We believe there is one God (Mrk. 12:32, Jms. 2:19) demonstrated in three separate persons (1 Jn. 5:7&8): The Father (Jn 8:41), the Son (Jn 1:1, Jn 1:14, Jn 8:25), and the Holy Spirit (Acts 5:3&4). We believe these three exist as God at the same time (Matt. 3:16-17). We believe God is the creator of all things (Gen. 1:1, Ps. 19:1, Jrm. 32:17, Col. 1:16) and will one day destroy all things (Malachi 4:1, 2 Pt. 3:10-13). We believe He is all knowing (Ps. 139:1-4, Pro. 15:3, Heb. 4:13, 1 Jn. 3:20). We believe He is everywhere, at the same time, all the time (Ps. 139:7-12, Jrm. 23:23&24, Is. 66:1). We believe He is able to do anything that is within His will to do (Gen. 18:14, Jrm. 32:17, Matt. 19:26).

We believe Christ should be the center of the Local New Testament church (Eph. 5:23). We believe Christ is the Son of God (Lk. 4:41, Lk. 22:70, Jn. 6:69, Jn. 10:36, Jn. 19:17). We believe while he is the Son of God, he is equal with God (Phil. 2:6, Col. 1:15-19, Col. 2:9). We believe He was born of a virgin (Lk. 1:27-28). We believe He fulfilled every messianic prophecy. We believe He lived a perfect and sinless life perfectly fulfilling the law laid out by Moses in the Old Testament (Matt. 5:17, Heb. 9:14, 1 Pt. 1:19). We believe His innocent blood to be the only acceptable sacrifice for sin (Eph. 1:7, Col. 1:14, Col. 1:20, Heb. 9:12-14, 1 Pt. 1:19). We believe He became sin for us on the cross (2 Cor. 5:21, Col. 2:14). We believe He rose from the dead, as He said (Luke 24:6, 1 Cor. 15, 1 Pt. 1:3). We believe He is seated at the right hand of His Father in Heaven (Acts 2:33, Acts 7:56, Rom. 8:34, Eph. 1:20, Col. 3:1). We believe He is the head of the Church (Eph. 5:23, Col. 1:18), and the only mediator (1 Tim. 2:5, Heb. 8:6, Heb. 12:24) and High Priest for his believers (Heb. 3:1, Heb. 4:15, Heb. 6:20, Heb. 7:26, Heb. 9:11).

We believe the Holy Spirit is God (Acts 5:3-4, 1 Cor. 3:16, 2 Cor. 3:17, 1 Jn. 5:7-8) and is the Comforter promised to be with us after Christ’s life on earth (Jn. 14:16-18, Jn. 15:26, 1 Cor. 2:9-13). He convicts the sinner. He indwells (Gal. 4:6), teaches (Jn. 14:26, 1 Cor. 2:13, 1 Jn. 2:27), and guides (Jn. 16:13, Rom. 8:14, Rom. 8:26)the saved.

We believe God’s perfect Word has forever been settled (Ps. 119:89) and has been delivered to us by ordinary men who were submitted to and directed by the Holy Spirit of God (2 Pt. 1:2). It is both God-breathed (2 Tim. 3:16) and man penned (2 Pt. 1:2). We believe according to the promise of God that every word (Matt. 24:35) of those writings have been and forever will (Is. 40:8, Lk. 16:17) be perfectly and miraculously preserved (Ps. 12:6-7). We believe the King James Version to be the perfect Word of God to the English-speaking peoples. We believe this Book to be a “more sure word of prophecy” (1 Pt. 1:19) and believe it to be only basis for doctrine (2 Tim. 3:16), faith (Rom. 10:17), truth (Jn. 17:17), and practice (Ps. 119:9) for the New Testament Christian and Local New Testament Church.

