We believe the Bible as originally written was verbally inspired . By that we mean that
the men who wrote the original Bible were under, not just Holy Spirit guidance, but Holy
Spirit control. We believe these men were under the control of the Holy Spirit to the
extent that the words which they wrote in the original manuscripts were actually God’s
own words, and that He assumes all responsibility for these words as much as if He
were to stand before us bodily and speak them with His own lips. (2 Timothy 3:16-17,
2 Peter 1:19-21, Matthew 4:4, Isaiah 1:10, 51:15-16, 59:21. Therefore, we reject the
teaching that God inspired these men with the thought and left it to them to clothe the
thought in their own words. We further believe that everything pertaining to spiritual
things of any nature can only be justified by the Word.
OF THE TRUE GOD
We believe there is but one true and living God consisting of three persons: the
Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 3:16, 28:19-20.) That He created the
heaven and the earth, (Genesis 1:1) and that He created man . (Genesis 1:26, Mark 10:
6) That He made all things that were ever made. (John 1:3) That the three persons of
the God-head, though equal in every Divine perfection, perform different functions.
That the Holy Spirit is as much God as the Father or the Son are God.
OF SATAN
We believe that Satan is a person, and not just as evil influence. That he is the original
source of all evil. That he is the prince, or ruler of the power of the air, (Ephesians 2:2)
and the god of this world who blinds the mind of unbelievers. (2 Corinthians 4:4, 1
Peter 5:8)
OF THE FALL OF MAN
We believe that Adam was created in the image of God, that he was sinless and
innocent under the law of his creator. That he voluntarily sinned of his own free will. (1
Timothy 2:14) That no other man has ever since that time been able to exercise his
free will in the sense that Adam did. That because of Adam’s sin, all of his offspring
are born in sin with a totally depraved nature. (Jeremiah 17:9, Romans 3:9-18) That
they are not only sinners by nature, but by practice as well. That this puts them under
the just condemnation of God without any excuse. (Romans 1>20) They are dead in
trespasses and sins. (Ephesians 2:1)
OF THE VIRGIN BIRTH
We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten of the Holy Spirit and conceived in the
womb of the virgin Mary. (Luke 1:35, Isaiah 7:14) That He was the only person ever
born into this world who was able to choose the woman that was to be His mother,
(Luke1:30-31) the time of His birth, (Galatians 4:4) and the place of His birth. (Psalms
132:5-6, Micah 5:2) We reject any and all teaching contrary to the Virgin Birth as
heresy promulgated by an infidel, whether he admits to being an infidel, or whether he
stands in a Baptist pulpit, or sits in a Baptist professor’ chair.
OF THE ATONEMENT
We believe the sinners sins could be atoned for only by our Lord, (Acts 4:12) and that
it is by grace from beginning to end. (Ephesians 2:8) That no person could atone for
his sins. That no person could atone for the sins of another person. We believe that
the atonement was made by Christ on the cross when He gave His life and blood, a
sacrifice for sinners.(Romans 5:11, Hebrews 9-12) Neither by the blood of goats and
calves, but by His own blood He entered in once into the holy place, having obtained
eternal redemption for us. This atonement is imputed unto those who believe on it as
their very own salvation. (Romans 3:24, John 3:16 and Acts 13:38-39)
OF SALVATION
We believe that our salvation is wholly and solely in, of and by the person of the Lord
Jesus Christ. (Ephesians 1:6) That good works have absolutely no part in obtaining or
in keeping our salvation. (Ephesians 2:9) That repentance in salvation is repentance
toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, which cannot be separated.
