Salvation
All of mankind needs to be saved:
For all Have Sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23)
Except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God (John 3:3)
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord (Romans 6:23)
We cannot save ourselves:
For by grace are ye saved through faith: and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God; not of works lest any man should boast. (Ephesians 2:8)
How to be saved:
A - Admit to God that you are a sinner and need Him. (Romans 3:23)
B - Believe that Jesus died for your sins and rose again from the dead. (Acts 16:31)
C - Call Upon Jesus to save you. (Romans 10:13)
For all Have Sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23)
Except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God (John 3:3)
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord (Romans 6:23)
We cannot save ourselves:
For by grace are ye saved through faith: and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God; not of works lest any man should boast. (Ephesians 2:8)
How to be saved:
A - Admit to God that you are a sinner and need Him. (Romans 3:23)
B - Believe that Jesus died for your sins and rose again from the dead. (Acts 16:31)
C - Call Upon Jesus to save you. (Romans 10:13)
Doctrinal Statement
1 - The Great Commandment: We believe that love one for another as Jesus loves the believer manifests our discipleship, proves our love for God, and symbolizes our authority as New Testament Churches. Love is therefore the great commandment of the LORD Jesus Christ upon which all others are dependent. (Matthew 22:35-40, John 13:34-35, John 15:12, 1 John 4:7-21, 1 John 5:1-3, Revelation 2:4-5)
2 - The Bible: We believe in the infallible, verbal inspiration of the whole Bible and that the Bible is the all-sufficient rule of faith and practice. (Psalm 119:160, 2 Timothy 3:16-17)
3 - The Trinity: We believe in the personal triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, equal in divine perfection. (Matthew 28:19)
4 - The Creation: We believe in the Genesis account of Creation. (Genesis 1 & 2)
5 - The Devil: We believe that Satan is a fallen angel, the archenemy of God and man, the unholy god of this world, and that his destiny is the eternal lake of fire. (Isaiah 14:12-15, Ezekiel 28:11-19, Matthew 25:41, 2 Corinthians 4:4, Ephesians 6:10-17, Revelation 20:10)
6 - The Virgin Birth: We believe in the virgin birth and sinless humanity of Jesus Christ. (Matthew 1:18-20, 2 corinthians 5:21, 1 Peter 2:22)
7 - The Deity of Jesus: We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ (John 10:20, John 1:1 & 14, 2 Corinthians 5:19)
8 - The Holy Spirit: We believe the Holy Spirit is the divine Administrator for Jesus Christ in His churches. (Luke 24:49, John 14:16-17, Acts 1:4-5 &8, Acts 2:1-4)
9 - The Spiritual Gifts: We believe that miraculous spiritual manifestation gifts were done away when the Bible was completed. Faith, Hope, and Love are the vital abiding Spiritual gifts. (1 Corinthians 12-14)
10 - The Creation and Fall of Man: We believe that man was created in the image of God and lived in innocency until he fell by voluntary transgression from his sinless state, the result being that all mankind are sinners. (Genesis 1:26, Genesis 3:6-24, Romans 5:12&19)
11 - The Suffering of Jesus: We believe that the suffering and death of Jesus Christ was substitutionary for all mankind and is efficacious only to those to believe. (Isaiah 53:6, Hebrews 2:9, 1 Peter 2:24, 1 Peter 3:18, 2 Peter 3:9, 1 John 2:2)
12 - The Resurrection: We believe in the bodily resurrection and ascension of Christ and the bodily resurrection of His saints. (Matthew 28:1-7, Acts 1:9-11, 1 Corinthians 15:42-58, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)
13 - The Return of Christ: We believe in the premillennial, personal, bodily return of Christ as the crowning event of the Gentile age. This event will include the resurrection of the righteous to eternal heaven, and the millennium will be followed by the resurrection of the unrighteous unto eternal punishment in the lake of fire and that the righteous shall enter into the heaven age. (John 14:1-6, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, 2 Thessalonians 2:8, Revelation 19, Revelation 20:4-6, Revelation 20:11-15, Revelation 21:8)
14 - The Salvation of the Believer: We believe that the depraved sinner is saved wholly by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, and the requisites to regeneration are repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ (Luke 12:3-5, John 3:16-18, Acts 20:21, Romans 6:23, Ephesians 2:8-9) and that the Holy Spirit convicts sinners, regenerates, seals, secures, and indwells every believer. (John 3:6, John 16:8-9, Romans 8:9-11, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Ephesians 4:30, Titus 3:5)
