We believe in the plenary, verbal, Divine inspiration of the sixty-six canonical books of the Old and the New Testaments of the Bible (from Genesis to Revelation) in the original languages. (II Timothy 3:16-17; II Peter 1:21; 1 Thessalonians 2:13)

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We believe in God’s promise to preserve His Word.  The Bible says, “Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.” (Psalm 119:152)  Also, “The words of the Lord are pure words:  as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.  Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.” (Psalm 12:6-7)

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We believe that the King James Version (or Authorized Version) of the English Bible is a true, faithful, and accurate translation which in our time has no equal among all of the other English Translations.  The translators did such a fine job in their translation task that we can without apology hold up the King James Version and say, “This is the WORD OF GOD!”

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We believe that there is one God, a living intelligent Spirit, the Maker and Supreme Ruler of heaven and earth, eternally expressing Himself through three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Genesis 1:26, Matthew 3:16-17, I John 5:7)

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We believe that the material universe, including man, came into being by the direct creation of God, and not by evolution (not even theistic evolution). (Genesis 1, II Peter 3:5-7; Hebrews 11:3)

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We believe that man was created sinless (Genesis 1:31) but voluntarily sinned (Romans 5:12-21, Genesis 3:1-7) and that because of this fall, all men are now sinners by birth and destined for hell (Romans 6:23, Romans 5:19) with no “spark of Divinity” and must be born from above to be fit for fellowship with God. (John 3:3-6)

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We further believe that the unsaved will spend eternity in torment in a literal hell. (Revelation 20:14-15)

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We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Ghost of the virgin Mary. (Matthew 1:20)

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We believe that salvation of the sinner is wholly of grace (Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 4:4-5), and made possible alone through the vicarious death of Jesus Christ upon the cross of Calvary (Isaiah 53:3-4, 10-11, Luke 22:19-20), and that there is salvation in none other (Acts 4:12) and that all that is necessary for salvation is an acceptance by faith of His infinite work. (John 1:12, 3:16)

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We believe that justification includes pardon from sin (Romans 8:1, 5:9, 8:30-34), the gift of eternal life (Romans 6:23, 5:10), and a perfect standing before God (Jude 24-25, Romans 5:11), and that a born again believer cannot ever lose his salvation. (John 10:28-29, I John 5:11-13)

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We believe in the sanctity of the home as instituted by God in the garden of Eden (Genesis 1:26-28; 2:21-25), consisting of marriage between one man and one woman (Hebrews 13:4, I Corinthians 7:1-5), united by love and Christian Faith, and that this marriage bond is intended by God to be a lifelong commitment that man should not put asunder (Matthew 19:3-9, Mark 10:1-12; Ephesians 5:22-23; Colossians 3:18-20; Titus 2:1-8, I Peter 3:1-7). According to Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 5:31-33, fornication (sexual uncleanness) is scriptural ground for allowing (though not mandating) divorce (I Corinthians 7:10-16, 27).  Moreover, children are to be desired from this union of husband and wife and brought up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord (Genesis 3:20; 9:1; Psalm 127:3-5; Proverbs 22:6).

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We believe all forms of sexual impurity (including sodomy, homosexuality, fornication, adultery, incest and effeminacy) are an abomination to God (Romans 1:18-32; I Corinthians 6:9-11; Leviticus 18:22-30); and that by recognition and repentance of these sins, salvation of the lost is still possible (John 7:8-11).

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We believe that the local church is a congregation of immersed believers (Acts 10:46-47, Romans 6:3-6, I Peter 3:21) associated by covenant of faith and fellowship in the Gospel (Romans 12, Hebrews 10:23-25); that the local church has the absolute right of self-government (Matthew 18:18-20) and is answerable only to God, her Administrator, and the Lord Jesus Christ, her Head (Ephesians 5:23-24); that in all matters of membership, policy, discipline, and benevolence the will of the local church is sovereign. (Matthew 18:18-19)

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We believe that there are only two church ordinances, baptism and the Lord’s Supper.  Baptism is the immersion of the believer in water. (Romans 6:3-6, Acts 8:36-39, Colossians 2:12, I Peter 3:18-21)  We believe that participation in the Lord’s Supper is symbolic of the Lord’s vicarious death and is to be shared in only with true believers. (I Corinthians 11:23-24, Luke 22:19-20)

We believe that the gift of tongues was the miraculous ability to speak in foreign, knowable, human, understandable languages.  (Acts 2:4-11)  We believe this gift ceased before the full Scriptures were completed. (I Corinthians 13:8)  We are not a Charismatic church.

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We believe in the personal, visible, premillennial return of our Lord for His saints (I Thessalonians 4:13-18), which event will initiate the great seven year tribulation (the culmination of human government divorced from God), (II Thessalonians 2:7-12, Matthew 24, Revelation 19:17-21) which had its origin at Babel. (Genesis 11:1-9)  At this time, the Lord Himself shall return in glory to judge the living nations. (Matthew 25:31-46, Joel 3)  The end of the tribulation will be immediately followed by the thousand year reign of our Lord Jesus Christ on earth from Jerusalem. (Revelation 20:2-6)  At the end of which time Satan will be loosed to show man’s preference for evil. (Revelation 20:7-8, John 3:19)  This brief period of Satanic freedom is to be quickly followed by the Great White Throne Judgment.