We believe the local New Testament church is a God ordained assembly of believers. We believe the church is a group of born-again believers for the express purposes of furthering his work of Bible teaching, biblical Christ-centered worship, and organized evangelism (Matt. 16:18, Eph. 2:19-22, Rom. 12:4-8). We believe Christ is the head of the church (Eph. 5:23, Col. 1:18), and He has ordained two offices in His church. The first office is that of the Pastor who is the man, fitting the qualifications found in scripture (1 Tim. 3:2-7, Titus 1:5-9) chosen by God to guide the church (1 Pt. 5:1-4). He is responsible to lead as an under shepherd of Jesus. The second being that of the Deacon who are men that meet the qualifications found in Scripture (Acts 6:1-6, 1 Tim. 3:8-13). We believe Christ has given the church two ordinances the Lord’s Supper (Luke 22:19, 1 Cor. 11:24-25) and Believer’s Baptism (Matt. 28:19, Acts 2:41, Acts 8:36-40, Acts 18:8, Rom. 6:8). We believe these are reserved for those who are in Christ. These should be carried out in accordance with the scripture.

We believe sin is an integral part of humanity since the fall of man in Genesis 3. We believe every descendent of Adam is born with a sin nature. We are corrupt by sin from birth (Eph. 2:3). We also believe every descendent of Adam has chosen to sin. We are corrupted by sin by choice (Rom. 3:23). We believe a sin is anything that goes against God’s will (Rom. 14:23, Jms. 4:17, 1 Jn. 3:4, 1 Jn. 5:17). We believe it is because of our sin we are separated from God (Is. 59:2, Eph. 2:12-13). We also believe our sin has a payment that must be paid (Ez. 18:20, Rom. 6:23). That payment is eternal separation from God in a place called Hell (Matt. 25:46, Mk. 9:45-46, Jms. 1:15, Rev. 21:8).

We believe salvation can be found in no other than Jesus Christ (Jn. 14:6, Jn. 3:16, Acts 4:12, Rom. 10:9, 1 Jn. 5:11-12). In his death he paid the price of sin for us (Is. 53:5, Rom. 5:8, 2 Cor. 5:21, 1 Pt. 1:18-19, 1 Pt. 2:24). In his resurrection he reconned the curse of sin, death, and hell powerless over those who believe in Him (1 Cor. 15:20-57, Heb. 2:14, Rev. 1:18). We believe salvation is a miraculous work of God that cannot be gained by any work of man (Rom. 11:6, Gal. 2:16, Eph.2:8-9, 2 Tim. 1:9, Titus 3:5). God has offered salvation to the world (Jn. 1:29, Jn. 3:16-17, 1 Tim. 2:3-4, Titus 2:11, 2 Pt. 3:9, 1 Jn. 4:14), and he has given man the freewill to choose Him or to reject Him (Jn. 3:16, Rom. 10:13, Rev. 22:17). To be saved you must recognize you’re a sinner (Is. 64:6, Rom. 3:23). You must repent of your sin (Prov. 28:13, Matt. 4:17, Rom. 2:4, 2 Pt. 3:9, Rev. 2:5). You must by faith accept Jesus are your personal Lord and Savior (Rom. 5:1). We believe that once saved you are always saved (Jn. 10:28-29, Rom. 8:38-39, Phil. 1:6). We could not save ourselves therefore we cannot keep ourselves saved (2 Cor. 1:22, Eph. 1:13, 1 Pt. 1:5). God does the saving and the keeping.

We believe in the imminent rapture of the church. Were the church will, in a twinkling of an eye, meet our Saviour in the clouds (1 Thess. 4:16-17). We believe in a literal interpretation of the end times laid out in the book of Revelation. We believe in a literal 1,000-year reign where Christ will physically take his throne in a New Jerusalem and rule with a rod of iron (Rev. 20:4-6). We believe in the physical resurrection of both saved and unsaved (Rev. 20:5-6, Rev. 20:12-13). We believe all this will take place as the Scripture has laid out.