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We believe in the plenary-verbal inspiration of the accepted canon of
scriptures as originally given. The scriptures are infallible, inerrant and the sole
and final authority for all matters of faith and conduct.
(2 Timothy 3:16; 1 Corinthians 2:13)
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We believe in the eternal Godhead who has revealed Himself as one God
existing in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, distinguishable but
indivisible.
(Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14)
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We believe in the creation, test and fall of man as recorded in
Genesis; his total spiritual depravity and inability to attain to divine
righteousness.
(Romans 5:12, 18)
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We believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of men, conceived by
the Holy Spirit, born by the Virgin Mary, very God and very Man.
(Luke 1:26-35; John 1:14-18; Isaiah 7:14; 9:6)
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We believe Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again the
third day, and personally appeared unto His disciples.
(1 Corinthians 15:1-4; Romans 4:25)
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We believe in the bodily ascension of Jesus to heaven, His exaltation
and personal, literal and bodily coming again the second time for His Church.
(John 14:2-3; and 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)
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We believe in the salvation of sinners by grace, through repentance
and faith in the perfect and sufficient work of the cross of Calvary by which we
obtain remission of sins.
(Ephesians 2:8-9; Hebrews 9:12, 22; Romans 5:11)
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We believe in the necessity of water baptism by immersion in the name
of the eternal Godhead in order to fulfill the command of the Lord Jesus Christ.
(Matthew 28:19; Acts 2:34-36; 19:1-6)
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We believe in the baptism in the Holy Spirit as a real experience at
or subsequent to salvation, with the scriptural evidence, namely, speaking in other
tongues as the Spirit gives utterance.
(Acts 2:1-4; 8:14-17; 10:44-45; Galatians 3:14-15)
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We believe in the operation of the gifts and ministries of the Spirit
as enumerated in 1 Corinthians 12-14 and Ephesians 4, as manifested in the early
Church.
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We believe in the Spirit-filled life, a life of separation from the
world and perfecting of holiness in the fear of God as expressing the true Christian
faith.
(Ephesians 5:18; 2 Corinthians 6:14; 7:1)
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We believe in the healing of the body by Divine power, or Divine
healing in its varied aspects as practised in the early Church (Acts 4:30; Romans
8:11; 1 Corinthians 12:9; James 5:14) and by deliverance in the name of Jesus.
(Mark 16:17)
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We believe in the table of the Lord, commonly called the Communion or
the Lord's Supper, for believers.
(1 Corinthians 11:28-32; Matthew 26:26-28)
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We believe in the reality and personality of the Devil and eternal
judgment in the Lake of Fire for the Devil and his angels.
(Matthew 25:41; Revelation 20:14-15)
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We believe in the eternal life for believers (John 5:24; 3:16), and
eternal punishment for the unbelievers.
(Mark 9:43-48; 2 Thessalonians 1:9; Revelation 20:10-15)
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We believe that there is one true universal Church, made up of
genuine believers, but this one universal Church is also composed of many local
Churches in given localities. These Churches are under the sovereign headship of the
Lord Jesus Christ, exercising autonomous government under Him, administering all its
local affairs and ministry, as well as the propagation of the gospel.
(Acts 15:22; Matthew 16:18; 18:15-20)
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We believe that Government is ordained of God, and the powers that be
are ordained as ministers of God to us for good. To resist the powers and the
ordinances is to resist the ordinance of God. We are subject not only for wrath sake
but for conscience sake, rendering to all their dues, custom to whom custom, fear to
whom fear, honor to whom honor. We declare our loyalty to our Government and its
leaders, and will assist in every way possible, consistent with our faith in the
scriptures as Christian citizens.
(Romans 13)
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