- We believe in the full, verbal inspiration of every word of all sixty-six books of the Bible in the original manuscripts (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21). The Bible is the infallible revelation of God and the final authority for our doctrine and conduct (John 17:17; 1 Corinthians 2:13).
- We believe in one God in three Persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The three Persons of the Godhead are eternal, unchanging, perfect in all their attributes and equal in nature, power and glory (Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 45:5-6; Matthew 3:16-17; Matthew 28:18-19; John 1:18; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Ephesians 4:6).
- We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ who, by His virgin birth, became fully God-Man (Matthew 1:23; Luke 1:26-35; John 1:1, 14, 10:30, 14:9; Hebrews 1:1-4). We believe in His sinless humanity, His substitutionary death and His bodily resurrection, ascension to heaven and future return (Acts 1:11; 1 Corinthians 15:20; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Ephesians 1:20-23; 1 Timothy 2:5-6; 1 Peter 3:18).
- We believe that the Holy Spirit is the divine author of the Scriptures (2 Peter 1:20-21; 2 Timothy 3:16). He convicts the world of sin, is the divine agent of regeneration, indwells all believers and baptizes them into the body of Christ at the moment of their conversion and seals them unto the day of redemption (1 Corinthians 6:19-20; Ephesians 1:13-14, 4:30). He is the source of power for worship and fruitfulness, and He equips all believers for service by giving them spiritual gifts (Acts 1:8; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 12:4-13; Galatians 5:22-23). Believers are commanded to be continually filled with the Holy Spirit by yielding to Him (Galatians 5:16; Ephesians 5:18-20).
- We believe that, as a result of Adam's sin in the Garden of Eden, all men are born sinners, totally depraved, under the righteous wrath of God and completely unable by their own works to save themselves from eternal punishment (Genesis 3; Psalms 51:5; Romans 3:10-23, 5:12-14; Ephesians 2:4-9).
- We believe that Christ died sacrificially for the sins of all (John 3:16, I Timothy 2:5-6, Hebrew 2:9, I John 2:2). Salvation is completely by God’s grace through faith in Christ alone, not on the basis of human effort (Romans 3:23-26; Ephesians 2:8-9; 1 Peter 1:18-19). All who choose to put their faith in Christ are cleansed from sin by the power of His blood (John 1:12, 3:16, 6:37, Romans 10:9-13). Salvation is completely free and permanent (John 10:27-29; Romans 6:23, 8:38-39).
- We believe that true saving faith in Christ will result in a transformed life characterized by obedience and good works (John 14:15; Romans 6:1-4, 12:1-2; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 5:16-25; Ephesians 2:10).
- We believe that the universal church, the body of Christ, consists of all believers in Christ (Romans 12:4-5; 1 Corinthians 12:13). All believers are united together by the indwelling Holy Spirit and are to love one another and live in peace (Galatians 3:26-28; Ephesians 4:1-6; Colossians 3:12-15). Every local church has the responsibility to govern its own affairs in submission to Christ who is the head of the church (Acts 13:1-3, 20:28; Ephesians 1:20-23; 1 Timothy 5:17; Hebrews 13:17). We believe each individual Christian needs to faithfully worship and serve as well as to be served within the fellowship of a local Bible-believing church (Romans 12:4-8; 1 Corinthians 12; Hebrews 10:24-25).
- We believe God's pattern for the church today, as in the early church, includes the baptism of believers by immersion (Matthew 3:16, 28:19; Acts 8:36, 38-39, 10:47-48, 18:7-8; Romans 6:3-5) and the call for all believers to be steadfastly devoted to Bible-teaching (Acts 2:42-47; 1 Timothy 4:13, 2 Timothy 4:2-4), fellowship (Acts 2:44-46; Hebrews 10:24-25; 1 John 1:7) breaking of bread (Communion) (Luke 22:19-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26) and prayer (Acts 6:3-4; Ephesians 6:18). All believers are called to be actively involved in sharing the Gospel with unbelievers and making disciples (Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 1:8; 2 Corinthians 5:18-20).
- We believe that the return of Jesus Christ to rapture the church to heaven is imminent (John 14:1-3; 1 Corinthians 15:51-52; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18). This will be followed by a period of tribulation on the earth and then by the return of Christ in power and glory to establish His righteous millennial kingdom on earth (Ezekiel 37:21-28; Zechariah 14:4-11; Revelation 8:1-16:21, 19:11-16, 20:1-7).
- We believe in the bodily resurrection of both the saved and the unsaved. The saved will enjoy eternal life in heaven, and the unsaved will be personally judged and sent to hell to suffer the torment of God's wrath for their sin forever (Matthew 25:41; John 6:39; Romans 8:11, 19-23; 1 Thessalonians 1:10, 5:9; 2 Thessalonians 1:6-8; Revelation 20:11-15, 22:4-5).