Our Beliefs
The Bible
We believe that the King James Bible is the inspired Word of God. It is our belief that the 66 Books from Genesis to Revelation is inerrant and infallible. We believe God used man as a tool to copy down His word just as He intended it to be and the preserved it for us. The King James Bible is the only pure word for English speaking people. (Psalm 12:6-7; II Timothy 3:16-17; I Peter 1:23-25; II Peter 1:20-21)
The Church
It is our belief that the church began with the calling out of the twelve disciples who were taught and led by Jesus Christ. At Pentecost they were empowered by the Holy Ghost to take the Gospel to the World! We believe the local church is the only institution that God works through today. The local church is a called out assembly that has been saved and baptized according to Scripture and have come together to exhort and encourage one another while they seek to bring glory, honor, and power to God. We believe all true believers will be Raptured out prior to the tribulation. (Matthew 16:16-18; Acts 2:41-47; Hebrews 10:24-25; Revelation 4:11; Ephesians 1:12-14; I Thessalonians 4:13-18;
Baptism
We believe that baptism is to take place after trusting Christ. It is the first step of obedience for a believer. Baptism does not save us but is a picture of what has taken place in our hearts. It is an outward expression of an inward decision. Full immersion is the only biblical way to depict the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. It was also the mode that was shown to us by Jesus when he was baptized, “leaving for us an example”. Romans 6:3-5; Matthew 3:13; Luke 24:43; Acts 8:38)
God
We believe there is one God. He is self-existent, immutable, omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent, infinite. He manifests himself to man through the trinity; the Father, The Son, The Holy Ghost. (I John 5:7; Deuteronomy 6:4; James 1:17; Proverbs 15:3)
Son
We believe Jesus Christ to be the one and only Saviour of mankind. We believe Jesus Christ to be eternally God and to possess all the attributes of Deity. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ was virgin born, that He was God incarnate, and that the purposes of the incarnation were to reveal God, to redeem men, and to rule over God's kingdom. We believe Jesus Christ never relinquished any attributes of His Deity, but merely veiled them. We believe He lived a perfect, sinless life, at the end of which He was offered for all mankind as a substitutionary sacrifice for man's sin. This sacrifice was a just payment to God for the forgiveness of sin. It was activated by His death through the shedding of His blood on the Cross and was accepted by God upon His resurrection. We believe He ascended into Heaven after His resurrection to be seated at the right hand of the Father, waiting for the time of receiving His church at the Rapture, and returning seven years later to earth to rule and reign as King for 1,000 years (Psalm 2:7-9; Isaiah 7:14, 9:6, 43:11; Micah 5:2; Matthew 1:25; Luke 1:26-35; John 1:1, 1:3, 14, 18, 29; Romans 3:19-25; Romans 5:6-15; Philippians 2:5-11; I Thessalonians 4:13-18; I Timothy 2:5; I Timothy 3:16; Titus 2:10-15; Hebrews 7:26, 9:24-28; I Peter 1:19, 2:2; I John 1:3; Revelation 20:1-6).
The Holy Spirit
We believe the Holy Spirit of God is a person who has personality and all the attributes of Deity. We believe the Holy Spirit has always been involved in the affairs of mankind. However, we believe He has a special ministry which began at Pentecost and will continue until the Rapture. This ministry includes convicting the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment. The Holy Spirit was also sent to regenerate, sanctify, seal, and fill all who have placed their faith in Jesus Christ (John 3:5-6; John 14:16; Acts 1:5; Acts 11:15; I Corinthians 3:16; I Corinthians 6:19-20; I Corinthians 12:13).
Sin and Salvation
We believe all men were born with an inherited sin nature received from our common ancestor, Adam. We believe that because of his nature, man is a sinner by choice, and he is totally incapable of reforming himself or ceasing from his sin by his own power. We believe the only hope of deliverance for man is a total change of mind concerning his sinful condition and inability to change it, and a turning to Jesus Christ as the only Saviour. We believe that only through the substitutionary sacrifice of Christ on the Cross can a man be delivered from his sin. We believe that all those who reject Jesus Christ as their Saviour are already condemned to an eternity in the Lake of Fire (Genesis 5:1-5; Acts 4:19; Acts 16:31; Romans 3:10-23; Romans 5:6-12; Romans 6:23; Romans 10:9-10; Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5-6; Revelation 20:11-14).
The Last Days
We believe in the literal interpretation of the Scriptures in their grammatical and historical context. We believe in the pre-tribulational Rapture of the church saints, followed by the seven-year Tribulation. We believe in the pre-millennial return of Christ to the earth and His literal rule of one thousand years. Following this one thousand years is the Great White Throne judgment and then the new Heaven and new earth (I Corinthians 15:51-58; I Thessalonians 4:13-18; I Thessalonians 5:1-9; Revelation 19-22)