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Articles of Faith

We believe that the Bible is the Divinely Inspired Word of God; accepting fully the writings of the Old and New Testament as the very Word of God, verbally inspired in all parts and therefore wholly without error as originally given of God, altogether sufficient in themselves as our only infallible rule of faith and practice. (II Timothy 3:16, 17; II Peter 1:21; John 10:35

We believe in the one triune God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. (Mathew 28:19; John 10:30; John 4:24)

We believe in God the Father, perfect in holiness, infinite in wisdom, measureless in power. We rejoice that He concerns Himself mercifully in the affairs of men, that He hears and answers prayer, and that he saves from sin and death all who come to Him through the Lord Jesus Christ. (John 3:16)

We believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal and only begotten Son of God; Who was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He was true God and true Man, sinless in His Life, making atonement for the sins of the world by His death. We believe in His bodily resurrection, His ascension and visible return to the world according to His promise. We believe His present work is that of High Priest, Advocate, and Intercessor in which capacity He appears before the face of God on our behalf. (Isaiah 53:5, 6; Galatians 3;13: Matthew 20:28; Luke 24:36-42; John 20:25-28; Hebrews 9:24; I John 2:1)

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the third person of the trinity, Who having come forth from God, convinces the world of sin and of righteousness and judgement; Who also, regenerates, sanctifies, comforts, indwells, enlightens, empowers, baptizes, guides, and teaches, all who become children of God through faith in Jesus Christ. (Matthew 18;18; Genesis 1:2; John 16:8-11; I Corinthians 3:16; I Corinthians 6:19; and Romans 8:14)

We believe that all men by nature and by choice are sinners; that men became sinners through the fall of Adam; that Adam sinned and thereby incurred not only physical death but also spiritual death, which is separation from God; that all those descended from Adam are born with a sinful nature and, in the case of those who reach moral responsibility, become sinners in thought, word, and deed. (Genesis 1:26-28; Genesis 3:1-24; Ephesians 2:3; Romans 3:23; Romans 5:12; and John 8:42-44)

We believe in salvation by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; that men are justified on the single ground of faith in the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ; and, therefore, that those who accept Christ as Lord and Saviour will rejoice forever in God's presence, and those who refuse to accept Christ as Lord and Saviour will be forever separated from God. (Acts 13:38; Ephesians 2:8, 9; John 3:16; Acts 16:31. Compare: Matthew 25:46; Revelation 22:11; Revelation 20:11-15; and Jude 13.)

We believe the Church is a local, visible, independent body of baptized believers, voluntarily associated together in the faith and fellowship of the Gospel, to keep the faith and ordinances as they were delivered, and to preach the Gospel to all the world; recognizing no head but Christ, and no book of law but the Bible

We believe the Bible to teach two ordinances for Christians: Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Baptism we understand to be the immersion in water of confessing, regenerated believers to symbolize identity with Jesus in death, burial and resurrection. The Lord's Supper we understand to be the partaking of the simple elements, (unleavened) bread and (unfermented) wine, as symbols only , in remembrance of Jesus' broken body and shed blood for sin and as a prophecy of His coming again. (Romans 12:1, 2; James 4:4; I John 2:15, 16; II Corinthians 6:14-18.)

We believe that every human being is responsible to God alone in all matters of faith; that each church is independent and autonomous and must be kept separate and free from interference by any ecclesiastical or political authority; that, therefore, church and state must be kept separate as having different functions, each fulfilling its duties free from dictation or patronage of the other.

We believe in the personal, visible, pre-millennial, pre-tribulation, and imminent return of our Lord for His Church according to His promise. (Acts 1:11; I Thessalonians 4:16, 17; and Titus 2:11-13.)

We believe that God is holy and commands His saints to be holy also. Therefore, we believe that every Christian should live in separation from every worldly and sinful practice, "abstaining from the appearance of evil" and "presenting their bodies a living sacrifice unto God"; they should seek to have "the mind of the Lord Jesus" and "follow in His steps." (Romans 12:1, 2; James 4:4; I John 2:15, 16; II Corinthians 6:14-18.