heaven, and the everlasting punishment of the lost in
Hell. (Matthew 25:31-46; Luke 16:19-31; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18;
Revelation 21:1-8)
We believe
that the local
church is the agency through which God has chosen to accomplish His
work in the world. A New Testament Baptist Church is an organized body
of baptized believers, immersed upon a credible confession of faith in
Jesus Christ, having two offices (pastor & deacon), congregational
in polity, autonomous in nature, and banded together for work, worship,
edification, the observance of ordinances, and the fulfillment of the
Great Commission.
We believe
that the two
ordinances of the local church are Baptism by immersion after
salvation, and The Lord's Supper which was instituted by Jesus that we
might remember and show forth His death 'till He come.' (Matthew
28:18-20; Acts 2:41-47; 1 Corinthians 11:23-28; Colossians 2:12)
We believe
that marriage is a sacred institution that God ordained between one man
and one woman. (Genesis 2:21-25; Leviticus 18:22; Leviticus
20:13; Romans 1:26)
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