Here we stand...

There are many fine religions and philosophies, but they will not save mankind. Jesus is the only
way to reach God. He is the Messiah spoken of in the Old Testament. He is the only savior of
mankind.

We teach the full council of God's Word and believe every truth is essential to the spiritual health
of individuals and Fellowships.

We believe that God is unchanging, as scripture states, "…the same yesterday, today, and forever.
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The sole basis of our beliefs is the Bible, God's written Word, the 66 books of the Old and New
Testaments. We believe that it was uniquely, verbally and fully inspired by the Holy Spirit and
God's complete revelation to mankind. It is the supreme and final authority in all matters on which
it speaks, both for faith and practice.

We are not against denominations, but we are against the modern divisions that have split the
church because of denominations. We accept those areas of doctrinal teaching on which,
historically, there has been general agreement among all true Christians. We believe there should
be unity in the church, but no compromise on doctinal truth.

1.There is one true God, eternally existing in three persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - each
of whom possesses equally all the attributes of Deity and the characteristics of personality.

2.Jesus Christ is God, the living Word, who became flesh through His miraculous conception by
the Holy Spirit and His virgin birth. Hence, He is perfect Deity and true humanity united in one
person forever.

3.He lived a sinless life and voluntarily atoned for the sins of men by dying on the cross as their
substitute, thus satisfying divine justice and accomplishing salvation for all who trust in Him alone.

4.He rose from the dead in the same body, though glorified, in which He lived and died.

5.He ascended bodily into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God the Father, where He,
the only mediator between God and man, continually makes intercession for His own.

6.Man was originally created in the image of God. He sinned by disobeying God; thus, he was
alienated from his Creator. That historic fall brought all mankind under divine condemnation.

7.Man's nature is corrupted, and he is thus totally unable to please God. Every man is in need of
regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

8.The salvation of man is wholly a work of God's free grace and is not the work, in whole or in
part, of human works or goodness or religious ceremony. God imputes His righteousness to
those who put their faith in Christ alone for their salvation, and thereby justified them in His sight.

9.It is the privilege of all who are born again of the Spirit to be assured of their salvation from the
very moment in which they trust Christ as their Savior. This assurance is not based upon any
kind of human merit, but is produced by the witness of the Holy Spirit, who confirms in the
believer the testimony of God in His written word.

10.The Holy Spirit has come into the world to reveal and glorify Christ and to apply the saving
work of Christ to men. He convicts and draws sinners to Christ, imparts new life to them,
continually indwells them from the moment of spiritual birth and seals them until the day of
redemption. He enlightens the Bible to those who read it in faith.

He empowers believers and bestows gifts on them through the laying on of hands and /or the
Baptism given to all who ask, for the purpose of becoming active in the service of Jesus Christ
as 'royal priests'. His fullness, power and control are appropriated in the believer's life by faith,
daily indwelling and filling us.

11.Every believer is called to live so in the power of the indwelling Spirit that he will not fulfill the
lust of the flesh but will bear fruit to the glory of God. Sin should be a stumbling in our walk, not
a way of life or a practice. We are to pursue purity and holiness in our individual lives.

12.Jesus Christ is the Head of the Church, His Body, which is composed of all men, living and
dead, who have been joined to Him through saving faith.

13.God admonishes His people to assemble together regularly for worship, for participation in
ordinances, for edification through the Scriptures and for mutual encouragement.

14.At physical death the believer enters immediately into eternal, conscious fellowship with the
Lord and awaits the resurrection of his body to everlasting glory and blessing.

15.At physical death the unbeliever enters immediately into eternal, conscious separation from the
Lord and awaits the resurrection of his body to everlasting judgment and condemnation.

16.Jesus Christ will come again to the earth - personally, visibly and bodily - to consummate
history and the eternal plan of God. He will rapture the Church prior to the wrath that will come
during the 70th week of Daniel. At the end of the 70th week He will come, with His Church, to
establish His kingdom on earth.

17.The Lord Jesus Christ commanded all believers to proclaim the gospel throughout the world
and to disciple men of every nation. The fulfillment of that Great Commission requires that all
worldly and personal ambitions be subordinated to a total commitment to "Him who loved us
and gave Himself for us."