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WE BELIEVE
that the Bible is God's infallible, inspired, and preserved
word, and that it was written by men, divinely inspired,
and that it has Supreme authority in all matters of
faith and conduct. We believe that God has preserved
His word for the English speaking world in the King
James Bible.
WE
BELIEVE in one God, namely God the Father,
God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost, making a triune
God possessed of one Spirit. We believe God the Father
is perfect in holiness, infinite in wisdom, and measureless
in power. We rejoice that He concerns Himself mercifully
in the affairs of men, and that He hears and answers
prayer, and that He saves from sin and death all who
come to Him through Jesus Christ.
WE
BELIEVE in Jesus Christ, God's only begotten
Son, virgin born, sinless in His life making atonement
for the sins of the world by His death. We believe that
His blood was shed for the sins of the whole world,
and that it is preserved and sprinkled upon the altar
in the heavenly tabernacle, and that there is no remission
of sin without the shedding of blood. We believe in
His bodily resurrection, His ascension into heaven,
His perpetual intercession for His people and His pre-millennial,
visible return to the world according to His promise.
We believe that He is very God from eternity to eternity.
WE
BELIEVE in the Holy Spirit who came forth to
convict the world of sin, of righteousness and of judgment
to come, and to regenerate, sanctify and comfort those
who believe in Jesus Christ. We believe that the nine-sign
gifts of the Holy Spirit were only used during the period
of the inspiration of the New Testament, and that with
the close of the canon, the nine-sign gifts came to
a conclusion. We believe that all Christians are indwelt
by the Holy Spirit from the moment of their personal
salvation, and are filled or influenced by the Holy
Spirit many times in their lives, in relation to their
surrender to His absolute will. We believe that He is
Very God from eternity to eternity.
WE
BELIEVE that all men are sinners by nature
and by choice, but that, "God so loved the world
that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth
in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."
We believe therefore that those who accept Jesus Christ
as Lord and Saviour will rejoice forever in God's presence,
and those who refuse to accept Jesus Christ as Lord
and Saviour, confessing their sins in repentance, will
be forever separated from God in Hell which is literal,
inescapable, everlasting, and made up of actual fire.
WE
BELIEVE that every born-again Christian is
secure in his personal salvation, as Christ is the Author
and Finisher of our faith, being the One who saves us
by His grace, and keeps us by His grace, demonstrating
that a man does not save himself, and a man does not
keep himself.
WE
BELIEVE that God's one appointed organization
is the local church. This is to say that we do not hold
to any invisible, catholic, or universal church concept
of any kind. We do not believe the church will go through
any portion of the tribulation, or any kind of "pre-wrath"
judgement by God, but awaits the pre-tribulation rapture.
We believe the local church alone has the authority
to baptize and administer communion.
WE
BELIEVE that God's standards of conduct are
final. Qualifications for pastors, deacons, and leaders
in the church are clearly spelled out in the Bible and
we are to submit to them. Among these standards are
that God never meant husbands and wives were ever to
be divorced, and that an "exception clause"
for the case of fornication is not an allowance for
any of God's people to be divorced and remarried. We
do not believe that pastors, missionaries, deacons,
or their wives can meet Gods qualifications having ever
been married, divorced, and remarried.
WE
BELIEVE that every born-again Christian has
direct relations with God, and is responsible to God
alone in all matters of faith; that each church is independent
and autonomous and must be free from interference by
any ecclesiastical or political authority. We believe
in separation of church and state, but denounce the
thought of separation of God and state.
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