(A) Inerrancy and Infallibility of the Holy Bible
We believe in the absolute inerrancy and infallibility of the Holy Bible as the true Word of
God; that "all Scripture is given by inspiration of God," and that "holy men of God spoke
as they were moved by the Holy Spirit." The Holy Bible, as the revelation of the Person
and will of God, is the only rule of faith, doctrine, and practice for the Christian Church
(Ps. 119:105; Acts 17:11; 1 Thess. 2:13; Isa. 55:11; 1 Tim. 6:3; Ex. 34:27; 2 Tim. 3:16; 2
Pet. 1:21; 1 Cor. 14:37; Jer. 30:2; 2 Pet. 3:16; Jn. 1:1).
(B) One True and Living God
We believe in one true and living God, supreme and infinite in being, perfect, holy,
eternal, omnipotent, immutable, omniscient, pre-existent before all things, and the
Creator of all (Gen. 1:1; Deut. 6:4; Jude 25; Jer. 23:24; Pr. 28:5; Jer. 32:17; Lk. 1:37; Ps.
90:2).
(C) The Trinity
We believe that there exists in the Godhead a trinity of distinct persons, God the Father,
God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, and that they are One in power, in purpose, in
essence and in eternity (Gen. 1:26; Isa. 42:1; Mt. 28:19; 1 Jn. 5:7; 2 Cor. 13:14; Gen.
18:2; Deut. 6:4; Mt. 3:16–17; Heb. 1:8; Mt. 22:43; Isa. 35:4–5; Mt. 11:3–6; Jn. 8:24; Acts
5:3–4; Jn. 5:19; 16:13–15).
(D) Jesus Christ is the Divine Son of God
We believe Jesus Christ is the Divine Son of God. In the fullness of time, God sent forth
His Beloved Son for the Salvation of the world. He was immaculately conceived of the
Holy Spirit and born of a virgin (Isa. 7:14; Lk. 1:27, 35; Mt. 3:17; Jn. 3:16; Mt. 1:18). He
lived a life of sinless purity, revealing God to a lost and fallen mankind. He performed
the complete will of God, doing all things pleasing to the Father and being obedient,
even unto death on the Cross. He was slain for the sins of mankind. At the Cross, God
laid the iniquity of us all upon Him. He partook of sin, infirmity and death for all men. As
a Lamb without blemish before God, He was the propitiation for our sin. It is through His

shed blood that we have atonement, the forgiveness of sin, and there is salvation in no
other (Isa. 53; Jn. 1:29; 2 Cor. 5:21; Rom. 5:9; Acts. 4:12).
Upon His death He was buried in a tomb, was in the earth for three days, and rose
again physically from the dead on the third day, overcoming sin, hell, and death. He
showed Himself alive after His passion to witnesses, by many infallible proofs. This is
the Gospel, the power of God unto Salvation, which is sent to be preached unto all
mankind (Mt. 12:40; Lk. 24:39; Acts 1:3; 1 Cor. 15:1–8; Mt. 27:63; 2 Cor. 5:15). When
He had thus by Himself purged our sins, Christ ascended bodily into Heaven, there to
sit down at the right hand of God and be retained until the restitution of all things spoken
by the prophets since the world began (Heb. 1:3,13; Acts. 1:9; 2:33–35; 3:21; 1 Tim.
3:16).
(E) Return of the Lord Jesus Christ
We believe in the personal return of the Lord Jesus Christ from heaven to this Earth in
power and glory, that He will receive His bride, His elect, unto Himself, that He will judge
the living and the dead, and that He will establish the everlasting Kingdom of God upon
the Earth (Acts 1:11; Mt. 24:30–31; Rev. 1:7; Eph. 5:27; 2 Cor. 11:2; Dan. 7:14; 2 Tim.
4:1; Rom. 14:10; 1 Thess. 4:13–17; 2 Thess. 2:1–2).
(F) The Holy Spirit
(1) We believe in the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Godhead, that He is God
Himself, co-eternal with the Father and the Son (Gen. 1:2; Jn. 4:24; Acts 5:3–4; Mk.
3:29).
(2) When Jesus Christ ascended to heaven, He sent forth the Holy Spirit, to fulfill the
promise of the Father, for the washing and regeneration of believers, that He might
abide with and empower believers to be witnesses unto Christ, and that He might lead
and guide the Church into all truth (Acts 1:4, 8; 1 Pet. 1:12; Titus 3:5; Jn. 14:16; 16:13).
(3) The Gift of the Holy Spirit is given to believers, subsequent to the salvation
experience, with the manifestation of speaking in tongues. The ministry of the Holy
Spirit is at work in the present age of the Church, with the manifestations and gifts
distributed by Him according to the Scriptures (Acts 2:4; 10:45–46; 19:6; 1 Cor. 14:2, 4,
14, 18, 21; 12:1–11).
(G) Historical Christian Church
We believe in the Historical Christian Church, which was begun and is being built by
Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The Church, as established by our Lord and nurtured
by the Apostles of Christ, entered a state of decline and darkness by the third century
A.D., until it bore little or no resemblance to the early Church. But with the breaking forth
of light on Justification by Faith in the 16th century, and through many subsequent

