THE WORD OF GOD - We believe the Bible is
								the Word of God, fully inspired and without
								error in the original manuscripts, written under
								the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and that it
								has supreme authority in all matters of faith
								and conduct.
								
									2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:21; John 10:35;
									1 Corinthians 2:12-13; Hebrews 1:1-2; Mark
									12:36
								
							
							
								THE TRINITY - We believe there is one
								living and true God, eternally existing in three
								persons: God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the
								Holy Spirit.
								
									Matthew 3:16-17; John 14:16-17; John 15:26;
									Hebrews 9:14; 1 Corinthians 12:4-6;
									Ephesians 2:13, 18
								
							
							
								GOD THE FATHER - We believe in God the
								Father, an infinite, personal Spirit, perfect in
								holiness, wisdom, power, and love. We believe
								that He concerns Himself mercifully in the
								affairs of men, that He hears and answers
								prayer, and that He saves from sin and death all
								who come to Him through Jesus Christ.
								
									Mark 12:29; John 1:1-4; Matthew 28:19-20;
									Acts 5:30-31; Hebrews 1:3; 2 Corinthians
									13:14; Ephesians 1:17-20
								
							
							
								JESUS CHRIST - We believe in Jesus
								Christ, God's only begotten Son, conceived
								by the Holy Spirit. We believe in His virgin
								birth, sinless life, miracles, and teachings. We
								believe in His substitutionary atoning death,
								bodily resurrection, ascension into heaven,
								perpetual intercession for His people, and
								visible return to earth.
								
									1 Corinthians 15:1-4; 2 Corinthians 5:19-20;
									Hebrews 7:25-27; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18;
									Revelation 20:4-6
								
							
							
								THE HOLY SPIRIT - We believe in the Holy
								Spirit who came forth from the Father and Son to
								convict the world of sin, righteousness and
								judgement, and to regenerate, sanctify and
								empower all who believe in Jesus Christ. We
								believe that the Holy Spirit indwells every
								believer.
								
									John 14:16-17; John 16:7-14; Romans 8:14,
									16, 27; Ephesians 1:13-14
								
							
							
								REGENERATION - We believe that all men
								are sinners by nature and by choice and are,
								therefore, under condemnation. We believe that
								those who repent of their sins and trust in
								Jesus Christ as Savior are regenerated by the
								Holy Spirit.
								
									Romans 3:19-20; Luke 13:1-5; Romans 10:8-13;
									Ephesians 2:4-6; Romans 6:23; Titus 3:5-6
								
							
							
								THE CHURCH - We believe in the universal
								Church, a living, spiritual body of which Christ
								is the Head, and all regenerated persons are
								members. We believe in the local Church,
								consisting of a company of believers in Jesus
								Christ who associate for worship, work, and
								fellowship. We believe that God has placed upon
								the members of the local Church the task of
								giving the Gospel of Jesus Christ to a lost
								world.
								
									Matthew 16:16-18; Acts 2:37-47; Ephesians
									4:3-10; Romans 12:5; Ephesians 1:23; John
									3:5; Acts 2:41-42; Ephesians 4:12; Luke
									24:46-49; Colossians 1:18; 1 Timothy 3:1-15;
									Acts 1:7-8
								
							
							
								SATAN - We acknowledge the existence of
								Satan, who is also called the devil. He, with
								his fallen angels who are also known as demons,
								is in continual warfare with the workings of God
								and His people and will continue this warfare
								until his final doom.
								
									Matthew 4:1-11; Matthew 25:31; Revelation
									20:2,10
								
							
							
								RESURRECTION - We believe in the bodily
								resurrection of the saved and the lost; they
								that are saved to a resurrection of life, and
								they that are lost to a resurrection of
								damnation.
								
									1 Corinthians 15:21-23; 2 Thessalonians
									1:7-10; Revelation 20:11-15
								
							
							
								THE ORDINANCES - We believe that the Lord
								Jesus Christ has committed two ordinances to the
								local Church: baptism and the Lord’s
								Supper. We believe that these two ordinances
								should be observed and administered until the
								return of the Lord Jesus Christ.
								
									Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 8:36-39; Luke
									22:15-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-33
								
							
							
								THE LAST THINGS - We believe in the
								imminent personal and visible return of the Lord
								Jesus Christ to earth and the establishment of
								His kingdom.
								
									Luke 17:26-30; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18;
									
2 Thessalonians 2:1-2; Malachi 4:1-3;
									
									Daniel 12:1-3; Matthew 24:15-28; Isaiah
									13:9-11; Revelation 1:4-7
								
							
							
								MARRIAGE - We believe that marriage was
								ordained by God at creation as a sacred union
								between one man and one woman. We therefore
								believe that all sexual relations must be
								reserved for that sacred union and do not
								acknowledge any other kind of union.
								
									Genesis 1:26-28; Genesis 2:24; Matthew
									19:1-19; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11; Ephesians
									5:22-33; Hebrews 13:4