15 - The Eternal Security of the Believer: We believe that all who trust Jesus Christ for salvation are eternally secure in Him and shall not perish. (John 3:36, John 5:24, John 10:27-30, Romans 8:35-39, Hebrews 10:39, 1 Peter 1:5)
16 - The Relationship Between God and His Children: We believe that God deals with believers as His children, that He chastises the disobedient, and that He rewards the obedient. (Matthew 16:27, Matthew 25:14-23, John 1:12, Hebrews 12:5-11, 2 John 8, Revelation 22:12)
17 - The Church: We believe that Jesus Christ established His church during His ministry on earth and that it is always a local, visible assembly of scripturally baptized believers in covenant relationship to carry out the commission of the Lord Jesus Christ, and each church is an undefended, self-governing body, and no other ecclesiastical body may exercise authority over it. We believe that Jesus Christ gave the Great Commission to the New Testament churches only, and that He promised the perpetuity of His churches. (Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 16:18, Matthew 28:19-20, Mark 1:14-20, John 1:35-51, Ephesians 3:21)
18 - The Ordinances of The Church: We believe that there are two pictorial ordinances in the Lord's churches: Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Scriptural baptism is the immersion of penitent believers in water, administered by the authority of a New Testament church in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Lord's Suppers is a memorial ordinance, restricted to the members of the church observing the ordinance (Matthew 28:19-20, Acts 8:12&38, Romans 6:4, 1 Corinthians 5:11-13, 1 Corinthians 11:1&2, 17-20&26)
19 - The Offices of The Church: We believe that there are two divinely appointed offices in a church: Pastors and Deacons, to be filled by men whose qualifications are set forth in Titus and 1 Timothy.
20 - The Association of Likeminded Churches: We believe that all associations, fellowships, and committees are, and properly should be, servants of, and under control of the churches. (Matthew 20:25-28)
21 - The Freedom of Worship: We believe in the freedom of worship without interference from the government and affirm our belief in civil obedience, unless the laws and regulations of civil government run contrary to the Holy Scriptures. (Romans 13:1-7, 1Peter 2:13-15)
22 - The Biblical View of Marriage: We believe the Bible definition of marriages the union between a man and a woman. (Genesis 2:21-24, Matthew 19:4-6, Mark 10:6-9, 1 Corinthians 7:2-4, Ephesians 5:22-31)
23 - The Biblical View of Gender: We believe God designates each individual their gender. God ordained two genders, male and female. Mankind does not possess the authority to identify themselves differently than their biological sex assigned by God, and any attempt to alter one's gender is sin. (Genesis 1:27, Genesis 5:2, Matthew 19:4, Mark 10:6, Job 40:8, Jeremiah 13:23)
2 - The Bible: We believe in the infallible, verbal inspiration of the whole Bible and that the Bible is the all-sufficient rule of faith and practice. (Psalm 119:160, 2 Timothy 3:16-17)
3 - The Trinity: We believe in the personal triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, equal in divine perfection. (Matthew 28:19)
4 - The Creation: We believe in the Genesis account of Creation. (Genesis 1 & 2)
5 - The Devil: We believe that Satan is a fallen angel, the archenemy of God and man, the unholy god of this world, and that his destiny is the eternal lake of fire. (Isaiah 14:12-15, Ezekiel 28:11-19, Matthew 25:41, 2 Corinthians 4:4, Ephesians 6:10-17, Revelation 20:10)
6 - The Virgin Birth: We believe in the virgin birth and sinless humanity of Jesus Christ. (Matthew 1:18-20, 2 corinthians 5:21, 1 Peter 2:22)
7 - The Deity of Jesus: We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ (John 10:20, John 1:1 & 14, 2 Corinthians 5:19)
8 - The Holy Spirit: We believe the Holy Spirit is the divine Administrator for Jesus Christ in His churches. (Luke 24:49, John 14:16-17, Acts 1:4-5 &8, Acts 2:1-4)
9 - The Spiritual Gifts: We believe that miraculous spiritual manifestation gifts were done away when the Bible was completed. Faith, Hope, and Love are the vital abiding Spiritual gifts. (1 Corinthians 12-14)
10 - The Creation and Fall of Man: We believe that man was created in the image of God and lived in innocency until he fell by voluntary transgression from his sinless state, the result being that all mankind are sinners. (Genesis 1:26, Genesis 3:6-24, Romans 5:12&19)
