We believe that the Scriptures teach that regereration, or the new birth, is that change in the soul by the Holy Spirit by which a new nature and spiritual life, not before possessed are imparted, and the person becomes a new creation in Christ Jesus; and without it salvation is impossible.
(John 3:3-6; II Corinthians 5:17; I Peter 1:23; Titus 3-5)
New Birth
We believe that all who receive by faith the Lord Jesus Christ are born again of the Holy Spirit, and thereby, become children of God.
(John 1:12, 13, 3:3; I Peter 1:23)
Eternal Security
We believe that salvation of every believer is secure for all eternity from the moment of regeneration. This security is guarenteed to each believer by the fact that the life received is eternal life, by the keeping power of God, by the sealing ministry of the Holy Spirit, and by the interceding ministry of Christ.
(John 5:24, 10:27-30; Romans 8:1, 29, 30, 38, 39: Ephesians 4:30)
Sanctification
We believe that immediate, positional sanctification is the act of God whereby believers are, at the time of regeneration, eternally set apart as belonging to Him by redemption, thereby being placed in the family of God as children, join heirs with Jesus Christ.
(I John 3:1, Romans 8:14-17; I Corinthians 1:2, Hebrews 10:10-14)
We believe that progressive sanctification is the process by which, according to God's will, we are made partakers of His holiness that it is progressive; that it is begun in regeneration; that it progresses if the believer is yielded to the Holy Spirit's control; that it is carried on in the hearts of believers by the presence and power of the Holy Spirit through the Word of God, self-examination, watchfulness and prayer.
(I Thessalonians 4:3, 5:23; Proverbs 4:18, I John 2;29; Ephesians 6:18; John 17:17)
We believe that ultimate sanctification will be the portion of every believer when finally in the presence of the Lord, complete and entire, with soul and spirit united in the resurrected body free from every trace of sin and rebellion.
(I John 3:2; I Corinthians 15:52-54; Ephesians 4:30, 5:27; Philippians 3:20, 21)
Second Coming
We believe that the second advent of Christ is the hope of the church and will be personal, bodily, visible, premillennial and redemptive. It is the source of encouragement and consolation, the motive for purification and holiness and the inspiration for activity and service. Christ will first descend into the clouds, where His church, the waiting bride, will be caught up to meet Him. After the tribulation judgments, which will be poured out upon the earth, He will return with His church to judge the nations and to establish His kingdom, wherein He will rule upon the earth for a thousand years.
(Daniel 7:13, 14; Matthew 24:21; Mark 13:34-37; Luke 1:31, 33; 21:34-36; John 14:1-3; Acts 1:11; Romans 8:16-19, 23, 24; I Thessalonians 3:12, 13; 4:16-18; 5:11; II Thessalonians 1:3-10; I Timothy 6:12-14; Titus 2:12, 13; James 5:7,8; I John 2:28; Jude 1:4; Revelation 3:10, 5:9, 10; 19:7, 8, 14; 20:4-6)
The Church
a) We believe that the true Church is one living, spiritual body of which Jesus Christ is the head and of which all regenerate persons are member.
b) We believe that a local church is an assembly of professed believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, associated for the worship, fellowship, and service.
(Matthew 16:18; II Corinthians 11:2-4; Hebrews 12:23, I Corinthians 10:32; Ephesians 5:30-32; 2:21, 22; Acts 2:41; Philippians 1:1; I Timothy 3:15)
c) We fully believe that the principle business of the Christian Church (All Believers) until the Lord Jesus Christ returns, is to preach the gospel of Christ's death and resurrection, without reserve or qualificatin, to every human being under heaven, and that the responsibility of all who hear is to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ for justification and forgiveness of sins.
d) We believe that persons should be admitted to church membership only after credible profession of their faith in our Lord Jesus Christ and baptism.
(Matthew 20:19, 20; Mark 16:15; Luk 24:27; Acts 1:8; 8:4; 13:38, 39; Colossians 1:23)
Bodily Resurrection
We believe in the bodily resurrection of all men, the saved to eternal life, and the unsaved to judgment and everlasting punishment.
(Matthew 25:46; John 5:28, 29; 11:25, 26; Revelation 20:5,6,12,13)
We believe that the souls of the redeemed are, at death, absent from the body and present with the Lord, where in conscious bliss they await the first resurrection when spirit, soul and body are reunited to be glorified forever.
(Philippians 1:23; 3:21; I Thessalonians 4:16, 17)
