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ONE God - that He only is God; that He is eternal, invisible, infinite in wisdom, goodness, mercy, love and grace; that He is the Maker of Heaven and earth, and that as God, He is triune, being revealed in scripture as Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

Jesus Christ - that He is the Son of God, the second person in the Godhead, co-equal with and coexistent, with the Father, and the Holy Ghost.

The Holy Spirit - that He is the third Person in the triune Godhead; and that He is ever present and active in the Church of Christ; convicting and regenerating those who believe in Him; dwelling in, sanctifying, teaching, and comforting believers and guiding them into all truth.

The Holy Bible - that it is composed of 66 books and contains the eternal inerrant word of God.

Original sin - that it is the corruption of the nature of all offspring of Adam by which they are all separated from original righteousness and made sinners by nature.

Atonement - that it was made by Jesus Christ through the shedding of His blood for the remission of sins; that it is for the whole human race; and that whosoever repents and believes on the Lord Jesus Christ is justified and regenerated and saved from the dominion of sin.

Repentance - that it is a sincere change of the mind involving a sense of personal guilt of sin and a turning away from sin to righteousness.  We further believe that the penitent heart is graciously helped and pardoned by the spirit of God.

Justification - is God's judicial work done for man whereby full pardon is granted to all who repent, believe and receive Jesus Christ as personal savior and Lord, exonerating him from the guilt of sin.

Regeneration - is a spiritual transformation wrought in the heart of the penitent by the Holy Spirit through the instrumentality of the word of God, renewing him in the spirit of his mind; and that no accountable person may enter into the kingdom of God without having this experience.

Sanctification - is the act of divine grace, whereby man is freed from moral depravity and made holy.

Resurrection - that Christ truly rose from the dead, ascended into heaven and is now sitting at the right hand of the Father making intercession for us.  We also believe in the bodily resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust.

The Second Coming - that Christ will return to rapture the church and to judge the living and the dead.

Baptism - that it is commanded by our Lord as an ordinance in the church; and that it belongs to the believer in the gospel of Jesus Christ and that the Bible way of administering it is by immersion.

The Lord's Supper - that the Lord's Supper is a New Testament ordinance, and that it was instituted when our Lord celebrated His Last Passover with His disciples, and that it consists of bread and wine (unfermented), and that as often as we take it we show forth

Divine Healing - that it is a gift of God to the Church and that the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise them up.

the Lord's death till He comes again.

The Gift of the Holy Ghost - that every true believer is heir to the Holy Ghost; that He is the gift of God in Christ Jesus to the children of God, sanctifying, quickening, guiding into all truth, and giving power to obey and witness God's word.  We further believe that the receiving of the Holy Spirit is an integral part of conversion.

Foot washing - that it is an act of obedience in following the example of humility given by our Lord Jesus Christ.

Spiritual Gifts - that the spiritual gifts are set forth in I Corinthians 12, 13, 14, and Romans 12: 3- 4.

 

 

 

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