We believe the Holy Scriptures to be the inspired Word  of God, authoritative, and without error (II Timothy 3:16,  17; II Peter 1:20, 21; Matthew 5:18; John 16:12, 13). 

We believe in one God existing in three Persons— Father, Son and Holy Spirit—eternal in being, identical in  nature, equal in power and glory and having the same  attributes and perfections (Deuteronomy 6:4; II  Corinthians 13:14).

We believe that man was created in the image and  likeness of God but that in Adam’s sin the race fell,  inherited a sinful nature, became alienated from God,  and is totally unable to retrieve his lost condition by  himself (Genesis 1:26, 27; Romans 3:22, 23; 5:12;  Ephesians 2:12). 

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of  God, became man without ceasing to be God, having  been conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin  Mary, in order that He might reveal God and redeem  sinful man; that He accomplished our redemption  through His spiritual death on the Cross as a  substitutionary sacrifice; that our redemption is made  sure to us by His literal physical resurrection from the  dead (John 1:1, 2, 14; Luke 1:35; Romans 3:24, 25; 4:25; I  Peter 1:3-5); that the Lord Jesus Christ is now in heaven,  exalted at the right hand of God, where, as the High  Priest for His people, He fulfills the ministry of  Representative, Intercessor, and Advocate (Hebrews  9:24; 7:25; Romans 8:34; I John 2:1, 2).

We believe that the Holy Spirit is a Person who convicts  the world of sin, indwells all believers in the present age,  baptizes them into the Body of Christ, seals them unto  the day of redemption, and that it is the responsibility of  every believer to be filled with the Holy Spirit (Romans  8:9; I Corinthians 12:12-14; Ephesians 1:13, 14; 5:18). 

We believe that salvation in every age (dispensation) is  the gift of God brought to man by grace and received by  personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, whose efficacious  death on the Cross provided man’s reconciliation to God  (Ephesians 1:7; 2:8-10; John 1:12). 

We believe that all believers are kept secure forever and  cannot lose their salvation (Romans 8:1, 38, 39; John  10:27-30; I Corinthians 1:4-8). 

We believe that the Church, which is now the Body and  shall be the Bride of Christ, is a spiritual organism made  up of all born-again persons of this age irrespective of  their affiliation with Christian organizations (Ephesians  1:22, 23; 5:25-27; I Corinthians 12:12-14).

We believe in the personality of Satan who is the open  and declared enemy of God and man (Job 1:6, 7;  Matthew 4:2-11; Isaiah 14:12-17). 

We believe that the next great event in the fulfillment of  prophecy will be the coming of the Lord Jesus in the air  to receive to Himself the dead in Christ and believers  who are alive at His coming, otherwise known as the  Rapture and Translation of the Church (I Corinthians  15:51-57; I Thessalonians 4:13-18; Titus 2:11-14). 

We believe that the Rapture of the Church will be  followed by the fulfillment of Israel’s seventieth week,  the latter half of which is the time of Jacob’s trouble, the great Tribulation (Daniel 9:27; Jeremiah 30:7; Matthew  24:15-21; Revelation 6-19). 

We believe that the great Tribulation will be climaxed by  the (premillennial) return of the Lord Jesus Christ to  earth to set up His kingdom (Zechariah 14:4-11;  Matthew 24:15-25; II Thessalonians 1:7-10; Revelation  20:6).

We believe that the soul and human spirit of those who  have believed in the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation do at  death immediately pass into His presence, and there  remain in the conscious bliss until the resurrection of  the body at His coming, when soul, human spirit, and  body reunited shall be associated with Him forever in  the glory; but the souls of unbelievers remain after  death in conscious misery until the final judgment of the  Great White Throne at the close of the Millennium,  when soul and body reunited shall be cast into the Lake  of Fire, not to be annihilated, but to be punished with  everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord  and from the glory of His power (Luke 16:19-26; 23:43; II  Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23; II Thessalonians 1:7-9;  Jude 6, 7; Revelation 20:11-15) 

To “grow in grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus  Christ,” to the end that his life is consistent with the  Lord’s plan, thus bringing both blessing to the believer  and honor to the Lord (II Peter 3:18).

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ instituted the  Lord’s Supper to be observed until His return (Matthew  28:19, 20: I Corinthians 11:23-26). We believe every  Christian can participate in the communion celebration regardless of church affiliation or membership.  

We believe that God, existing as Father, Son, and Holy  Spirit, is sovereign and exercises supreme and absolute  rule over all creation as a part of and consistent with the  essence and attributes of Deity (I Chronicles 29:11,12;  Daniel 4:35; Psalms 24:1; Ephesians 1:11; I Timothy  6:15). 

We believe that spirituality is an absolute condition in  the life of a believer in this dispensation wherein he is  filled or controlled by the Holy Spirit, walking in love and  fellowship with the Lord Jesus Christ. 

We believe that spirituality is distinct from maturity, that  a believer becomes carnal through any act of mental,  verbal, or overt sin, and that spirituality (fellowship with  Christ) is restored solely by personal confession of that  sin to God the Father (John 15:7,8; II Corinthians 5:6)

We believe that God The Holy Spirit in grace and apart  from human merit sovereignly bestows spiritual gifts to  believers in this dispensation. Some of the permanent  spiritual gifts which exist today are pastor-teacher,  evangelist, missionary and administrator. We further  believe that the temporary spiritual gifts ceased with the  completion of the canon of Scripture, and these were  apostleship, prophecy, speaking in tongues, interpreting  tongues, healing, and working of miracles (I Corinthians  12, 13; Ephesians 4:7-12; Romans 12:4-8). 

We believe that water baptism by immersion is designed  to be a symbolic testimony of the identification of the  Believer with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection  to new life. This baptism in no way affects the salvation,  the spirituality, or spiritual growth of the Believer. Mark  1:5 ; Matthew 3:16 ; Acts 8:36-39