Statement of Faith

Article I

God is a Person who has revealed Himself as a Trinity in unity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit--three Persons and yet but one God ( Deuteronomy 6:4 ; Matthew 28:19 ; 1 Corinthians 8:6 ).

Article II

The Bible, including both the Old and New Testaments is a divine revelation, the original autographs of which were verbally inspired by the Holy Spirit ( 2 Timothy 3:16 ; 2 Peter 1:21 ).

Article III

Jesus Christ is the image of the invisible God, which is to say, He is Himself very God; He took upon Him our nature, being conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary; He died upon the cross as a substitutionary sacrifice for the sin of the world; He arose from the dead in the body in which He was crucified; He ascended into heaven in that body glorified, where He is now our interceding High Priest; He will come again personally and visibly to set up His kingdom and to judge the quick and the dead ( Colossians 1:15 ; Philippians 2:5-8 ; Matthew 1:18-25 ; 1 Peter 2:24-25 ; Luke 24; Hebrews 4:14-16 ; Acts 1:9-11 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 ; Matthew 25:31-46 ; Revelation 11:15-17 ; 20:4-6 , 11-15 ).

Article IV

Man was created in the image of God but fell into sin, and, in that sense, is lost; this is true of all men, and except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God; salvation is by grace through faith in Christ who His own self bore our sins in His own body on the tree; the retribution of the wicked and unbelieving and the reward of the righteous are everlasting, and as the reward is conscious, so is the retribution ( Genesis 1:26-27 ; Romans 3:10 , 23 ; John 3:3 ; Acts 13:38-39 ; John 3:16 ; Matthew 25:46 ; 2 Corinthians 5:1 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10 ).

Article V

The Church is an elect company of believers baptized by the Holy Spirit into one body; its mission is to witness concerning its Head, Jesus Christ, preaching the gospel among all nations; it will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air where He appears to set up His kingdom ( Acts 2:41 ; 15:13-17 ; Ephesians 1:3-6 ; 1 Corinthians 12:12-13 ; Matthew 28:19-20 ; Acts 1:6-8 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 ).