Our Doctrinal Statement

Doctrinal Statement

God

We believe God is eternal (Psa. 90:2), self-sufficient (Exo. 3:14), and holy (Isa. 6:3), existing in three persons: The Father, the Son (John 10:30), and the Spirit (1 Thess. 4:8).

The Bible

We believe the Holy Bible is the inerrant (Rom. 3:4) word of God (Prov. 3 0:5), written by inspiration from God (2 Tim. 3:16) and is preserved to stand forever (Isa, 40:8, 1 Peter 1:25) and forever settled in heaven (Psa. 119:89). We believe the Bible is the final authority.

We believe Paul's revelation of the mystery completed the scriptures (Col. 1:25-26).

Sin, Death, and Eternal Judgement

We believe all men have sinned (Rom. 3:23 and 5:12) and therefore are guilty before God (Rom. 3:19) and under the curse of death (Rom 6:23) and punishment forever in the lake of fire (Rev. 20:14, Mark 9:43-48, Luke 16:19-24). We believe the saved will not experience the wrath of God (Rom. 5:9, 1 Thess. 1:10 and 5:9).

Salvation

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins (Rom. 5:5 and 8), was buried, and rose again (1 Cor. 15:3-4) for our justification (Rom. 5:9), and that by grace through faith (Eph. 2:8-9, 1kb. 11:1, Rom. 10:17) in that gospel the soul is saved eternally (Rom. 6:23).

We believe the apostle Paul had a different ministry (Eph. 3:1-11) than that of the twelve disciples of Christ (Matt. 10:1-9, Mark 16:14-1 8, Acts 1:8). We believe that Paul had a particular message which was previously a mystery (Eph. 6:19, Col. 4:3) for the Gentiles (Rom. 11:13, 1 Tim. 2:7, 2 Tim. 1:11) and a dispensation of the gospel committed to him (1 Cor. 9:17, Eph. 3:1-9, Gal. 1:25) by which we are saved (1 Cor. 15:2), established (Rom. 16:25), and will be judged (Rom. 2:16).

One Baptism

We believe there is one baptism for the dispensation of grace and that it is spiritual (Eph. 4:5, Rom. 6:3-4, Col. 2:12, Gal. 3:27) whereby all believers are placed into the body of Christ by the Spirit (1 Cor. 12:13) and that now there is no difference between Jews and Gentiles in Christ (Rom. 3:22 and 10:12). We do not believe in water baptism for this dispensation (1 Cor. 1:17) but do recognize its importance to Israel in the past. We are complete in Christ (Gal. 2:10).