Articles
of Doctrine and Faith
1.
We believe that the Bible in the original tongues is the verbally inspired word of God and that it is the only infallible
rule of faith and practice. (II Timothy 3: 14-16)
2.
We believe that God is triune and that there are three eternal, coequal, Divine Persons in the Godhead and these three are
on God. (Matthew 28:19)
3.
We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ and that He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin.
(John I and Matthew I)
4.
We believe that the only way to be saved is by faith in the Blood Sacrifice and the Death, Burial, and Resurrection of Jesus
Christ, the Son of God. To those who thus become His "sheep". He says, "I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never
perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand." (John 10:28; Ephesians 2:8-9)
5.
We believe that our Lord Jesus Christ ascended into Heaven, is now seated at the right hand of the Father, and that He ever
liveth to make intercession for all that come to God by Him. (Acts 1:9-11)
6.
We believe that the Church, which is the Body of Christ, began with the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost.
Each one who accepts the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal Saviour is a member of that Body and is now indwelt by the Holy
Spirit. (I Corinthians 12:12-28;6:19-20)
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. We believe that the Gospel Commission is for the Church and that the Lord's Supper and Baptism are Divine Institutions.
Christ desires us to practice them in this age. (Matthew 28:18-20; I Corinthians 11:23-29)
8.
We believe that Christ may at any moment return in the air to rapture the Saints and that a tribulation period of seven years
shall follow. After this, He will come to the earth with His Saints and rule for a thousand years. Then the wicked
will be judged and cast into the Lake of Fire. (I Thessalonians 4:13-18; I Corinthians 15:51-57: Daniel 9:27; Matthew 24:15-21,
24:25-27;46; Revelation 19:11-20:10)
9.
We believe that Satan is a person. He is the author of the Fall and shall be eternally punished. (job 1:7; Genesis 3:1-19;
Revelations 20:10)
10.
We believe in the bodily resurrection of both the just and the unjust, and the eternal conscious punishment of the lost and
the eternal bliss of the saved. (Revelation 20:11-15, 22:11-14; I Corinthians 15:1-58)
