Beliefs
Table of Contents
The Bible
The Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments were given by inspiration of God, and are our infallible rule of faith and practice.
God
There is one living and true God, revealed in nature as the Creator, Preserver, and Righteous Governor of the universe; and in the Scriptures as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; yet as one God, infinitely wise and good, whom all intelligent creatures are supremely to love, adore, and obey.
Christ
Christ is God manifest in the flesh; in His divine nature truly God, in His human nature truly man. The mediator between God and man, once crucified, He is now risen and glorified, and is our ever present Savior and Lord.
Holy Spirit
The Scriptures assign to the Holy Spirit all the attributes of God.
Man
We believe mankind is God’s special creation. God created mankind in His own image giving to every human being intrinsic value and dignity. Mankind, consisting of two genders (male and female), is created in the image of God. Each of these two distinct, complementary genders reflects the image of God. Gender and biological sex are equivalent and cannot be separated. A person’s gender is determined at conception (fertilization), determined by one’s DNA, and cannot be changed by drugs, hormones, or surgery. (Genesis 1:26–27, 5:2, 9:6; Matthew 19:4–6; Mark 10:6; 1 Corinthians 11:7; James 3:9–10).
Sinfulness of Man
Man was created innocent, but by disobedience fell into a state of sin and condemnation. His posterity, therefore, inherits a fallen nature of such tendencies that all who come to years of accountability, sin and become guilty before God.
The Work of Christ
The Son of God, by His incarnation, life, sufferings, death, resurrection, and ascension fully and freely redeemed us from sin, and is the ground of salvation by faith.
The Terms of Salvation
The conditions of salvation and means for right-living are:
- Repentance or sincere sorrow for sin and hearty renunciation of it;
- Faith or the unreserved committal of one’s self to Christ as Savior and Lord with purpose to love and obey Him in all things. In the exercise of saving faith, the soul is renewed by the Holy Spirit, freed from the dominion of sin, and becomes a child of God, and;
- Continuance of faith and obedience unto death.