Godhead

We believe in one Triune God, existing eternally in three persons as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We believe each member of the Godhead to be identical in nature, equal in power and glory, having the same attributes and perfections.

(Deut. 6:4; II Cor. 13:14; I John 5:7)

Man

We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God, a trichotomous being, possessing body, soul, and spirit, but that in Adam’s original sin, man fell, lost his human spirit, inherited a sinful nature, and became alienated from God.

We believe that every member of the human race, at physical birth, receives from God the imputation of Adam’s original sin to its genetic home, the old sin nature, resulting in spiritual death; and that man, through his own efforts, is totally unable to be reconciled to God.

(Gen. 1: 26-27; Rom. 3:22-23; 5:12; Eph. 2:12)

Scriptures

We believe the Holy Scriptures to be the inspired, infallible, authoritative Word of God.

( II Tim. 3: 16-17; II Peter 1: 20-21; Matt. 5:18; John 16: 12-13)

Jesus Christ

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man, without ceasing to be God or relinquishing any attribute of His deity; that His humanity, perfect and impeccable, was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary; and that in this hypostatic union of perfect humanity and deity, Christ was, is, and forever shall be the unique person of the universe.

We believe that it was necessary for Jesus Christ to become humanity to be our Savior, Mediator, High Priest, and King; that the purpose for His Incarnation was to reveal God and redeem sinful man; that He accomplished our redemption through His spiritual death on the cross,
as a substitutionary sacrifice, in which the sins of the entire world were imputed to Him and judged by God the Father; and that our redemption is made sure to us by His literal physical resurrection from the dead.

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is now in Heaven, seated and exalted at the right hand of God the Father, where as High Priest for His people, He fulfills the ministry of Representative, Intercessor, and Advocate.

( Matt.1: 18-23; Heb. 4:15; 7:25; 9:24; I Peter 1: 3-5; 1:19; Rom. 1: 2-5; 3: 24-25; 4:25; 8:34; Phil 2: 5-11; I John 2: 1-2)

Redemption

We believe that redemption is the saving work of Jesus Christ by which He purchased the freedom of the human race, born spiritually dead.

We believe that Jesus Christ, by His virgin birth and the impeccability of His humanity, is the only qualified Redeemer; that the term “ Blood of Christ” used in association with redemption, depicts by representative analogy the spiritual death, or saving work, of Christ on the cross; and the redemption results in the forgiveness of sins, deliverance from the curse of the law, and provides a basis for justification, sanctification, and the strategical victory of Christ in the angelic conflict.

( Matt. 1: 23; I Tim. 3:16; Heb. 1:3; 2:24-25; 9:15’ II Cor. 5: 21; I Peter 2:24; Eph. 1:7; 5: 25-27; Col. 1: 14; 2: 14-15; Rom. 3:24; Gal. 3:13)

Propitiation

We believe that God the Father is propitiated only by means of the work of Jesus Christ on the cross.

(Rom. 3: 25-26)

Sanctification

We believe that sanctification, being set apart as sacred or consecrated unto God, occurs for each believer at the moment of salvation, when God the Holy Spirit enters the believer into permanent union with Jesus Christ.

(I Cor. 1:2; 1: 30; 6:11; Heb. 10:10; 10:14)

Justification

We believe that justification is the judicial act of God whereby the perfect righteousness of God is imputed to the believer at the moment of salvation, thereby vindicating or justifying the believer; and that this justification is possible only because of the work of Christ on the cross.

( Gen. 15:6; Rom. 3:22; 4:25)

 
Unlimited Atonement

We believe that when Jesus Christ was on the cross He bore the sins of the entire human race in His body, and that He was judged for each of those sins, thereby paying the penalty, and atoning, for every sin of every person in the human race.

( Rom. 5: 6; II Cor. 5:14-15; 5:19; I Tim. 2:6; Heb. 2:9; I John 2:2)

Salvation

We believe that salvation in every age or dispensation is the gift of God brought to man by grace and received only by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, whose efficacious death on the cross provided man’s reconciliation to God.

( Eph. 1:7; 2: 8-10; John 1:12)

Eternal Security

We believe that all believers are kept eternally secure forever.

( Rom. 8: 1; 8:38-39; John 10: 27-30; Eph. 1: 13-14)

The Church

We believe that the Church, which is now the body and shall be the bride of Christ, is comprised of all born-again persons of this dispensation or age irrespective of their affiliation with Christian organizations.

( Eph. 1: 22-23; 5: 25-27; I Cor. 12: 12-14)

Satan

We believe in the personality of Satan, ruler of this present world and leader of the fallen angelic host, who is the open and declared enemy of God and man.

( Job 1: 6-7; Isaiah 14: 12-17; Matt. 4: 2-11)

Evil

We believe that evil is the modus operandi of Satan from the time of his fall until his overthrow by Jesus Christ; that it includes human good, all attacks on human freedom, every attempt to solve the problems of human life apart from Bible Doctrine, and distortion of Bible Doctrine.

We further believe that, while all sins were judged on the cross, evil was not judged and is overcome as a problem in the believer’s life only by growth in Bible Doctrine resulting in
spiritual maturity.

