The Gospel
The word gospel simply means “good news.” The central message of the Bible is the gospel, or good news, about the person and work of Jesus Christ. In 1 Corinthians 15:1–4, Paul provides the most succinct summary of the gospel: the man Jesus is also God, or Christ, and died on a cross in our place, paying the penalty for our sins; three days later He rose to conquer sin and death and give the gift of salvation to all who believe in Him alone for eternal life.
Articles of Faith
The following brief statements form the foundation of our doctrine. We in no way shall sway nor separate from this doctrinal statement.
A. Scriptures We believe that the Bible is the Word of God; that it was written by men who were moved by the Holy Spirit so that their writings were supernaturally and verbally inspired, infallible and inerrant. They are the complete and final revelation of the will of God to man, and so are the supreme authority in all mattes of faith and conduct.
B. Sovereign God We believe in one God, manifested in three persons; God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.
C. Son We believe in Jesus Christ, God the Son. We believe that he was pre-existent with the Father, begotten by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary; sinless in His nature and life, infallible in His teaching, making atonement for the sins of the world by His substitutionary death on the cross. We believe in His bodily resurrection, His ascension into Heaven, His perpetual intercession for His people, His glorious second coming according to the promise, and His eternal position as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
D. Spirit We believe in the deity and the personality of the Holy Spirit. We believe that He came from God to convince and convict the world of sin, righteousness and judgment, and to regenerate, sanctify, indwell, comfort, and empower those who believe in Jesus Christ.
E. Satan We believe in the reality and personality of Satan.
F. Sin We believe that man was created in the image of God but fell through sin. With this sin came physical and spiritual death; separation from God. We believe that all mankind is totally depraved having inherited a sinful nature, in thought, word and deed.
G. Salvation We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures as a substitutionary sacrifice, and all who by faith receive Him as their personal Saviour are justified because of His shed blood on Calvary and His resurrections from the dead, and are born again of the Holy Spirit, thereby, becoming the children of God.
H. Security We believe in the eternal security of the believer. That is to say, once saved, always saved.
I. Second Coming We believe in the visible premillennial return of Jesus Christ. We believe in the bodily resurrection of all the dead: the saved to eternal life and blessedness in Heaven and the unsaved to eternal conscious suffering and judgment in Hell.
J. State and Church We believe in the visible church which is a company of believers in Jesus Christ, baptized on a credible confession of faith, and associated for worship, work and fellowship. We believe that the local church must carry out the great commission. We believe that local churches are independent and autonomous and separate from the state.
Church Covenant
Having been led, as we believe, by the Spirit of God, to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior, and on the profession of our faith, having been baptized in the name of the Father and the Son and of the Holy Ghost, we do now in the presence of God, angels and this assembly, most solemnly and joyfully enter into Covenant with one another, as one body in Christ.
We engage, therefore, by the aid of the Holy Spirit, to walk together in Christian love; to strive for the advancement of this Church in knowledge, holiness, and comfort; to promote it's prosperity and spirituality, to sustain it's worship, ordinances, discipline, and doctrines; to contribute cheerfully and regularly to the support of the ministry, the expenses of the Church, the relief of the poor, and the spread of the gospel through all nations.
We also engage to maintain family and secret devotion; to train our children in the fear and admonition of the Lord; to seek the salvation of our kindred and acquaintances; to walk circumspectly in the world; to be just in our dealings, faithful in our engagements, and exemplary in our deportment; to avoid all tattling, backbiting, and excessive anger; to abstain from the sale and use of intoxicating drink as a beverage, and to be zealous in our efforts to advance in the kingdom of our Savior.
We further engage to watch over one another in brotherly love; to remember each other in prayer; to aid each other in sickness and distress; to cultivate Christian sympathy in feeling and courtesy in speech; to be slow to take offense, but always ready for reconciliation, and mindful of the rules of our Savior, to secure it without delay.
We, moreover, engage that, when we remove from this place, we will soon as possible unite with some other church where we can carry out the spirit of this covenant and the principals of God's Word.
