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We believe in one God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – creator of all things visible and invisible.
[Matthew 3:16-17; 6:1,4,8,9; James 1:17; John 1:1, 3:16; 14:9, 15-17, 21, 23-25; 14:16-20; Titus 3:4-6; Genesis 1:2; 1 Peter 1:2; 2 Peter 1:21; 1 John 1:3, 2:22-24, 4:14, 5:1; Genesis 1:1; John 1:3; Acts 2:33, 17:24-28; 1 Corinthians 8:5-6; Hebrews 11:3]
We believe in God the Father Almighty.
[John 3:16, Colossians 1:21-22, Matthew 5:16, 45, 48, 6:1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 14, 15, 18, 26, 32, 7:11, 21, 10:29, 32-33, 11:25-27, 23:9, 24:36, 26:39,42,53, 28:19, Mark 11:25; Luke 6:36, 10:21-22, 11:2, 22:29, 23:46, 24:49; John 1:14, 3:35, 4:23, 5:17-23, 26, 36-37, 6:32, 37, 44-46, 57, 8:16, 18-19, 28, 38, 42, 54, 10:17-18, 29-30, 38, 12:26-28, 49-50, 14:6-13, 16, 20-15:1, 16:25-28, 17:11, 20:17; Acts 1:7, 2:33, Romans 1:7, 15:6; 1 Corinthians 8:5-6, 15:24; 2 Corinthians 1:3; Ephesians 2:18, 4:6, Hebrews 12:9; 1 John 2:23, Rev. 4:2-3]
We believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, God's only begotten Son.[John 1:14; 3:16 (KJV); Acts 2:21, 36, 4:12, 5:14, 9:42, 10:36, 11:21, 16:15, 31, 18:8, 20:21, Romans 1:3-4, 10:9-10, 13, 14:9; 1 Corinthians 6:11, 2 Corinthians 4:5; Colossians 2:6-7; 2 Thessalonians 1:1-2, 2:16; 1 Timothy 1:2; 1 John 4:9; 1 Peter 3:15; 2 Peter 3:18]
- Who was born Jesus of Nazareth, fully human and fully divine, conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary;
[Matthew 1:18; 21:11; John 1:1, 14; 19:19; Romans 5:15-17; Colossians 2:9; 1 John 1:1-3; Luke 1:26-38]
- Who suffered and was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
[Matthew 27:11-50; Mark 15:1-37; Luke 23:1-46, John 19:16-31, Acts 2:23, 10:39]
- Who died and was buried, and who rose again bodily from the dead on the third day;
[Matthew 28:1-10; Mark 15:37, 42-46, 16:1-16; Luke 23:44 - 24:8; John 20:1-21:14; Acts 2:24, Acts 10:40-41; 1 Corinthians 15:3-8]
- Who ascended into Heaven and now sits at the right hand of the Father, and;
[Mark 16:19; Luke 22:69; Acts 1:1-9; Colossians 3:1]
- Who will one day judge both the living and the dead.
[Matthew 24:36-42, 25:31-46; John 5:26-27, 14:1-3; Acts 1:10-11, 10:39-42, 17:30-31; Romans 2:16; 2 Timothy 4:1, 8; 1 Peter 4:5; Jude 14-15; Revelation 6:10]
We believe in the Holy Spirit, who is an active and operative person of God, and;[John 16:5-15; Acts 1:7-8, 2:1-4; Romans 8:26-27; Titus 3:4-6]
- Who indwells every Christian.
[John 14:15, 21, 23; Acts 2:38-39, 5:32; 1 Corinthians 3:16; 6:19; 2 Timothy 1:14]
We believe in the Bible - God's Holy Word, the Scripture. We believe God inspired the autographs (original writings) of the Scripture and those autographs are without error.
[Mark 12:36; John 14:26; 16:12-15; Acts 1:16; 1 Corinthians 2:12-13; 2 Timothy 3:14-16; 2 Peter 1:20-21]
We accept the Bible as the final authority for all matters of faith and practice.
[Isaiah 40:8; Matthew 5:18; 24:35; Romans 15:4; Hebrews 4:12]
We believe the Bible teaches that man, created by God, willfully sinned against God and is consequently lost and without hope apart from Jesus Christ.
[Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23]
We believe the Bible teaches that salvation is only by grace, and the forgiveness of sins is possible only because of the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.
[Matthew 26:28; Romans 5:9, 6:23; Ephesians 2:8-9; Hebrews 9:22; 1 Peter 1:18-19; 1 John 1:7]
We believe the Bible teaches that one receives God's grace by putting faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, repenting of sin, confessing that Jesus is Lord, and, if possible, being immersed into Christ through baptism in obedience to his command, and that one retains God’s grace by standing firm to the end.
[Acts 2:21, 36, 16:31; Romans 5:1-2; 6:1-7; 10:9-10, Luke 24:45-47; Acts 3:19; 17:30; 2 Peter 3:9; Matthew 10:32; Romans 10:9; Philippians 2:11; 1 John 4:15; Acts 2:38; Galatians 3:27; Colossians 2:12; 1 Peter 3:21; Mathew 10:22, 24:13; Mark 13:13; Luke 21:19, 1 Corinthians 15:1-2, Colossians 1:21-23; 1 Peter 5:9-10; 1 John 2:24]
We believe that obedience, good works, and spiritual fruit cannot save of themselves, but that each of them is a necessary evidence of a saving faith.
[Matthew 7:21-27; Romans 1:5, 16:26; Matthew 28:19-20, John 14:15, 21, 23-24, 15:10, 14; Hebrews 5:9; 1 John 2:3-5, 3:24, 5:2-3; 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9; Luke 6:46; 1 Corinthians 9:21; Galatians 6:2; John 15:1-2, 4-6, 8, 16; Galatians 5:22; Matthew 3:10, 7:15-20, 25:31-46; Romans 7:4-5; Luke 13:6-9; Ephesians 2:8-10, 4:11-13, 15-16; Hebrews 10:24; John 3:21; 1 Peter 2:12; James 2:14-26, 3:13; 1 Timothy 2:10, 5:10, 6:17-18]
We believe in the Church of Jesus Christ, founded on the Day of Pentecost and consisting of all Christians everywhere.
[Matthew 16:13-18; Acts 2:14-47]
We believe the Bible teaches that the Elders are to exercise authority over the local congregation.
[Acts 14:23, 15:4-6, 20:28; Philippians 1:1; 1 Timothy 3:1-7, 5:17; Titus 1:5-9; 1 Peter 5:1-4]
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