We believe in the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as verbally inspired by God, inerrant in the original writings, a divine revelation, and that they are the final and supreme authority in faith and practice.
II Tim. 3:16-17.

We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Exodus 20:2-3; I John 5:7;
I Corinthians 8:6.

We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, and that He is truly God and truly man. Isaiah 7:14; Matt. 1:18-25; John 1:4.

We believe that the Holy Spirit is a person, co-equal with God in all of His attributes, and is sent by the Lord Jesus Christ from the Father to convict the world of sin, to regenerate, indwell, guide and teach the believer and to empower the Christian to live in victory and over sin. John 15:26; John 16:7-9.

We believe that man was created in the image of God, but that he sinned and thereby incurred not only physical death, but also the spiritual death which is separation from God. Therefore, all human beings are born with a sinful nature. Romans 5:19.

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures, as a representative and substitution sacrifice, and that all who believe in Him are justified once and for all on the grounds of His shed blood. We believe that all who are truly "born again" are kept by God the Father for Jesus Christ. Romans 3:25; II Corinthians 5:21; I Peter 1:3-5.

We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, in His ascension into Heaven and in His present life there for us as High Priest and Advocate. I Corinthians 15:16-21;
I John 2:1-2.

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; and that each child of God is indwelt, led, sealed and empowered by the Holy Spirit. John 3:3; John 1:12-13; Ephesians 1:12-14.

We believe in "that blessed hope"--the personal, imminent return of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Titus 2:13.

We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and of the unjust; and in the everlasting blessedness of the saved as well as the everlasting and conscious punishment of the lost.
I Corinthians 15:21-23; Rev. 20:11-15.

We believe in the historical Biblical teaching of the gifts of the Spirit. Every believer is granted spiritual gifts by the Holy Spirit. Romans 12:6; I Corinthians 12:11. Any modern day practice of "tongues", "working of miracles" or "healing" which causes dissension and division within the Body of Christ is contrary to the purpose of the Spirit's gifts. Psalms 133:1-3;
I Corinthians 12:13. Any view of "tongues" which conceives of it as an experience by which revelation is received from God is contrary to the finalized character of revelation in Scriptures. Deut. 12:32; Proverbs. 30:5-6; Rev. 22:18-19.

We believe that Jesus Christ is King, and the only Head of the church. Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 5:23.

The Bible verses referenced in Sections 1 through 12 above are not intended as exhaustive lists of Scripture passages supporting the text of the Articles of Faith.