Doctrinal Position of the Church

Following are basic Bible Doctrines that serve as the foundation of faith for our church.

 Theology (God)—We believe that there is only one true and living God, the creator of heaven and earth and redeemer of mankind. We believe that God is triune, that there are three persons in the Godhead, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, all equal in Divine Perfection.

 Bibliology (Bible)—We believe that the Bible is the inspired, infallible, inerrant, Word of God, written by Spirit-controlled men. We believe it to be the ultimate authority for all human conduct and the Christian faith.

 Angelology (Angels)—We believe that angels are created spiritual beings and that there are good angels and evil angels. We believe that Satan is a real spiritual being with a distinct personality and is the leader of the evil angels (demons).

 Anthropology (Man)—We believe that man was created holy and innocent but sinned through his own disobedience and was separated from God. We believe that because of Adam's sin, all mankind inherited a sin nature and stands condemned to death and punishment in hell. Faith in Jesus Christ is the only way for man to avoid condemnation and be justified before God.

 Hermaritiology (Sin)—We believe that sin is the missing of the mark of God's holy and righteous standard. We believe that sin began with the rebellion of Satan, and continued with the willful disobedience of Adam in the Garden of Eden, and was passed on to all mankind because of Adam's sin. We believe that the punishment for sin is death, spiritual separation from God.

 Christology (Jesus Christ)—We believe Jesus Christ to be the Son of God, and God, and that He was the incarnation of the Father and born of the Virgin Mary. We believe in the bodily resurrection of Christ and that He ascended into heaven to take His place at the right hand of the Father as our High Priest and Advocate.

 Soteriology (Salvation)—We believe that salvation is based solely on faith and grace. We believe that the only condition for salvation is faith in the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ as atonement for our sins.

 Pneumatogoly (Holy Spirit)—We believe that the Holy Spirit is the third person of the trinity, that He is a divine person, equal with God the Father and God the Son. We believe that the Holy Spirit was active in creation, inspired the writing of the Scriptures, convicts of sin, righteousness, and judgement, is the agent of new birth, and baptizes the believer into the Body of Christ.

 Ecclesiology (Church)—We believe that the church is the Body of Christ and is the congregation of all born-again believers, and that Christ is the head and chief cornerstone of the foundation. We believe that the church age commenced on the Day of Pentecost and that Christ will return to take the church out of the world at the Rapture.

 Eschatology (Events To Come)—We believe that physical death involves no loss of consciousness but a separation of body and soul, that believers are present with the Lord and that unbelievers experience conscious suffering in Hades. We believe that Christ will return for the church at the Rapture, that the tribulation will be seven years of judgement on the earth as fulfillment of Daniel's seventy weeks prophecy, and that at His second advent, Christ will return to earth and reign for a thousand years during the Millennial kingdom.

 Baptism—We believe that baptism or submergence is a symbolic identification with the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It symbolizes being dead to sin and self and being raised to a newness of life. Baptism is an outward sign of an inward change. It is not a prerequisite for salvation. However, if you have accepted Christ you should want to be baptized. He was rejected publicly, therefore, accept Him publicly.

 Communion—We believe communion is symbolic of the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ. The wine is symbolic of the atoning blood of Jesus and the bread is symbolic of the unbroken body of our savior. Anyone who has accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior is commanded to participate in communion services in remembrance of our sin debt and the enormous price that was paid for the reconciliation of sinful man to a holy God. This is also an opportunity for personal examination to insure that proper reverence is shown toward the sacrificial death of Christ and this holy ordinances of the church.