What We Believe
We
believe the Holy Scriptures of the
Old and New Testaments to be the
verbally and plenarily inspired Word of God (II Peter 1:20,21).
We
believe the King James Version of the Bible is the
inspired,
preserved Word of God for the English-speaking people.
We believe God's
Word is
inerrant, infallible, God-breathed and, is therefore, the final
authority in
all matters of faith, doctrine and practice (II Timothy 3:16,17).
We believe that
the
sixty-six books of the Bible are God's complete, divine and only
revelation to
man, and that the Bible reveals God, the fall of man, the way of
salvation and
God's plan and purpose through the ages (Revelation 22:18,19). The
Scriptures
shall be interpreted according to their normal grammatical-historical
meaning.
The King James Version of the Bible shall be the only translation of
God's Word
used in our teaching and preaching ministries (I Corinthians
14:33).
We believe that
there is
only one true and living God, existing in three persons: Father, Son
and Holy
Ghost. Each are co-eternal in being, co-identical in nature, co-equal
in power
and glory, and each has the same attributes and perfections
(Deuteronomy 6:4;
Matthew 28:19; John 14:10,16; II Corinthians 13:14; I John 5:7).
We believe in
the deity,
virgin birth, sinless life, vicarious death, bodily resurrection and
ascension
of Jesus Christ (Isaiah 7:14, 9:6,7; Matthew 1:23; Luke 8:39; John
1:1,2; Romans
3:24,25; Acts 1:9,10).
We believe in
the visible,
personal and premillennial return of Jesus Christ (John 14:3;
Revelation 1:7;
II Timothy 4:1).
We believe that
salvation
is "by grace", plus nothing and minus nothing. The conditions of
salvation are repentance and faith (Ephesians 2:8,9; Luke 13:3; John
8:24).
We believe that
men are
justified by faith alone and are accounted righteous before God only
through
the merit of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, and that those who are
thus
justified are saved forever (Romans 11:6; Titus 3:5; John 5:24).
We believe that
every
saved person should follow the Lord in baptism, by immersion, and
should join
and maintain an active membership in a local, New Testament Church
(Matthew
28:19; Acts 8:36-39; Hebrews 10:25).
We believe that
the
ordinances of the New Testament Church are Baptism and the Lord's
Supper (Acts
2:38-41; I Corinthians 11:23-34).
We believe in
the
everlasting conscious blessedness of the saved and the everlasting
conscious
punishment of the lost (I Thessalonians 4:14-18; Revelation 20:15;
Revelation
14:11).
We believe that the Holy
Spirit convicts of sin, converts the repentant, seals God's children
and endues
them with soulwinning power (John 16:7-11; Galatians 4:6; Ephesians
1:13, 2:1;
Acts 1:8).
We believe that
modern-day
speaking in tongues is both a doctrinal and practical error and,
therefore, is
neither to be sought nor practiced (I Corinthians 14:22; Matthew
12:39).
We believe that
the Word
of God is sufficient for doctrine and instruction in righteousness, and
that
both Arminian and Calvanistic doctrine is to be shunned in favor of
Bible
doctrine (II Timothy 3:16).
We believe that
the Bible
forbids sexual activity outside the normal marriage bond between a man
and a
woman. It is plain from Scripture that homosexuality, lesbianism,
bisexuality,
bestiality, incest, fornication, adultery and pornography are sinful
perversions of God's gift of sex (Leviticus 18:1-30; Job 31:1; Romans
1:24-32;
I Corinthians 6:9,10).
We believe that
all believers
are stewards of the portion of God's wealth with which He has entrusted
them.
Therefore, each Christian should give the tithe as a basis for giving,
and that
each of us should also give other offerings above the tithe both
cheerfully and
sacrificially to support the needs of the Church, the relief of those
with
special needs and the spread of the Gospel. We believe that a Christian
relinquishes all rights to control the use of all such gifts when they
are
given and that tithes and offerings are nonrefundable (Genesis 14:20;
Proverbs
3:9,10; Malachi 3:8-11; Luke 6:38; I Corinthians 16:2; II Corinthians
9:6,7).
We believe that
the local,
New Testament Church is a group of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ,
baptized
and meeting together for the purpose of fellowship, growth in grace and
the
propagation of the Gospel (Acts 2:41,42).
We believe that
God has given the
Church the Great Commission to proclaim the gospel to all nations so
that there
might be a great multitude from every nation, tongue and tribe who will
believe
on the Lord Jesus Christ. As Christ's ambassadors on earth we must use
all
available means to go to foreign nations with the gospel (Matthew
28:19,20;
Mark 16:15; Luke 24:46-48; John 20:21; Acts 1:8; II Corinthians 5:20).
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