1. We believe that the Bible, consisting of the 39 books of the Old Testament and the 27 books of the New Testament, is the verbally inspired Word of God, inerrant in its originals, infallible in its teachings, and perfectly preserved from corruption.

Of the Old Testament:

Of the New Testament:

(Luke 16:29; 24:27,44; 1 Timothy 5:18; 2 Peter 3:16; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; Hebrews 1:1-2; 2 Peter 1:20-21; Psalms 12:6; 119:89)

2. We believe that the Scripture alone is the all-sufficient revelation from God, and that God will not reveal anything in addition to the Scriptures until the return of the Lord Jesus Christ.

(Ephesians 2:20; Hebrews 1:1; 2 Peter 1:19; Jude 1:3; Revelation 22:18-19)

3. We believe that the Scripture alone must be the rule of faith and conduct for Christians individually and for the Church collectively, and that all doctrines, experiences, and writings must be tested in the light of Scripture.

(Deut 4:2; 12:32; Joshua 1:8; Psalms 19:7-11; Isaiah 40:6-8; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; Revelation 22:18-19)

1. Triune God: We believe that God is one — the all-sovereign creator and sustainer of all things, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, immaculately holy, incomparably loving, immeasurably just, immortal, and immutable.

(Genesis 1:1-31; Psalms 90:2; 95:4-5; Isaiah 40:26-28; John 1:1-3; Acts 17:24-28; Revelation 4:11)

2. We believe that this one God subsists in three distinct, coequal, and coeternal persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

(Exodus 3:14; Psalms 110:1; John 1:1; 5:18; 8:58; 10:30-33; Acts 20:28; 1 Timothy 3:16; Titus 2:13; 1 Peter 1:2)

3. We believe that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are each fully God, yet they are not three Gods, nor one person enacting three roles, but one God in three distinct persons.

(Deu 6:4; Mar 12:29; Isaiah 46:9; John 1:3; Acts 17:24-25; Romans 11:33-36)

1. We believe that man was originally created in the image of God's holy character, endowed with a free will, privileged to fellowship and commune with God.

(Genesis 1:26-30; 2:7; Ecclesiastes 7:29; James 3:9)

2. We believe that the first disobedience of man is the original sin, in which the first man — as representative head — subjected all mankind to death: a separation from God.

(Genesis 3:1-8; Psalms 51:5; Romans 5:12-14,19; Ephesians 2:1-3)

3. We believe that on account of this first fall, every man — with the sole exception of Christ — is born spiritually dead in trespasses and sins, incapable of redeeming himself.

(Psalms 14:2-3; John 3:19-20; 6:44-45; Romans 3:9-12; 8:5-8; Ephesians 2:5; Colossians 2:13)

1. We believe that Salvation is wholly of God. He, being under no obligation to give it to anyone, is fully justified in His Sovereignty to give or withhold it, consistent with His justice and love for His own Glory.

(Deuteronomy 7:7-8; Romans 8:28-30; 9:11-23; 1 Corinthians 1:25-29; Ephesians 1:11; 2 Timothy 1:9)

2. We believe that God the Father in eternity past chose a people who are saved by the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ, by virtue of which the Holy Spirit regenerates and converts them, granting repentance and faith as a free gift.

(John 6:37-40; 10:29; 17:2,9; Ezekiel 36:27; Galatians 4:6; Ephesians 1:13-14; Romans 8:30-39; 1 Peter 1:3-5)

3. We believe there is no individual about whom God is not decided as to their eternal destiny; to suppose otherwise is to say that the eternal plan of God is imperfect, which cannot be true.

(Isaiah 45:23; Romans 9:22-23; Proverbs 16:4; Romans 9:17-23; 1 Peter 2:8)

1. We believe that man is wholly responsible for his inability to respond to God's commandment to repent and believe the Gospel, since it is his own sin which rendered him incapable; God is therefore fully entitled to command repentance and faith from all men everywhere.

(Deuteronomy 10:16; Acts 17:30-31; Romans 2:12-16; 2 Thessalonians 1:8)

2. We believe that the preaching of the Gospel is the responsibility of the Church — the means God has ordained for saving His own and confirming the rest in condemnation.

(Isaiah 6:9-12; Matthew 13:13-15; 2 Corinthians 2:14-16)

3. We believe that every man who repents and believes must give all diligence to work out his own salvation with fear and trembling; failure in which does not forfeit salvation, but proves the person was never saved.

(John 6:64-65; Hebrews 6:4-6; 1 John 2:19)

1. We believe that the Son — being fully God — became fully man, born miraculously of a virgin, lived a sinless life, died as a substitute for His Church, rose bodily, ascended to the right hand of the Father, and will return to judge and to receive His Church into Eternal Glory.

