1. Salvation
We believe that man is justified on the single ground of placing his faith in the shed blood and bodily resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (Romans 5:1; Ephesians 2:8-9). The all-sufficient and completed work of Redemption accomplished through His death and resurrection is fully appropriated at the moment in time by those who receive by faith the free gift of salvation offered in the Gospel. The adding of works, baptism, sacraments or any other condition placed upon man in order to obtain God's gift of salvation by faith alone in the finished work of Christ results in "another gospel" that is under God's curse (Galatians 1:6-10; Romans 1:16; 1 Corinthians 15:1-4; John 5:24; Ephesians 5:8).
2. The Bible
We believe the Holy Scriptures composed of the thirty-nine books of the Old Testament and the twenty-seven books of the New Testament have been perfectly preserved without error in the King James Version. Therefore we take the position that the King James Version is the perfect, complete, inerrant, infallible word of God. We believe that it cannot be improved upon by new translations or Greek and Hebrew scholarship. (Ecc. 8:4; Psalms 12:6-7, 19:7-11; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; 2 Peter 1:16-21; Isaiah 40:8; Psalm 138:2; Luke 21:33).
3. The Trinity
We believe in the Triune God: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit; coequal and coeternal. Each has His individual identity and separate responsibilities for the purposes of redemption, yet perfectly united as three Persons in One. (1 John 5:1-8; John 16:7-18; Matthew 28:19; Genesis 1:26; John 1:1, 10:30)
4. The Deity and Virgin Birth of Christ
We believe in Deity of Jesus Christ. He is the only begotten, virgin born Son of God, the second Person in the Trinity, God the Son, God manifest in the flesh. (1 Timothy 3:16; John 1:1-14, 10:36, 14:9; Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:18-25)
5. The Blood Atonement
We believe in the substitutionary atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ. He, by the grace of God, tasted death for every man, and all must be born again or be forever lost (Hebrews 2:9; John 6:44-69, 3:118; Romans 3:25; Revelation 1:5; Hebrews 9:22; 1 Peter 1:18-19). The Lord's atonement was not limited with respect to whom God's salvation is offered, i.e. His shed blood is sufficient for all sin and therefore any lost sinner may believe and be saved. (1 John 2:2; Hebrews 7:22-25; Revelation 22:17).
6. The Resurrection
We believe in the physical resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. He ascended bodily into Heaven, after leading captivity captive (Ephesians 4:8-10), and is now at the right hand of God as our Mediator, High Priest, and Advocate (Acts 3:12-26; John 20; Hebrews 9:24; 1 Corinthians 15:12-28; 1 John 2:1).
7. The Rapture of the Church
We believe the Rapture is the personal, premillennial, pretribulational and imminent return of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to take away his bride. This has been the "Blessed Hope" of every born-again believer in the Church Age. At that time He will receive to Himself the resurrected bodies of those who have "died in Christ" and also all those who are presently alive and "in Christ" (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, 5:6-10; 1 Corinthians 15:50-55; Acts 1:11; Titus 2:13).
8. The Second Coming
He will then come "with His saints" after the Great Tribulation and execute judgment upon the ungodly nations before the inauguration of His earthly millennial reign at His second coming to the earth (Jude 14, 15; Matthew 25:31-46). The Lord Jesus Christ will reign one thousand years, thus literally fulfilling the covenant promises made to a believing remnant of Israel through the Patriarchs of the Old Testament (Isaiah 11:1-16; Revelation 19:19-20, 20:1-6). After the earthly reign of one thousand years, He will bring all the unsaved dead to the judgment of the Great White Throne and all who stand before that Throne will be cast into the lake of fire forever (Revelation 20:11-15; Matthew 7:21-23). Satan will also be cast into the lake of fire (Revelation 20:10).
