What We Believe

The Bible

All Scripture is divinely inspired of God. The Holy Bible is God's revelation to mankind. We believe that God not only inspired every word, but that He also preserved them through the ages. We believe the King James Bible to be the preserved Word of God for the English Speaking people. (II Tim 3:16; II Pet 1:21)

God

One God eternally exists in three Persons: Father, Son, & Holy Spirit. (Mat 3:16-17; I Cor 8:16; II Cor 13:14; I John 5:7)

Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary and is 100% God and 100% Man. (Mat 1:18-23; John 1:1, 14)

The Fall of Man

Man was created in the image of God; man sinned, and thereby incurred not only physical death, but also the spiritual death which is separation from God; and all human beings are born with a sin nature because of Adam's sin. (Gen 1:26, 2:16; Rom 5:12)

Salvation

Christ died for our sins as a substitutionary sacrifice, and all who trust in Him are justified by his shed blood. (John 3:16; Rom 5:1, 8-9; I Tim 2:5; Heb 9:11-15, 27-28)

The crucified body of our Lord was resurrected from the dead; He ascended into Heaven and is there our intercessor. (Mat 28:6; I Cor 15:4; Acts 1:9; Rom 8:34; Heb 7:25)

The personal, premillenial, pretribulational return of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, is imminent. (John 14:2; Acts 1:11; Rev 4:1)

Salvation is by grace through faith alone in the finished work of Christ on the cross. (Eph 2:8-9; John 6:47; Rev 3:20)

All believers are baptized into the true body by the Holy Spirit and are set apart to a holy walk. (I Cor 1:30; I Cor 12:13; Eph 2:10; I Pet 1:14-19)

All true believers, having been born into the family of God, are possessors of everlasting life, shall never perish, and are eternally secure. (I Pet 1:3-5; John 10:28-29)

The bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust is certain, as is the everlasting blessedness of the saved and everlasting punishment of the lost. (I Thes 4:13-18; Rev 20:11-15; John 5:28-29)

The Local Church

The church began with the calling out of the twelve apostles by Jesus Christ and was empowered on the day of Pentecost. As an Independent Baptist Church, we are governed by God and His Word. We believe the local church is God's only institution to carry out His work today. We believe the local church is composed of members who have been saved and baptized according to the command of Christ. (Mat 16:16-18; Acts 1:15; Acts 2:41-43)

Immersion is the only scriptural mode of baptism and is for believers only. (Rom 6:3-4; Acts 8:36-38)

The Lord's Supper is a commemoration of His death until He comes, and is to be celebrated periodically. (Luke 22:17-20; I Cor 11:23-30)

Conduct

As children of the Lord, we should endeavor, by God's grace to live a consistent Christian life and refrain from worldliness and conduct ourselves in such a way as not to be a stumbling block. (Rom 12:1-2; Col 3:1-17; Rom 14:12-13)