outpourings of Biblical truth, Christ has been building up and restoring His Church to its
ancient purity and power, that the Scriptures regarding the Church might all come to
fulfillment in these last days (Mt. 16:18; Eph. 2:20; 2 Tim. 2:2; Ps. 102:16; Joel 2:23–25;
Hag. 2:9; Eph. 5:27).
(H) Water Baptism
We believe in water baptism, identifying and uniting the believer with Christ's own death,
burial, and resurrection into newness of life. Begotten of God at salvation through faith
in Christ, the believer is born again through the faith of the operation of God at water
baptism, wherein the old nature is done away through circumcision of the heart, which is
the spiritual token of our covenant with God (Mt. 28:19; Mk. 16:16; Acts 2:38; John 3:5;
Rom. 6:5; 2 Cor. 5:17; Col. 2:11–12; Deut. 10:16; Ezek. 36:26; 11:19).
(I) The Lord's Supper
We believe in the Lord's Supper, instituted by Him before His passion, as a holy sign
and seal of the new covenant of grace, containing the divine mystery of our partaking of
Him, the communion of the body of Christ (Mt. 26:26–29; Mk. 14:22–25; Lk. 22:19–20;
Jn. 6:48–58; 1 Cor. 10:16).
(J) Principles of the Doctrine of Christ
We believe in the Principles of the Doctrine of Christ as the foundation of our
Christian faith, according to Hebrews 6:1–3, principles essential for the growth of
the Church unto perfection:
(1) Repentance from Dead Works
(2 Pet. 3:9; Acts 3:19; Mt. 7:22; Heb. 9:14; Rev. 3:15; Acts 20:21),
(2) Faith Toward God
(Rom. 1:17; Heb. 11:1; Jas. 2:17; 1 Jn. 5:4),
(3) The Doctrine of Baptisms
(Acts 1:15; 2:38; 11:16; Jn. 1:33; Col. 2:11–12),
(4) The Laying on of Hands
(Acts 5:18; 8:17; 13:3; 19:6, 17; 28:8; Mk. 16:18; 1 Tim. 4:14; 2 Tim. 1:6),
(5) Resurrection of the Dead
(Acts 4:2; 17:32; Phi. 3:11; Rev. 20:6; 11:18)
(6) Eternal Judgment