11 - The Suffering of Jesus: We believe that the suffering and death of Jesus Christ was substitutionary for all mankind and is efficacious only to those to believe. (Isaiah 53:6, Hebrews 2:9, 1 Peter 2:24, 1 Peter 3:18, 2 Peter 3:9, 1 John 2:2)
12 - The Resurrection: We believe in the bodily resurrection and ascension of Christ and the bodily resurrection of His saints. (Matthew 28:1-7, Acts 1:9-11, 1 Corinthians 15:42-58, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)
13 - The Return of Christ: We believe in the premillennial, personal, bodily return of Christ as the crowning event of the Gentile age. This event will include the resurrection of the righteous to eternal heaven, and the millennium will be followed by the resurrection of the unrighteous unto eternal punishment in the lake of fire and that the righteous shall enter into the heaven age. (John 14:1-6, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, 2 Thessalonians 2:8, Revelation 19, Revelation 20:4-6, Revelation 20:11-15, Revelation 21:8)
14 - The Salvation of the Believer: We believe that the depraved sinner is saved wholly by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, and the requisites to regeneration are repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ (Luke 12:3-5, John 3:16-18, Acts 20:21, Romans 6:23, Ephesians 2:8-9) and that the Holy Spirit convicts sinners, regenerates, seals, secures, and indwells every believer. (John 3:6, John 16:8-9, Romans 8:9-11, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Ephesians 4:30, Titus 3:5)
15 - The Eternal Security of the Believer: We believe that all who trust Jesus Christ for salvation are eternally secure in Him and shall not perish. (John 3:36, John 5:24, John 10:27-30, Romans 8:35-39, Hebrews 10:39, 1 Peter 1:5)
16 - The Relationship Between God and His Children: We believe that God deals with believers as His children, that He chastises the disobedient, and that He rewards the obedient. (Matthew 16:27, Matthew 25:14-23, John 1:12, Hebrews 12:5-11, 2 John 8, Revelation 22:12)
17 - The Church: We believe that Jesus Christ established His church during His ministry on earth and that it is always a local, visible assembly of scripturally baptized believers in covenant relationship to carry out the commission of the Lord Jesus Christ, and each church is an undefended, self-governing body, and no other ecclesiastical body may exercise authority over it. We believe that Jesus Christ gave the Great Commission to the New Testament churches only, and that He promised the perpetuity of His churches. (Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 16:18, Matthew 28:19-20, Mark 1:14-20, John 1:35-51, Ephesians 3:21)
18 - The Ordinances of The Church: We believe that there are two pictorial ordinances in the Lord's churches: Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Scriptural baptism is the immersion of penitent believers in water, administered by the authority of a New Testament church in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Lord's Suppers is a memorial ordinance, restricted to the members of the church observing the ordinance (Matthew 28:19-20, Acts 8:12&38, Romans 6:4, 1 Corinthians 5:11-13, 1 Corinthians 11:1&2, 17-20&26)
19 - The Offices of The Church: We believe that there are two divinely appointed offices in a church: Pastors and Deacons, to be filled by men whose qualifications are set forth in Titus and 1 Timothy.
20 - The Association of Likeminded Churches: We believe that all associations, fellowships, and committees are, and properly should be, servants of, and under control of the churches. (Matthew 20:25-28)
21 - The Freedom of Worship: We believe in the freedom of worship without interference from the government and affirm our belief in civil obedience, unless the laws and regulations of civil government run contrary to the Holy Scriptures. (Romans 13:1-7, 1Peter 2:13-15)
22 - The Biblical View of Marriage: We believe the Bible definition of marriages the union between a man and a woman. (Genesis 2:21-24, Matthew 19:4-6, Mark 10:6-9, 1 Corinthians 7:2-4, Ephesians 5:22-31)
23 - The Biblical View of Gender: We believe God designates each individual their gender. God ordained two genders, male and female. Mankind does not possess the authority to identify themselves differently than their biological sex assigned by God, and any attempt to alter one's gender is sin. (Genesis 1:27, Genesis 5:2, Matthew 19:4, Mark 10:6, Job 40:8, Jeremiah 13:23)