We believe in the virgin
birth, the sinless life, the atoning death, the glorious resurrection, and the
imminent pre-millennial return to this earth of the Lord Jesus Christ. We
believe that He has purchased for each believer a finished salvation which is
all by grace through faith. We believe that the life He gives is eternal and
everlasting and that each born again believer is sealed by the power of the Holy
Spirit and kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation, ready to be
revealed on the last day.
We
believe that repentance and faith are the two steps into the family of God and
both are essential. We believe that the repentance and faith that brings
salvation makes a new creature in Christ Jesus and give a perpetual hatred for
sin and the habits of the unsaved life to a truly born again believer.
We
believe that God the Holy Spirit convicts, converts, and continues the work of
grace and gives us love, joy and peace, and makes a soul winner out of the
believer. We believe that baptism in the name of the Father, the Son, and the
Holy Ghost by total immersion, which symbolizes death, burial, and resurrection
is the only proper method of baptism. We believe that first of all, the born
again believer is baptized by the Holy Spirit into Jesus Christ. We believe that
the only two biblical ordinances are baptism and the Lord's Supper. We believe
that salvation is prerequisite to baptism and that church membership is
prerequisite to partaking of the Lord's Supper.
We
believe in the local independent church and pastor; and we believe that Jesus
Christ is the Head of the Church, the Bible is the Rule Book, and the Holy
Spirit, the Administrator. We believe that the whole world is the field for the
work of the church. We believe that Jesus Christ is the Shepherd and the local
pastor is the under-shepherd and the under-shepherd is to rule the church,
according to Hebrews 13, even as the Lord rules the pastor. We do not accept any
man as pastor who has been divorced and remarried. We do not accept women as
preachers.
We
believe that Heaven is the home of God and His Church, and we believe that we
must be born again to be in His family. Likewise, the Jew, God's chosen people -
His earthly people, will dwell upon the new earth for ever. We believe that hell
with fire is the place where sinners are reserved for the Judgment Day, and
after that they will be cast into the Lake of Fire which will be the eternal
home of Satan and all who die without the new birth.
We
believe in separation, dedication, and consecration in the total lifestyle of
every born again believer. We believe the husband and father is to be the head
of the home. The wife is to be in submission to him in the Lord, and the
children obedient unto them in the Lord.
We
believe that the King James Version Bible is the Bible for the English speaking
people. It is God-ordained for faith and practice. As the most blessed Book on
earth it is the safe rule for faith and practice in every part of life. We
recommend memorization of Scriptures from it and that it be read through at
least once each year.