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We believe:
- in the verbal, plenary inspiration of the Old and New Testaments.
- the Bible is absolute in its authority, complete in its revelation,
final and without error in its content, and is the sole rule for
faith and practice.
- in one God Who is sovereign, almighty, holy, unchanging, and
eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
- in a literal six-day creation as opposed to evolution.
- in the deity of Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, His sinless
perfection, His blood atonement on the cross for the sins of the
world, His bodily resurrection, and His current intercessory work
at the right hand of the Father in heaven.
- in the bodily resurrection of the just and unjust. Those who
have been born again will spend eternity in heaven and the unsaved
will spend eternity in hell.
- that man in his natural state is dead in sins, the enemy of
God, alienated from God, and totally incapable of any personal
effort for the attainment of salvation.
- salvation is by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.
The free gift of eternal life is available to all that look to
Christ and trust in His shed blood.
- it is every man’s duty to repent and believe the gospel.
- that once a person has eternal life he cannot lose it.
- that the local church is a group of called-out, baptized believers
and its purpose is evangelism, edification, and the exaltation
of Jesus Christ.
- there are two ordinances in the local church: baptism and the
Lord’s Supper. Baptism is for believers only and immersion
signifies union with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection
to newness of life. The Lord’s Supper is a memorial of what
He did for us and a reminder that He is coming again.
- that every child of God is commanded to follow Christ as Lord
and live separated from the world.
- that sexual intimacy is a wonderful gift of God that is only
to be expressed between a man and a woman within the love and
bonds of marriage. Therefore, we believe that any other form of
sexual intimacy is both immoral and a perversion of God’s
gift. (Genesis 2:24-25; Proverbs 5:18; 1 Corinthians 7:5; 1 Thessalonians
4:3-5; Hebrews 13:4; Leviticus 18:1-30; Proverbs 6:32; 1 Corinthians
6;18; Romans 1:26-27)
- that fellowship with known and vital error is participation
in sin.
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