Repentance means a change of mind and this repentance toward God brings us to see
ourselves as ungodly sinners . It brings us to have repentance from dead works. It
also bring us to have repentance toward God and to know that God is for us. In that
He has given His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ to pay our sin debt that we owed. When
one comes to have this repentance toward God, it brings him to have repentance
toward sin, the rest of his life. He no longer wants to walk in it. All this comes to a
person who is dead in trespasses and sins, in the new birth that is wrought in a
person by the Spirit of God when He gives us His Spirit that we might know the things
freely given unto us by God. (1 Corinthians 2:9-12, Ephesians 2:8-9, Hebrews 6:1, Acts
20-21, Romans 6:23, Philippians 2:13, 1 Peter 1:23-25 and 2 Thessalonians 2:13-
14)
OF THE CHURCH
We believe a church is a local assembly of Scripturally baptized saints joined together
for the edification of the saints, and for the propagation of the gospel at home and
abroad. That the sole head of the church is Jesus Christ, and her marching orders is
the New Testament. That the officers of the church are pastor and deacons. That
since the Greek word ECCLESIA which our Lord and others used when talking about
what we call a church means local assembly, and since it has always meant a local
assembly, we therefore reject and abhor any teaching that relates to the universal
invisible church, or any modification of it. We further believe that the independent
Baptist churches, who are of like doctrinal conviction can and should cooperate. But
we hold that the cooperation should at all times be under the strict control cooperation
church. We reject, and refuse to unionize with those who have a different doctrinal
conviction from that held by this church.
OF THE ORDINANCES
We believe there are two, and only two church ordinances. These we hold to be
baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Since the Greek word BAPTIZO has always meant,
and still does mean to immerse, we believe there is no Scriptural baptism other than
immersion. And in order for this immersion to be Scriptural, it must be administered
upon the authority of a Scriptural New Testament church which has received its
authority from another Scriptural New Testament church. Therefore , we heartily reject
any and all alien immersion. We believe the Lord’s Supper is the commemoration of our Lord’s death until He comes.
And since it is the Lord’s Supper we hold that no one , not even the church herself has
any right or authority to invite anyone to partake. We further believe that on one
except the members of the individual church should participate , and they only after a
solemn self examination. We believe that Scriptural immersion can only follow
salvation, (Acts 10:47) and that the Lord’s Supper can only follow Scriptural
immersion. We hold the Scriptural elements of the Lord’s Supper to be unleavened
bread and fermented wine.
OF THE SECURITY OF THE SAINTS
We believe that a born again person has eternal life that is indestructible , not only in
this life, but throughout the ceaseless ages of eternity as well. Therefore, he is safe
and secure for all time and eternity. (1 Peter 1:15, John 10:28 and Romans 8:38-39)
OF THE RESURRECTION
We believe in a bodily resurrection for all, both the righteous, (1 Thessalonians 4:16)
and the wicked. (Revelations 20:5) That the righteous will be raised and raptured
before the great tribulation comes upon the earth (Revelations 3:10) And that the
wicked will be raised to stand before the great white throne a thousand years later.
(Revelations 20:5) Therefore, we reject all teaching contrary to the premillennial
return of our Lord and therefore we must reject all such teaching as post-millennialism
and a-millennialism.
OF THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD
We believe in the absolute sovereignty of Goid in all things, including our salvation. By
this, we mean that God does absolutely as He pleases. That He does it when He
pleases, how He pleases, and why He pleases. (Daniel 4:35, Isaiah 14:24) We believe
that He elects some of Adam’s race to be saved, (Ephesians 1:3) and that apart from
that election no one would be saved .(John 5:40 and 6:44) But that everyone whom He
has elected, or chosen before the foundation of the world will be saved. (John 6:37,
Romans 9:11-12) That because He assumes the responsibility for their salvation.
(John 5:21) We reject all teaching that is contrary to God’s absolute sovereignty in all
things.
CHURCH DISCIPLINE
We believe that when a member of this church is guilty of holding to, or teaching a
doctrine that is contrary to our articles of faith, or immoral conduct, or of sowing discord
among the brethren, that church discipline is absolutely essential to a normal, healthy
church. That for the church to fail to discipline such a one is to displease our Lord,
and to bring heartache and distress to His church. (1 Corinthians 5:1-7)
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