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WHAT WE
BELIEVE
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We believe in
the verbal plenary
inspiration of the original manuscripts of the Old and New
Testaments, which constitute the inerrant Word of God. (II Timothy
3:16, 17; Colossians
3:16; Mark 7:13)
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We believe in
the Trinity of the
Godhead: One God, eternally existing in three equal Persons, revealed
as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 28:19;
II Corinthians 13:14)
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We believe in
the Diety, virgin birth, perfect humanity, sinless life,
substitutionary death, and bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ. (John
20:26-
28; Matthew 1:18-25; Hebrews 2:14-18; 4:14-16; I Corinthians 15:1-
5)
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We believe in
the personality of the Holy Spirit by whom believers are baptised into
the Body of Christ, indwelt, and sealed. (John 14:26; I Corinthians
6:19-20; 12:13; Ephesians 4:30)
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We believe in the creation of the universe and man
by God. (Genesis 1-
3)
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We believe in the personal existence of angels,
demons and Satan. (Job 1-2; Luke 1:26; Mark
4:1-13)
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We believe in the fall, total depravity, and guilt
of the race in Adam. (Genesis 3; Romans 5:12)
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We believe that the one condition for salvation is
faith in the gospel, the death of Jesus Christ for one's
sins and His bodily resurrection, and that all thus saved are
eternally secure. (I Corinthians 15:1-5; John 6:47; I Peter 1:5)
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We believe in the priesthood of all believers, and
the individual's personal responsibility to live in
obedience to God and His Word. (I Peter 2:9; Colossians 3:16)
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We believe in the autonomy of the local church as a
group of believers gathered together with
recognized leaders, for the teaching of the Word of God, worship,
fellowship, observance of the ordinances of baptism and the Lord's
Table, mutual ministries, and to provide training and financial
support for the spread of the gospel. (Acts 2:41; II Timothy 4:2;
Hebrews 13:15-16; I Peter 3:15, 21; I Corinthians 11:23-34; I
Thessalonians 5:11-14)
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We believe in the personal return of
Jesus Christ after the period known as the Tribulation (The
Seventieth "Week" of Daniel 9) to establish His Kingdom. (Revelation
19-20; Daniel 9:24-27)
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We believe in the bodily resurrection of all
men--the saved unto eternal life and blessedness, and the rest
unto eternal punishment and condemnation in the Lake of Fire. (John
5:28-29; Matthew 25:46;
Revelation 20:11-15)
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