Article I: The Scriptures

     The Bible, including both Old and New Testaments, in the original autographs is the inerrant, infallible, and inspired Word of God. The Scripture is the final Authority in all matters of faith and practice. (II Timothy 3:16; II Peter 1:20, 21)

Article II: The Sovereign God

     God is a Person, eternally existing, as a Trinity in unity – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – three Persons and yet but one God. (Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 28:19; I Corinthians 8:6)

Article III: The Son of God

     Jesus Christ, eternally existing, is the only begotten Son of God, Who became a man totally apart from sin, being conceived be the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, and is true God and true man. (Luke 1:30-35; John 1:1-15; Philippians 2:5-8; Colossians 1:15)

Article IV: Man

     Man was created in the image of God but fell through sin, bringing not only physical death but also spiritual death – separation from God. Now all mankind is totally depraved, having inherited a sinful nature, is bent toward sinning, and has become sinful in thought, word, and deed. (Genesis 1:26, 27; 2:16, 17; 3:6-19; Romans 3:10-23; 6:23)

Article V: Salvation

     The Salvation of sinners is wholly of grace, accomplished through personal faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ on the Cross. (John 1:12; 3:3-7; Ephesians 2:8-9)

Article VI: Security

     The elect of God, at the point of salvation, are given the gift of eternal life. They are thus kept by God’s power and are secure in Christ forever. (John 10:27-30; Romans 8:31-39; Romans 6:23: I John 5:11-13)

Article VIII: Sanctification

     Sanctification is the process, begun at the point of salvation and continuing until the time of glorification, whereby the believer is set apart as a partaker of the holiness of Christ. (Hebrews 10:10; Philippians 3:21; John 17:17)

Article IX: The Church

     A New Testament of the Lord Jesus Christ is a local body of baptized believers in Jesus Christ, observing His laws, practicing His ordinances, and carrying out His commission. Such a group is associated together by a common faith and fellowship in the Gospel.

     The Church is an autonomous body, free from the mandates of any hierarchy and responsibility directly to her Lord.

     The Scriptural officers of a Church are Bishops (or Pastors) and Deacons, whose qualifications and responsibilities are defined in Acts 6, I Timothy 3, and Titus 1. (Acts 2:41-42; I Corinthians 11:2; Matthew 28:19-20; Ephesians 1:22-23)

Article X: Baptism & The Lord’s Supper

     There are two Church Ordinance: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer’s faith in a crucified, buried and risen Savior, the believer’s death to sin, the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. It is a testimony to his faith in the final resurrection of the dead. Being a Church ordinance, it is a prerequisite to the privileges of the membership and to the Lord’s Supper.

     The Lord’s Supper is a symbolic act of obedience whereby members of the church, through partaking of the bread and the fruit of the vine, memorialize the death of the Redeemer and anticipate His second coming. (Matthew 3:13-17; 28:19-20; Acts 8:35-39; Romans 6:3-5; I Corinthians 11:23-29; Colossians 2:12)

Article XI: Civil Government

     Civil government is divinely appointed for the interest and good of human society. Thus, magistrates are to be prayed for and conscientiously obeyed, except in things opposed to the Will of God.

     The Church and State are to be separate. That is, neither should exercise control over the other. (Romans 13:1-7; Matthew 22:21; Acts 5:29; Matthew 23:10; Revelation 19:16)

Article XII: Education

     The primary responsibility of education was given to the home and the church. We believe that our children should be taught subjects from a Christian point of view. The education of children should include informing them of the necessity of a personal experience with Jesus Christ.

     A commitment to Christian Education must also be a commitment to Academic Excellence and Academic Responsibility. (Deuteronomy 6:1-10; Job 28:28; Psalms 1; Psalms 19:7-11; Proverbs 22:6; Matthew 7:24-27; Matthew 28:18-20; I Corinthians 1:18-31)

Article XIII: Stewardship

     God is source of all blessings, temporal and spiritual; all that we have and are we owe to Him. Christians are therefore under obligation to serve Him with their time, talents, and material possessions; and should recognize all these are entrusted to them to use for the glory of God and for helping others. According to the Scriptures, Christians should contribute of their means cheerfully, regularly, systematically, proportionately, and liberally for the advancement of the Redeemer’s cause on earth. The tithe is to be considered the starting place of Christian stewardship. (Leviticus 27:30-32; Malachi 3:8-12; Matthew 23:23; Luke 12:16-21)

Article XV: Future Events

     At death the spirit and soul of the believer pass instantly into the presence of Christ and remain in conscious joy until the resurrection of the body when Christ comes for His own (II Corinthians 5:8; I Corinthians 15: 51-57). The blessed hope is the imminent, personal, pre-tribulational, pre-millennial appearance of Christ to rapture the Church (Titus 2:13; I Thessalonians 4:14-17). His righteous judgments will then be poured out on an unbelieving world during the Tribulation. The climax of this era will be the physical return of Jesus Christ to the earth in great glory to introduce the Davidic Kingdom (Revelation 19:11-16). Following the Millennium, the Great White Throne Judgment will occur, at which time the bodies and souls of the wicked shall be reunited and cast into the Lake of Fire (Revelation 20:11-15). The righteous shall enjoy eternal conscious blessedness with the Lord.