(Rev. 20:12; 2 Cor. 5:10; 1 Cor. 6:2; Jn. 5:28–29; Dan. 12:2).
(7) Perfection
(Gen. 17:1; 7:1, 23; Prov. 2:21–22; Mt. 25:37–41; Heb. 6:1; 11:40; Mt. 5:48; Eph.
4:11–13, 5:25–27; 2 Tim. 3:16–17).
(K) Worship
We believe in the worship of God in praise, in song, in dance, with the lifting up of
hands, with clapping hands and musical instruments, as a spiritual sacrifice, that an
atmosphere of glory unto Him may be formed for Him to inhabit (Ps. 134:2; 150; 63:4–5;
22:3; Heb. 13:15; Ps. 149:3; 47:1; 87:7; Acts 24:14; 1 Tim. 2:8; Heb. 12:12; Rev. 8:4;
Ps. 141:2; Mal. 1:11).
(L) Jesus Christ is the Supreme Head of the Church
(1) We believe that Jesus Christ is the Supreme Head of the Church Universal, His
body. When He ascended on high, He gave the gifts of apostles, prophets, evangelists,
pastors and teachers unto men, for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the
ministry, and for the edifying of the body of Christ. These ministries are men and women
ordained of God to build and give direction to the Church in matters both spiritual and
natural by Divine Guidance of the Holy Spirit as demonstrated by the Word of God (Acts
4:35; 2 Thess. 3:10; 2 Cor. 8:14, 20; Eph. 6:1–9; Mt. 19:21–22; Num. 16:13; Mt. 10:40).
(2) The ministry gifts include pastors, and they are the persons carrying that gift. A local
church may have multiple pastors with different leadership roles. The Lead Pastor(s)
have the primary leadership role in the church with final decision-making responsibility
and authority and to which other named ministers and ministries are supportive and
counselor but subordinate. Accordingly, the guidance of God is predominantly executed
through the Lead Pastor(s) of the Church, and account must be given by them to God
for the souls of each in the flock. Scripture therefore admonishes the assembly to obey
them in such a manner that their rule in the assembly may be conducted with joy and
not with grief (Dt. 1:12–15; Jer. 3:15; 23:4; Eph. 4:11; Heb. 13:7, 17; Rom. 13:7; 1 Tim.
5:17; Phi. 2:14; Ex. 16:8).
(M) The Lord is the Highest Authority as a Sovereign
We believe that the Lord Himself must be the highest authority as a Sovereign in all
matters touching His Church. We seek to be governed and directed by His rule alone.
We acknowledge His agencies of rule to be His Word, the Holy Scriptures, the Ministry
of His Holy Spirit and Divinely appointed leadership. We assert that our Spiritual beliefs,
represented by the Holy Bible, by these Articles of Faith, and including the entire body
of our doctrine and attendant direction from God, hold preeminence over any other body
of writ, whether Bylaws, Articles of Incorporation, or any vehicle necessary or

convenient for the natural or administrative functioning of our Church (Acts 5:29; Dan.
3:16–18; 6:13; Acts 4:19; Mark 7:7; 1 Cor. 2:14; Rom. 8:5–8; Ps. 118:8).
(N) Marriage
Marriage is a union ordained by God. This Church defines “marriage” as the exclusive
covenantal union of one man and one woman in which such union is a lifetime
commitment. Marriage is a typology of Jesus Christ and the Church. As such, the
Church views marriage as a profound spiritual institution established by God. We
believe the term “marriage” has only one meaning, and that is marriage sanctioned by
God which joins one man and one woman in a single, exclusive union, according to
Scripture.
Therefore, a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they
shall become one flesh. Genesis 2:24 (NKJV)
For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and
the two shall become one flesh. This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ
and the church. Ephesians 5:31–32 (NKJV)
Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? And what was the
one God seeking? Godly offspring. So, guard yourselves in your spirit, and let none of
you be faithless to the wife of your youth.
For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her, says the Lord, the God of
Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So, guard yourselves in
your spirit, and do not be faithless. Malachi 2:15–16 (ESV)
A civil government’s sanction of a union will be recognized as a legitimate marriage by
the Church only to the extent that it is consistent with the definition of “marriage” found
in these Articles.
(O) Gender and Human Sexuality
We believe that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person as male or
female. These two distinct, complementary genders together reflect the image and
nature of God, and the rejection of one's biological gender is a rejection of the work of
the Creator and of the image of God within that person.
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and
female created he them. Genesis 1:27 (KJV)
Furthermore, we believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity
should be engaged in outside of a marriage between a man and a woman. Legitimate
sexual relations are exercised solely within marriage. Hence, sexual activities outside of
marriage (enumerated at some length in Lev. 18), including but not limited to adultery,

premarital sex, homosexuality, and pedophilia are inconsistent with the teachings of the
Bible and the Church, and lascivious conduct, transgender behavior, and the creation
and/or distribution and/or viewing of pornography, are incompatible with the biblical
witness.
Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of
their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie
and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever!
Amen.
For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women
exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise
gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another,
men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty
for their error.
Romans 1:24–27 (ESV)
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be
deceived; neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals,
nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor those habitually drunk, nor verbal abusers, nor
swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. 1 Cor. 6:9–10 (NASB)
For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality;
that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the
passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God; 1 Thess. 4:3–5 (ESV)
(P) Lawsuits Between Believers
We believe that Christians are prohibited from bringing civil lawsuits against other
Christians or the Church to resolve personal disputes. We believe the Church
possesses all the resources necessary to resolve personal disputes between members.
We do believe, however, that a Christian may seek compensation for injuries from
another Christian’s insurance company as long as thec laim is pursued without malice
or slander (1 Cor. 6:1–8; Eph. 4:31–32).