THE SCRIPTURES - We believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God. Holy men of old who spoke and wrote as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. The New Covenant as recorded in the New Testament, we accept as our infallible guide in matters pertaining to conduct and doctrine (2 Tim. 3:16; 1 Thess. 2:13; 2 Peter 1:21).
THE GODHEAD - We believe Our God is one, but manifested in three Persons - the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, being coequal (Phil. 2:6). God the Father is greater than all; the Sender of the Word (Logos) and the Begetter (John 14:28; John 16:28; John 1:14). The Son is the Word flesh-covered, the One
Begotten, and has existed with the Father from the beginning (John 1:1; John 1:18; John 1:14). The Holy Spirit proceeds forth from both the Father and the Son and is eternal (John 15:26).
THE FALL OF MAN - We believe that man was created in the image of God, but that by voluntary disobedience he fell from perfection (Rom. 5:12).
BASIS OF SALVATION - We believe that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us, signing the pardon of all who blieve on Him and confess Jesus Christ as their Lord (John 3:16; Rom. 5:8; Rom. 10:9-10).
SALVATION THROUGH GRACE - We believe that before salvation we have no righteousness of our own and must come to God through the righteousness of Christ (Eph. 2:8)
REPENTANCE and ACCEPTANCE - We believe that upon sincere repentance and a wholehearted acceptance of Christ as Lord, we are justified before God (I John 1:9)
THE NEW BIRTH - We believe that the change which takes place in the heart and life at conversion is a literal one and is the result of being born of the Spirit of God (Cor. 5:17; Gal.2:20; John 3: 5-7).
DAILY CHRISTIAN LIFE - We believe that it is the will of God that we live a sanctified and holy life, growing constantly in the Faith (Heb. 6:1).
WATER BAPTISM - We believe that baptism by immersion, is a direct commandment of our Lord, and is for believers only. We believe it is an outward sign of the inward work of salvation (Matt. 28:19).
BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT - We believe that the Baptism in the Holy Spirit and fire is a gift from God as promised by the Lord Jesus Christ to all believers in this dispensation and is received subsequent to the new birth. This experience is accompanied by the initial evidence of speaking in other tongues as the Holy Spirit Himself gives utterance (Acts 1:8; Acts 2:38,39).
THE LORD'S SUPPER - We believe in the commemoration of the Lord's Supper by the symbolical use of the bread and the juice of the vine (I Cor. 11:28).
SANCTIFICATION -
The Bible teaches that without holiness no man can see the Lord. We believe in the Doctrine of Sanctification as a definite, yet progressive work of grace, commencing at the time of regeneration and continuing until the consummation of salvation at Christ's return (Heb.
12:14; 1 Thess. 5:23; 2 Peter 3:18; 2 Cor. 3:18; Phil. 3:12-14; 1 Cor. 1:30).
DIVINE HEALING -
Healing is for the physical ills of the human body and is wrought by the power of God through the prayer of faith, and by the laying on of hands. It is provided for in the atonement of Christ, and is the privilege of every member of the Church today (James 5:14,15; Mark 16:18; Isa. 53:4,5; Matt. 8:17; 1 Peter 2:24).
RESURRECTION OF THE JUST AND THE RETURN OF OUR LORD -
The angels said to Jesus' disciples, "...this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven." His coming is imminent. When He comes, "...the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air..." (Acts 1:11; 1 Thess. 4:16,17).
Following the Tribulation, He shall return to earth as King of kings, and Lord of lords, and together with His saints, who shall be kings and priests, He shall reign a thousand years (Rev. 20:6).
HELL AND ETERNAL RETRIBUTION -
The one who physically dies in his sins without accepting Christ is hopelessly and eternally lost in the lake of fire and, therefore, has no further opportunity of hearing the Gospel or repenting. The lake of fire is literal. The terms "eternal" and "everlasting," used in describing the duration of the punishment of the damned in the lake of fire, carry the same thought and meaning of endless existence as used in denoting the duration of joy and ecstasy of saints in the Presence of God (Heb. 9:27; Rev. 19:20).