( Isaiah 14: 13; II Cor. 2: 11; 5:21; Gal. 1:4; Gen. 2: 17; Gen. 3; I Peter 2L24; Job 28:28)

Holy Spirit

We believe that the Holy Spirit, a member of the Godhead, is a person who convicts the world of sin; Who, at salvation, regenerates each believer; and Who, in this dispensation, permanently indwells the body of each believer, baptizes each believer into the body of Christ, seals each believer unto the day of redemption, and provides each believer with at least one spiritual gift.

We believe that the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in each believer is both permanent and functional, the objective being to teach Bible Doctrine to the believer; and that it is the duty of every believer to be filled with the Holy Spirit.

( Rom. 8: 9; I Cor. 12; 2:13; Eph. 1: 13-14; 4:30; 5:18; Titus 3:5; Gal. 3:2)

Spiritual Gifts

We believe that God the Holy Spirit in grace and apart from human merit sovereignly bestows spiritual gifts to believers in this dispensation; and that each spiritual gift may be classified as temporary or permanent.

We further believe that the temporary spiritual gifts, such as apostleship, prophecy, speaking in tongues, interpreting tongues, healing and working of miracles, ceased with the completion of the Canon of Scripture, and are no longer bestowed to believers.

( I Cor. 12; 13; Eph. 4: 7-12; Rom. 12: 4-8)

Spirituality

We believe that spirituality is an absolute condition in the life of the believer in this dispensation wherein he/she is filled, or fully controlled, by the Holy Spirit and in fellowship with the Lord Jesus Christ.

We believe that spirituality is distinct from maturity; that a believer becomes carnal through any act of mental, verbal, or overt sin; and that fellowship with Christ or spirituality is restored only by personal confession of that sin to God the Father.

( John 15: 7-8; Gal. 5: 16; Eph. 5: 18; Rom. 6: 11-13; I John 1:9; 2:2; I Cor. 11:30-31)

Pastor-Teacher

We believe that the spiritual gift of pastor-teacher, sovereignly bestowed by God the Holy Spirit to certain male members believers in this dispensation, is designed by God for the communication of Bible Doctrine to the Church.

( Eph. 4: 11-16; I Cor. 4:1)

Uniqueness of the Church Age Believer

We believe that all believers of the Church Age belong to a unique system of royalty by virtue of a unique relationship with Jesus Christ; and that the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, whereby the believer is entered into permanent union with Jesus Christ, is the basis for this royalty.

We believe that no believer before or after the Church Age receives at salvation the Baptism of the Holy Spirit; that the precedent for Church Age royalty is the order of Melchizedek; that the sign of this royalty is the unprecedented universal indwelling of the Holy Spirit in the body of each believer in this dispensation; and that as members of this royalty, all Church Age believers will return with the Lord Jesus Christ at the Second Advent to participate in the overthrow of Satan and the Millennial reign of Christ.

( Rev.1:16; 5:10; Acts 1:5; Rom. 6: 3-4; Col. 1: 25-26; Heb. 5: 10; I Cor. 6: 19-20; I Thess. 3:13)

Believer’s Responsibility

We believe it is the responsibility of every believer, in compatibility with the Royal Priesthood,
to consistently, in the filling of the Spirit, assimilate Bible Doctrine.

We believe that this responsibility is fulfilled in the classroom of the local church where Bible
Doctrine is communicated by the pastor-teacher under the concept of academic discipline; that spiritual maturity is achieved only through this consistent intake of the Word of God; and that overt
production in the believer’s life is the result, not the means of spiritual growth.

( II Peter 3:18; Eph. 4: 11-16; 5:21; II Tim. 3:16; Heb. 4:12; 10:25; 13:17; I Peter 2:2; 2:9)

Church Ordinances

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ instituted the Lord’s Supper to be observed until His return.

( Matt. 28: 19-20; I Cor. 11:23-26)

Rapture

We believer that the next great event in the fulfillment of prophecy will be the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ in the air to receive to Himself the dead in Christ and believers who are alive at His coming, otherwise know as the Rapture or Translation of the Church.

( I Cor. 15: 51-57; I Thess. 4: 13-18; Titus 2: 11-14)

Tribulation

We believe that the Rapture of the Church will be followed by a period of seven years, the fulfillment of Israel’s seventieth week, know as the Tribulation; and that the latter half of the Tribulation, the time of Jacob’s trouble, shall be the Great Tribulation.

( Dan. 9: 27; Jer. 30:7; Matt. 24: 15-21; Rev. 6-19; 21)

Second Advent

We believe that the Great Tribulation will be climaxed by the pre-millennial return of the Lord Jesus
Christ to earth to set up His kingdom.

( Zech. 14: 4-11; Mat. 24: 15-51; II Thess. 1: 7-10; Rev. 20:6)

Eternal State

We believe that the soul and human spirit of those who have believed in the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation do, at death, pass immediately into His Presence, and remain there in conscious bliss until the resurrection of the body at the Lord’s coming, when the soul, human spirit, and body shall be reunited and associated with Him forever in glory.

We believe that the souls of unbelievers remain after death in conscious misery until the final judgment of the Great White Throne at the close of the Millennium, when soul and body reunited shall be cast into the Lake of Fire, not to be annihilated, but to be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord.

( Luke 16:19; 23:43; II Cor. 5:8; Phil 1:23; II Thess. 1:7-9; Jude 6-7; Rev. 20: 11-15)