| Statement of Faith |
SECTION A -- BIBLEWe believe the Bible to be the complete Word of God; that the sixty-six books, as originally written, comprising the Old and New Testaments were verbally inspired by the Spirit of God and were entirely free from error; that the Bible is the final authority in all matters of faith and practice and the true basis of Christian union. SECTION B -- GODWe believe in one God, creator of all, holy, sovereign, eternal, existing in three equal Persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. SECTION C -- CHRISTWe believe in the absolute and essential deity of Jesus Christ, in His eternal existence with the Father in pre-incarnate glory, in His virgin birth, sinless life, substitutionary death, bodily resurrection, triumphant ascension, mediatorial ministry and personal return. SECTION D -- THE HOLY SPIRITWe believe in the absolute and essential deity and personality of the Holy Spirit Who convinces of sin, of righteousness and of judgment; Who regenerates, sanctifies, illuminates and comforts those who believe in Jesus Christ. SECTION E -- SATANWe believe that Satan exists as an evil personality, the originator of sin, the archenemy of God and man. SECTION F -- MANWe believe that man was divinely created in the image of God; that he sinned, becoming guilty before God, resulting in total depravity, thereby incurring physical and spiritual death. SECTION G -- SALVATIONWe believe that salvation is by the sovereign, electing grace of God; that by the appointment of the Father, Christ voluntarily suffered and gave His life in place of man (vicarious), bearing the wrath of God against sin (propitiatory) and making amends (expiatory) through His death; that our right standing (justification) before God is by faith alone in the all-sufficient sacrifice and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ and that those whom God has effectually called shall be divinely preserved and finally perfected in the image of the Lord. SECTION H -- FUTURE THINGSWe believe in the personal, bodily and glorious return of the Lord Jesus Christ; in the bodily resurrection of the just and unjust; in the eternal blessedness of the redeemed and in the judgment and conscious, eternal punishment of the wicked. SECTION I -- THE LOCAL CHURCHWe believe that a church is a company of immersed believers, called out from the world, separated unto the Lord Jesus, voluntarily associated for the ministry of the Word, the mutual edification of its members, the propagation of the faith and the observance of the ordinances. We believe it is a sovereign, independent body, exercising its own divinely awarded gifts, precepts and privileges under the Lordship of Christ, the Great Head of the church. We believe that its leaders are deacons, elders and pastors. SECTION J -- ORDINANCESWe believe that there are two ordinances for the church regularly observed in the New Testament in the following order: SECTION K -- THE CHURCH AND STATEWe believe in the entire separation of church and state. SECTION L -- RELIGIOUS LIBERTYWe believe in religious liberty; that every person has the right to practise and propagate their beliefs. SECTION M -- THE LORD'S DAYWe believe that the first day of the week is the Lord's day and that, in a special sense, it is the divinely appointed day for worship and spiritual exercise. SECTION N -- CIVIL GOVERNMENTWe believe that civil government is of divine appointment for the interest and good order of society; that magistrates are to be prayed for, conscientiously honoured and obeyed, except only in the things opposed to the will of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who is the only Lord of the conscience and Prince of the kings of the earth. CHURCH COVENANTHaving been led by the Spirit of God to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Saviour, and on the profession of our faith, having been baptized in the name of the Father, and the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, we do now enter into heartfelt covenant with one another, as one body of Christ. |
Upcoming Events
| Thu Sep 09 @07:30pm - Bridal Shower |
| Sun Sep 12 @11:30am - Business Meeting |
| Mon Sep 13 @06:30pm - SNIPS |
| Sat Sep 18 @08:00am - Men's Breakfast |
| Sun Sep 19 @10:00am - Kick Off Sunday |
| Thu Sep 23 @11:00am - Prime Time |
| Mon Sep 27 @06:30pm - SNIPS |
