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1.
We believe the (Holy) Bible is the whole, verbally-inspired, infallible,
and authoritative Word of God (II Timothy 3:16).
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2.
We believe in the Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ (John 10:33);
in His virgin Birth (Isa. 7:14); (Matt. 1:23; Luke 1:35); in His
sinless life (Heb. 4:15; 7:25); in His bodily resurrection (John
11:25); in His ascension to the right hand of the Father (Acts
1: 9-11); and in His personal, imminent, premillennial return
in power and glory (Rev. 19:11-16).
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3.
We believe there is one God, eternally existent in three persons:
Father, Son and Holy Spirit (Gen. 1:1; John 10:30; John 4:24).
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4.
We believe that all men are sinful by nature and, as such, at
enmity with God; therefore, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is
absolutely essential for their salvation (Rom. 3:19).
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5.
We believe that men are justified on the single ground of faith
in the (death) shed blood (and resurrection) of Jesus Christ and
that only by God's grace and through faith alone are we saved
(Acts 13:33-39).
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6.
We believe that Satan is a person and that hell is a place of
eternal conscious punishment of all unsaved (Job. 1:6-7; Matt.
24:46; Rev. 20:14-15).
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7.
We believe that the Holy Spirit convicts of sin, makes believers
children of God through the new birth, assuring them of heaven
(John 16:8; I Cor. 3:16; I Cor. 12:13).
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8.
We believe in the eternal security of the believer (John 10:28-29).
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9.
We believe that the local church is composed of regenerated, immersed
believers, voluntarily united together for the purpose of worship
of God, the fellowship of believers and the proclamation of the
Gospel of Christ throughout the world (Acts 2:41-42; Matt. 28:19-20).
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10.
We believe that our Baptist distinctives are scripturally sound.
They include: the Bible as the supreme authority in all matters
of faith and practice (II Tim. 3:16); the Lordship of Jesus
Christ (Acts 2:36; I Cor. 12:3; Col. 1:17-18); the competency
of the individual soul in direct approach to God (I Tim. 2:1-2);
the priesthood of all believers (I Pet. 2:5); a regenerate church
membership (Acts 2:41-42); the symbolic ordinances of Believer's
Baptism (Immersion) and the Lord's Supper (Acts 8:36-39; Rom.
6:3-5; I Cor. 11:23-32); the autonomy of the local church (congregational
government) and its fellowship with the other churches of like
faith and practice (Eph. 1:22-23; I Tim. 3:1-15); the solemn obligation
to majority rule within the church; the absolute separation of
church and state (II Cor. 1:24; Matt. 23:10); and a world-wide
program of missionary endeavor in obedience to the final command
of our Lord (Acts 1:8; Matt. 28:19-20).
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11.
We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost;
the saved unto the resurrection of life and they who are lost
unto the resurrection of damnation (John 5:28-29).
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