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What We Believe.

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1. The Holy Scriptures

  • Inspiration and Authority of Scripture

  • Method of Interpretation

  • Distinction Between Israel and the Church

  • The Role of Natural vs. Special Revelation

  • Sufficiency of Scripture and Rejection of

         Psychology

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2. The Trinity

  • One Essence, Three Persons

  • Equality and Functional Order

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3. The Person and Work of the Father

  • First Person of the Trinity

  • His Works: Creation, Election, Redemption

  • Spiritual Fatherhood

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4. The Person and Work of Christ

  • Deity and Humanity

  • Virgin Birth

  • Sinless Life and Substitutionary Death

  • Bodily Resurrection

  • Ascension and Intercession

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5. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit

  • Conviction and Regeneration

  • Spirit Baptism

  • Cessation of Sign Gifts

  • Indwelling, Sealing, Filling, and Gifting

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6. The Condition of Man

  • Created in God's Image

  • Total Depravity After the Fall

  • Incapable of Saving Himself

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7. Salvation

  • By Grace Through Faith

  • Forgiveness, Justification, Adoption,Sanctification

  • Security in Christ's Atonement

  • Call to Pursue Holiness​

8. Security, Assurance, and Responsibility

  • Eternal Security of the Believer

  • God’s Discipline

  • Evidence of True Faith

  • All Believers as Disciples

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9. Sanctification

  • Positional and Progressive Sanctification

  • Role of the Spirit, Word, and Church

  • Rejection of Psychological Models of the

         Subconscious

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10. Angels: Elect and Fallen

  • Creation and Ministry of Angels

  • Fall of Satan and Demons

  • Believers’ Relationship to Demonic Powers

  • Nature of Spiritual Warfare

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11. The Church

  • The Universal and Local Church

  • Leadership and Gender Roles

  • Distinction from Israel

  • Faithful Participation and Church Discipline

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12. Ordinances

Baptism

  • Believer’s Baptism by Immersion

  • Public Declaration of Faith

The Lord’s Supper

  • Memorial of Christ’s Death

  • Symbolic Elements

  • Self-examination and Church Fellowship

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13. The Second Coming of Christ

  • Pretribulation Rapture

  • The Tribulation and Daniel’s 70th Week

  • Christ’s Judgement and Millennial Reign

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14. The Eternal State

  • Conscious Bliss for Believers

  • Conscious Torment for Unbelievers

  • Final Judgement and Eternal Punishment

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15. Marriage and Gender Identity

  • Biblical Marriage Between One Biological Man

         and One Biological Woman

  • Sexual Ethics

  • Binary Gender Design by Creation

The Holy Scriptures

  • The Bible—Old and New Testaments—is the inspired, inerrant, and infallible Word of God.
    (2 Timothy 3:15–17; 2 Peter 1:20–21)

  • Written by men under God’s sovereign control, it is the final authority in all matters of faith and life.
    (Psalm 19:7–9)

  • We interpret Scripture using the literal, grammatical-historical method.
    (2 Timothy 2:15)

  • This method leads to belief in a pretribulation return of Christ for the Church and a premillennial return to establish His kingdom.
    (1 Thessalonians 4:13–18; Revelation 20:1–6)

  • There is a distinction between Israel and the Church in God’s redemptive plan.
    (Romans 11:25–27)

  • Natural revelation is valid but subordinate to special revelation.
    (Romans 1:18–20 vs. 2 Timothy 3:16–17)

  • Scripture is sufficient, authoritative, and not to be supplemented by psychology or non-biblical theories.
    (Psalm 19:7–11; 2 Peter 1:3)

The Trinity

  • God is one in essence but eternally exists in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
    (Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 28:19)

  • These three are equal in all attributes and fully God.
    (2 Corinthians 13:14)

  • There is a functional order (Father → Son → Spirit), not inequality.

         (1 Corinthians 11:3; John 15:26; 16:7)

The Person and Work of the Father

  • God the Father is the first person of the Trinity and the source of all things.
    (Ephesians 3:9; Hebrews 12:9)

  • He is especially associated with creation, election, redemption, and predestination.
    (1 Peter 1:2; Ephesians 1:4–5)

  • He is the Father of the Son and the spiritual Father of all believers.

