eternally exist in either heaven or hell.

(I Thes-
The Holy Spirit salonians 4:13-18; 5:9; Titus 2:13; Jeremiah 30:7;
Daniel 12:1; Matthew 25:31; Revelation 20:1-7;
I believe that the Church is a New Testa- Isaiah 65:17-25; Ezekiel 37:21-28; Zechariah 8:1-
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17; Romans 11:25-31; II Corinthians 5:1-10;
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of all true believers in this present age.
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of baptized believers associated by a
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promises to Israel. I believe in the bodily
resurrection of the just and the unjust. I
believe that the souls of all people will
 The Scriptures
I believe the Holy Bible, consisting of the
sixty-six canonical books of the Old and
New Testaments, to be the inspired Word of
God. I believe this inspiration to be verbal
(extending to every word), plenary (equally
in all parts), inerrant, and infallible in the
original writings. I believe that God has
providentially preserved His Word. I be-
lieve that the Bible is our sufficient and fi-
nal authority in the church and in the life of
the believer. (II Timothy 3:16; II Peter 1:19-
21; John 10:35; 17:17; Matthew 5:18; Psalm
19:7-11)
The True God
I believe that there is only one sovereign,
true and living God, that He is the Creator,
and that He is infinite in every excellence. I
believe that in the unity of the Godhead
there are three distinct persons—the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three
persons exist eternally and are one in sub-
stance and equal in every Divine perfection.
These three persons are distinct in their rela-
tionships and functions, yet one in essence.
(Deuteronomy 6:4; Exodus 20:2-3; John
1:1; Matthew 28:19; II Corinthians 13:13)
The Lord Jesus
I believe in the absolute Deity and humanity
of the Lord Jesus Christ. I believe that He is
very God of very God, existing from all
eternity with the Father and the Holy Spirit.
He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and
born of a virgin and exists today
as the God-man. He lived a sinless life and
died for our redemption. He physically rose
from the dead and ascended into heaven and
is now at the right hand of the Father as our
Intercessor and only Mediator. (John 1:1-4;
Hebrews 1:1-3; Luke 1:35; Matthew 1:23; I
Timothy 2:5; II Corinthians 5:21; Luke
24:46-47; I Corinthians 15:3-4; Acts 1:9-11;
Hebrews 4:14-16)
The Holy Spirit
I believe that the Holy Spirit is the Divine
third person in the Godhead. The Bible
teaches that He performs many functions.
He convicts men of sin, righteousness, and
judgment. He is the agent of regeneration,
imparting new life to the redeemed. Many
operations of the Holy Spirit occur or begin
at the moment of salvation such as the in-
dwelling, sealing, baptizing, and gifting. I
believe that some gifts were foundational
(tongues, interpretation of tongues, healing,
prophecy) for the establishment of the
Church and are no longer a part of God’s
program. The filling of the Spirit is an es-
sential part of progressive sanctification
where we become more and more like
Christ. (Acts 5:3-4; II Corinthians 13:14;
John 16:8-11; Titus 3:5; Ephesians 4:30; I
Corinthians 12:13; I Corinthians 13; John
14:26; Romans 8:16, 26-27; Ephesians 5:18;
Galatians 5:22-23; Romans 8:29)
Man
I believe that man was created in the image
of God without sin on the sixth day. Al-
though man was created in innocence, he
deliberately chose to sin, plunging all of
mankind into spiritual and physical death.
Therefore, the entire human race sinned in
Adam. The consequence of this fact is that
all people are incapable of pleasing God and
incurably sinners by nature and choice.
Therefore, man is utterly unable to redeem
himself from the bondage of sin. (Genesis
1:27; 3:1-24; Genesis 9:6; Exodus 21:22-23;
Deuteronomy 32:39; Romans 5:12-19; Ro-
mans 3:10-19; I Corinthians 15:22; Psalm
51:5; Hebrews 11:6; Jeremiah 17:9; James
1:13-15; Ephesians 2:1-3)
Salvation
I believe that the salvation of sinners is en-
tirely a work of God’s grace. All sinners
must be born again to be saved. This new
birth is known as regeneration and is
wrought instantaneously by the agency of
the Holy Spirit whereby we
become partakers of the di-
vine nature. I believe that
the offer of salvation should
be freely made to all. The
basis of our salvation is the substitutionary
death of the Lord Jesus Christ and His resur-
rection from the dead. When a sinner re-
pents of his sin and turns to God in faith, he
is declared righteous and credited with the
righteousness of Jesus Christ. I believe that
good works are a natural consequence of
saving faith but never the cause of our sal-
vation. (Ephesians 2:8-9; John 3:7; Romans
3:24-30; Ephesians 1:4; Romans 10:13; I
Corinthians 15:3-4; Romans 5:8; Romans
3:24-28; Mark 1:15; II Corinthians 5:21;
John 10:27-29; I Peter 1:3)