9. The Ministry of Satan
We believe in the ministry of Satan, "that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world." He is actively opposing the cause of Christ on every hand and is the archenemy of every true believer. His warfare incorporates the deception of mixing error and truth as well as promoting that which is vile and evil. (2 Corinthians 11:1- 15; 2 Peter 5:8-9; Revelation 12:9-10; Matthew 4:2-11; Isaiah 14:12-17; John 8:24)
10. Heaven and Hell
We believe that Heaven is a real, physical place of eternal blessedness prepared by God for those who have been redeemed through faith in the shed "blood of the Lamb." Hell is a real physical place in the heart of the earth (Matthew 12:40) - a place of eternal suffering and fire for those whose names are not written in the "book of life.” There is no intermediate state in which the unsaved can atone for his own sins (John 14:1-6; Revelation 7:13-17; 20:11-15, 21:22-27; 2 Corinthians 5:1-10; Luke 16:19-31).
11. Eternal Security
We believe in the eternal security of all believers in our Lord Jesus Christ. Once a lost sinner has become a "new creature in Christ," he can never lose that new relationship in the family of God which is based upon Christ's imputed righteousness and not his own. The life that God imparts to the believing sinner is not "eternal life" if it can be terminated (2 Corinthians 5:14-21; John 10:25-29). Sin in the life of the believer affects his fellowship with the Father not his son-ship. All who are born of the Spirit but continue in sin will be dealt with by the chastening hand of God (1 John 1:5-10; Hebrews 12:6-13; 1 Corinthians 3:11-15). All who are in Christ are sealed unto the day of redemption and will be glorified. Texts used to supposedly teach one can lose his salvation are speaking of loss of reward, not the loss of salvation (1 Corinthians 3:8-15; 2 John 8; Revelation 3:11; Romans 8:29-30; 1 Timothy 1:12; Ephesians 1:13-14; 4:30).
12. The Holy Spirit and Body of Christ
We believe all regenerated people are baptized into the Body of Christ by the Holy Spirit the moment they receive Christ as their Savior (Romans 6:1-6; 1 Corinthians 12:13, 10:32; Ephesians 2:13-18). The Holy Spirit indwells all who have been born again from above. Also, the baptism of the Spirit is not a separate event apart from the reception of the gift of the Holy Spirit upon believing on Christ unto salvation (Acts 15:6-22; Galatians 3:2, 14; Romans 10:13-17, 8:9). The Church, which is Christ's Body, consists of all those who, in the present dispensation, truly believe and accept Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord (Romans 8:14-27; James 1:18; John 1:12; 1 Corinthians 1:2; Matthew 16:16).
13. Separation
We believe that all Christians are first to be separated wholly unto the Lord, and as a necessary result, they must be separated from worldly and sinful practices. They are to be holy, even as He is holy. (1 Peter 1:13-16; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; Romans 12:1-2; 1 John 2:15-17).
14. The Local Church and Its Mission
We believe God has ordained the ministry of local, independent assemblies of believers to accomplish His work. The church's membership is to be composed of regenerated believers. The two ordinances of the local church are believer's baptism by immersion, and the memorial of the Lord's Supper until He returns. The church is to be missionary and evangelistic in spreading the Gospel into all the world. It is not the mission of the church to "bring in the Kingdom," work for political or economic justice, major on social improvement, or "Christianize" society. It is to strive together for the faith of the Gospel, proclaim and maintain purity of doctrine and practice, and worship and serve the Lord in "spirit and truth" (Acts 2:41-47; 20:17-32; Matthew 28:16-20; Ephesians 4:11-16; 1 Corinthians 11:23-34).
15. Good Works
We believe that all followers of the Lord Jesus Christ should maintain good works. A "good work" is that which is done in obedience to the will of God as revealed in the Word of God. Works will determine the reward or loss of reward at the Judgment Seat of Christ before which every Christian will stand. Every believer must realize his responsibility before God to "maintain good works," i.e. walk in the light of the Word of God. The King James Bible is the believer's absolute Standard of faith and practice, his perfect Counsel. The word provides him with "all things that pertain unto life and godliness" (2 Peter 1:3- 4). The Bible, not any form of psychological counseling or therapy, is the answer (Ephesians 2:8-10; Titus 2:11-14, 3:1-11; 2 Thessalonians 5:23; 1 Corinthians 1:18-29, 3:8-15; 2 Corinthians 5:9-11).
16. Public Ministry
We believe that it is the responsibility of every believer to evangelize the lost publicly through personal witnessing, tract distribution, door to door visitation, street preaching, etc. (Philippians 1:15-18; Acts 20:20, 17; Mark 16:15).