        (John 5:30; 6:37; 17:4–7; 1 John 3:1)

The Person and Work of Christ

  • Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God, fully God and fully man.
    (John 1:1–2, 14, 18)

  • Conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary.
    (Luke 1:34–35)

  • He lived a sinless life and died as a substitutionary sacrifice for sinners.
    (Romans 3:24–26)

  • He rose bodily from the grave—a literal, physical resurrection.
    (John 20:27)

  • He ascended and now intercedes at the right hand of the Father.
    (Romans 8:34)

The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit

  • The Holy Spirit convicts of sin and regenerates spiritually dead sinners.
    (John 3:3–8; John 16:7–11)

  • He baptizes all believers into the Body of Christ at conversion.
    (1 Corinthians 12:13)

  • This baptism is not a second experience or for signs/power.
    (Acts 2:4; 19:6; 1 Corinthians 12:13)

  • The sign gifts ceased with the completion of Scripture.
    (2 Corinthians 12:12)

  • He indwells, seals, fills, and gifts every believer.

        (John 14:16–17; Ephesians 4:30; 1 Corinthians 12:7–11; Ephesians 5:18)

The Condition of Man

  • Man was created in God’s image, without sin.
    (Genesis 1:26)

  • In Adam’s fall, all sinned and became spiritually dead.
    (Genesis 3:1–24; Romans 5:12)

  • Man is a sinner by nature, imputation, and practice.
    (Romans 3:10–18)

  • He is utterly incapable of saving himself or even willing to respond to God without grace.

        (Ephesians 2:1–3; 4:18; Romans 7:18; 8:7)

Salvation

  • Salvation is by grace alone through faith alone, not by works.
    (Ephesians 2:8–9; Titus 2:11–14)

  • It includes forgiveness, justification, adoption, and sanctification.
    (John 1:12; 2 Corinthians 5:21)

  • All sin—past, present, and future—is covered by Christ’s atonement.
    (1 John 2:1–2)

  • Believers are called to turn from unrighteousness and rely on Christ’s cleansing.
    (1 John 1:9; 1 Timothy 6:11; 2 Timothy 2:22)

  • Salvation is entirely the work of God and glorifies Him.
    (Philippians 1:6)

Security, Assurance, and Responsibility

  • True believers are eternally secure and kept by God’s power.
    (John 10:27–29; Romans 8:29–39; 1 John 5:13)

  • God disciplines those who persist in sin.
    (Hebrews 12:6)

  • True faith produces fruit and obedience.
    (Matthew 7:20; James 2:20)

  • All believers struggle with sin but are still genuine Christians.
    (1 Corinthians 3:3; 1 Peter 2:11)

  • The term “disciple” is synonymous with “Christian.”
    (Acts 11:26)

Sanctification

  • Sanctification is both positional (complete at salvation) and practical (progressive).
    (1 Corinthians 1:30; Romans 6:19, 22)

  • It is driven by the Spirit, nourished by the Word, and supported by fellowship.
    (John 17:17; 1 Peter 2:2; Hebrews 10:25)

  • Sin may affect testimony but not sonship.
    (1 John 1:6; 4:15; 5:12)

  • Psychology’s idea of subconscious motivation is rejected; responsibility lies in the conscious mind.
    (2 Peter 1:3; 1 Corinthians 1:21, 26–27)

Angels: Elect and Fallen

  • Angels are created spiritual beings who serve God.
    (Psalm 148:2–5; Job 38:4–7; Hebrews 1:14)

  • Satan, a fallen angel, now opposes God and deceives.
    (Isaiah 14:12–17; Ezekiel 28:11–19; 1 Peter 5:8)

  • Demons followed Satan’s rebellion and oppose God's work.
    (2 Corinthians 4:3–4; Revelation 20:1–3, 7–10)

  • Believers cannot be demon-possessed or demonized.
    (1 John 4:4)

  • We are called to resist, not engage, in spiritual warfare.
    (James 4:7; Ephesians 6:10–20; Matthew 12:28)

The Church

  • The true Church is the spiritual Body of Christ, made of all believers baptized by the Spirit.
    (Ephesians 1:22–23; 1 Corinthians 12:13)

