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The Holy Scriptures: We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the ONLY verbally inspired Word of God. (II Tim. 3:16-17; II Peter 1:16, 21; Matt. 5:18; John 16:12-13)

The True God: We believe there is one, and only one, living and true God, an infinite, intelligent Spirit, the Maker and Supreme Ruler of heaven and earth, that in unity of the Godhead there are three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. (Ex. 20:22-23; I Cor. 8:6; Rev. 4:11; Matt. 3:13-17;Matt. 28:19)

Deity: We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man, without ceasing to be God. (Isaiah 53:6; John 20:28; Luke 24:36-43; Acts 1:9-11; II Cor. 5:21; Isaiah 9:6; I Cor. 5:3; I Peter 2:24; Luke 24:36-43; Matt. 25:31; Phil. 2:6-7; Mark 16:19)

Holy Spirit: We believe in the Deity and personality of the Holy Spirit, that He seals, endues, guides, teaches, witnesses, sanctifies, and helps the believer. (John 14:6, 17, 26; Matt. 28:19; Luke 1:35; Gen. 1:1-3; John 1:33; Acts 11:16; Luke 24:49; Rom. 8:8, 14, 16, 26-67; Eph. 1:13; John 16:7-15)

Satan: The reality and personality of Satan, the author of sin and the cause of the fall; that he is the open and declared enemy of God and man; and that he shall be eternally punished in the Lake of Fire. (Job 1:6-7; Isaiah 14:12-17, 25-41; Rev. 20:10; I Peter 5:8-9; Ezekiel 28:13-14)

The Creation: We accept the Genesis account of creation and believe that man came by direct creation of God and not by evolution. (Gen.1, 2; Col. 1:16-17; John 1:3)

Depravity of Man: We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God, but that in Adam’s sin the race fell, inherited a sinful nature, and became alienated from God; and that man in and of himself, is unable to remedy his lost condition. (Gen. 1:26-27; Rom. 3:22-23, 5:12; Eph. 2:1-3, 12)

Atonement for Sin: We believe that men are justified on the single ground of faith in the shed blood of Jesus Christ. (Rom. 5:1-25; Eph. 2:8-9; Heb. 9:22; Gal. 3:16)

Resurrection: We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the unsaved; the conscious and endless punishment of the unsaved; and the conscious and endless blessedness of the saved. (John 5:28-29; Rev. 20:12-15, 56)

Second Coming of Christ: We believe in the second coming of Christ; that when He comes He will remove from the earth His Church, then pour out the righteous judgments of God upon the unbelieving world. Afterwards Christ will descend with His Church and establish His glorious and literal kingdom over all the nations for a thousand years. (John 14:3; Acts 1:11: Thess. 4:16-17; Rev. 20)

Respect for Civil Government: We believe that civil government is of divine appointment, and that governors of states and nations should be obeyed when the laws they seek to enforce are not in conflict with the Bible. (Rom. 13:1-7; Matt. 22:21; Acts 4:19-20)

The Church: We believe that the Church which is the body and espoused bride of Christ, is a spiritual organism made up of all born again persons of this present age. (Eph. 1:22-23, 5:25-27; I Cor. 12:12-14)