Beliefs

What we Believe:

• In the verbal inspiration of the Bible.
• In one God eternally existing in three persons; namely, The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit
• That Jesus Christ is the Only begotten Son of the Father, conceived of the Holy Spirit, and born of the Virgin Mary. That Jesus was crucified, buried, and raised from the dead. That He ascended to heaven and is today at the right hand of the Father as the Intercessor.
• That all have sinned and come short of the glory of God and that repentance is commanded of God for all and is necessary for forgiveness of sins.
• That justification, regeneration, and the new birth are wrought by faith in the blood of Jesus Christ.
• In sanctification subsequent to the new birth, through faith in the blood of Christ; through the Word, and by the Holy Spirit,
• Holiness to be God’s standard of living for His people
• In the baptism with the Holy Spirit subsequent to a clean heart.
• In speaking in other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance and that it is the initial evidence of the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
• In water baptism by immersion, and all who repent should be baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost
• Divine healing is provided for all in the atonement.
• In the Lord’s Supper.
• In the premillennial second coming of Jesus. First, to resurrect the righteous dead and to take away the living saints to Him in the air. Second, to reign on the earth a 1000 years.
• In the bodily resurrection; eternal life for the righteous, and eternal punishment for the wicked.

Doctrinal Commitments

• Repentance. Mark 1:15; Luke 13:3; Acts 3:19.
• Justification. Romans 5:1; Titus 3:7.
• Regeneration. Titus 3:5.
• New birth. John 3:3; 1 Peter 1:23; 1 John 3:9.
• Sanctification subsequent to justification. Romans 5:2; 1 Corinthians 1:30; 1 Thessalonians 4:3; Hebrews 13:12. 

• Holiness.  Luke 1:75; 1 Thessalonians 4:7; Hebrews 12:14.
• Water baptism.  Matthew 28:19; Mark 1:9, 10; John 3:22, 23; Acts 8:36, 38.
• Baptism with the Holy Ghost subsequent to cleansing; the enduement of power for service.  Matthew 3:11; Luke 24:49, 53; Acts 1:4-8.
• The speaking in tongues as the Spirit gives utterance as the initial evidence of the baptism in the Holy Ghost.  John 15:26; Acts 2:4; 10:44-46; 19:1-7. 

• The Church.  Exodus 19:5, 6; Psalm 22:22; Matthew 16:13-19; 28:19,20; Acts 1:8; 2:42-47; 7:38; 20:28; Romans 8:14-17: 1 Corinthians 3:16, 17; 12:12-31; 2 Corinthians 6:6-18; Ephesians 2:19-22; 3:9, 21; Philippians 3:10; Hebrews 2:12; 1 Peter 2:9; 1 John 1:6, 7; Revelation 21:2, 9; 22:17. 

• Spiritual gifts.  1 Corinthians 12:1, 7, 10, 28, 31; 1 Corinthians 14:1.
• Signs following believers.  Mark 16:17-20; Romans 15:18, 19; Hebrews 2:4.
• Fruit of the Spirit.  Romans 6:22; Galatians 5:22, 23; Ephesians 5:9;  

  Philippians 1:11.

• Divine healing provided for all in the Atonement.  Psalm 103:3; Isaiah 53:4, 5; Matthew 8:17; James 5:14-16; 1 Peter 2:24.
• The Lord’s Supper.  Luke 22:17-20; 1 Corinthians 11: 2 3 – 2 6.
• Tithing and giving.  Genesis 14:18-20; 28:20-22; Malachi 3:10; Luke 11: 42; 

  2 Corinthians 9:6-9; Hebrews 7:1-21.

• Restitution where possible.  Matthew 3:8; Luke 19:8, 9.
• Premillennial second coming of Jesus.  First, to resurrect the dead saints and to catch away the living saints to Him in the air. 1 Corinthians 15:52; 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17; 2 Thessalonians 2:1. Second, to reign on the earth a thousand years. Zechariah 14:4; 1 Thessalonians 4:14; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10; Jude 14, 15; Revelation 5:10; 19:11-21; 20:4-6. 

• Resurrection.  John 5:28, 29; Acts 24:15; Revelation 20:5, 6.
• Eternal life for the righteous.  Matthew 25:46; Luke 18:30; John 10:28; 

  Romans 6:22; 1 John 5:11 – 1 3

• Eternal punishment for the wicked.  Neither liberation nor annihilation.  

  Matthew 25:41-46; Mark 3:29; 2 Thessalonians 1: 8, 9; Revelation 20:10-15; 21:8.