  • The local church is its visible expression for worship, instruction, fellowship, and service.
    (Acts 2:42; 13:1–2)

  • Leadership is given to qualified male elders, with women instructing other women.
    (Titus 1:5–16; 2:3–4; 1 Timothy 3:1–7)

  • The Church is distinct from Israel.
    (Romans 11:25–29)

  • Church attendance and faithful participation in worship, fellowship, and service are a biblical expectation, not optional.
    (Acts 2:41–47)

  • Church discipline is to be practiced in obedience to Christ.
    (Matthew 18:15–17; 1 Corinthians 5:1–8; 2 Corinthians 2:6–8)

Ordinances

  • Christ instituted two ordinances for the Church to practice until He returns: baptism and the Lord’s Supper. These are not means of saving grace, but outward signs that portray and affirm key truths of the gospel. As taught in Matthew 28:19 and 1 Corinthians 11:23–26, these ordinances are central to the obedient life and worship of the gathered church.

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Baptism

  • Jesus commanded in Matthew 28:19, “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them...” — showing that baptism follows genuine discipleship. We therefore affirm believer’s baptism, not infant baptism.

  • In the pattern of Acts 2:41, where “those who had received his word were baptized,” we understand baptism as appropriate only for those who have personally repented and trusted in Christ.

  • Baptism by immersion best reflects the imagery of Romans 6:3–5, where the believer is said to be “buried with [Christ] through baptism into death” and raised “so we too might walk in newness of life.”

  • Baptism does not save (cf. Acts 8:36–38, where the Ethiopian eunuch believed before being baptized), but is an act of obedient identification with Christ and His Church. It is a public testimony to one's union with Christ and entrance into the visible community of believers.

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The Lord’s Supper

  • According to 1 Corinthians 11:23–26, the Lord Jesus, on the night in which He was betrayed, took bread and the cup and said, “Do this in remembrance of Me.” The Lord’s Supper is therefore a memorial ordinance, instituted to proclaim His death and anticipate His return.

  • In Luke 22:19–20, Jesus told His disciples, “This is My body... this cup is the new covenant in My blood,” highlighting that the bread and cup are symbolic representations of His once-for-all sacrifice.

  • The Supper is to be received in a worthy manner, as 1 Corinthians 11:28 urges: “But a person must examine himself… before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.” Therefore, it requires self-examination, confession of sin, and a commitment to reconciliation and unity.

  • The ordinance is reserved for believers only, and best observed among those who are walking in faithful fellowship with a local church. As Acts 2:42 shows, the early church was “continually devoting themselves… to the breaking of bread.”

The Second Coming of Christ

  • Christ will return personally, imminently in the pretribulation rapture of the Church, and subsequently to reign bodily on earth in His premillennial kingdom.
    (1 Thessalonians 4:13–18; Revelation 19:11–16; 20:1–6)

  • The Rapture is the next event, followed by Daniel’s 70th week.
    (Daniel 9:24–27)

  • A Western ruler will guarantee Israel’s security, marking the Tribulation.
    (2 Thessalonians 2:1–4)

  • God's wrath will be poured out in seals, trumpets, and bowls.
    (Revelation 6–18)

  • Christ will judge the nations and establish His millennial reign.

         (Matthew 25:31–46; Zechariah 14:4–11; 2 Samuel 7:12–16)

The Eternal State

  • At death, believers enter conscious bliss in Christ’s presence.
    (2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23)

  • Unbelievers enter conscious torment until final Judgement.
    (Luke 16:19–26; Revelation 20:11–15)

  • The saved bodies are resurrected at the Rapture; the lost are judged and cast into the lake of fire.
    (2 Thessalonians 1:7–9; Revelation 20:11–15)

  • Annihilation is denied; punishment is eternal and conscious.

        (Matthew 25:46)

Marriage and Gender Identity

  • Marriage is a lifelong, exclusive covenant between one biological man and one biological woman.
    (Genesis 2:20–24; Matthew 19:4–6)

  • All sexual intimacy outside biblical marriage is sin.
    (Exodus 20:14; Romans 1:18–31; 1 Corinthians 6:9–10)

  • God created mankind male and female; rejecting birth gender is sinful.

         (Genesis 1:27; Deuteronomy 22:5)

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