(Isaiah 7:14; 53:9; Luke 1:31-35; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 4:15; Romans 3:24-25; 1 Corinthians 15:20-28; Acts 10:42; 17:31)

2. We believe that the subservience of Jesus Christ to God the Father pertains only to His incarnation and the servant role He took upon Himself, after which He was restored to the Glory He had with the Father from eternity.

(John 17:5; Matthew 28:18; Philippians 2:6-9)

3. We believe that when Jesus became fully man He did not cease to be fully God, but added humanity to His deity, remaining the complete God-man for all eternity in His glorified resurrection body.

(John 1:1,14; Colossians 1:15; Philippians 2:6-8; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 1:1-5; Revelation 1:17-18)

1. We believe that the Holy Spirit is a person — not a power or abstract influence — and being the third person of the Eternal Godhead is fully God, partaking in all divine attributes and actions.

(1 Corinthians 2:10-11; 12:11; Romans 5:5; Ephesians 4:30; Acts 5:3-4; 2 Peter 1:21; 2 Timothy 3:16-17)

2. We believe that the Holy Spirit was sent by the Father to regenerate, convert, indwell, and sanctify everyone who constitutes the Universal Church, producing in them the new nature and fruit of the Spirit.

(John 14:16-17,26; 15:26; 16:7-15; Romans 8:11-26; Galatians 5:22-23; Titus 3:5)

3. We believe that the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of adoption whereby we are made children of God, and that there is no second or separate work of grace other than at Salvation whereby to receive the Holy Spirit.

(Joel 2:28-32; John 7:37-39; Romans 8:15; Galatians 4:6; 1 Corinthians 12:3)

1. We believe in the universal church of Jesus Christ, constituted of all regenerated people of all times and places, the members of which are scattered throughout local assemblies conforming to the true Gospel.

(Matthew 16:18; Acts 20:28; Romans 12:4-5; Ephesians 2:20-22; 5:23-32; Colossians 1:18; 1 Timothy 3:15)

2. We believe that every believer must be a baptized member of a local assembly, and that no Christian may forsake the assembly to work out his Christian profession in isolation.

(Matthew 18:20; Acts 2:42; Hebrews 10:24-25)

3. We believe that every local church is a mixed body of believers true and false, not to be separated by man until the end of the world; yet the Church must maintain purity of doctrine and proper discipline including teaching, rebuking, correcting, excommunicating, and restoring in love.

(Matthew 13:24-30; 1 Corinthians 5:1-12; 2 Corinthians 2:6-8)

1. We believe that God has clearly taught in Scripture how He is to be worshipped, and it is the duty of the church to worship only as regulated in His Word, with no man authorized to add to or remove from what is prescribed therein.

(Lev 10:1-2; Deu 12:30-32; Matthew 15:1-12; Gal 1:8-9)

2. We believe that prayer, Scripture reading, praise, singing, instrumental music, testimonies, hearing from God's Word, and the Lord's Table are the proper acts of worship to be observed in all gatherings on each Lord's Day.

(Acts 2:42; Ephesians 5:19-20; Colossians 3:16; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18; Psalms 150)

3. We believe that keeping any holiday or practice with pagan roots — whether Christmas, Lent, Good Friday, Easter, All Souls' Day, or any such thing — is a desecration of worship and is under no circumstance to be allowed.

(Deuteronomy 32:30-32; 1 Samuel 15:22; Matthew 15:6-7; 2 Thessalonians 2:15)

1. We believe that Baptism and the Lord's Table are the only two sacraments enjoined upon the Church. Their observance carries no saving virtue but is purely symbolic of what they represent.

(Matthew 28:18-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-28; Ephesians 2:8-10)

2. We believe that Baptism must follow repentance and faith in Jesus Christ, be administered by immersion only, and be waived when impossible rather than substituted by unbiblical alternatives such as sprinkling or pouring.

(Mark 16:16; Acts 2:37-39; Romans 6:3)

3. We believe that the bread and wine in the Lord's Supper are purely symbolic of Christ's body broken and blood shed, to be partaken only by those who have repented, believed, and been baptized.

(Matthew 26:26-28; Mark 14:22-24; Luke 22:19-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-28)

1. We believe that marriage is ordained by God as a union of one man and one woman, contracted by covenant and consummation, dissoluble only by the death of a partner or for reasons prescribed in Scripture.

(Genesis 2:18-24; Matthew 19:1-12; Malachi 2:14-16; 1 Corinthians 7)

2. We believe that a husband and wife must from the day of marriage be so detached from parental control as to make their own family decisions scripturally, and together bring their children up in the fear of God.

(Genesis 2:21-24; Ephesians 5:22; 6:3)

3. We believe that marriage and family is the usual calling; celibacy is a rare gift not to be taken upon oneself without diligent confirmation of such a gift.

(Matthew 19:10-12; 1 Corinthians 7:7-9)