What We Believe
1. We believe that
love one for another, as Jesus loves the believer, demonstrates our discipleship
and proves our love for God. Love is therefore the great commandment of
the Lord Jesus Christ upon which all others are dependent.
Matthew 22:35-40, John 13:34-35, John
15:12, I John 4:7-21
2.
We believe the whole Bible is the infallible, inspired word of God, and is the all-sufficient rule of faith and practice.
Psalms 119:160, II Timothy
3:16-17
3. We believe that
man was created in the image of God and lived in innocence until he fell by
voluntary disobedience from his sinless state, the results being that all
mankind are born sinners.
Genesis
1:26, Genesis 3:6-24, Romans 5:12, 19
4.
We believe that the sinner is saved wholly by grace through faith in
Jesus Christ, and the requirements for salvation are repentance toward God and
faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe the Holy Spirit convicts
sinners, regenerates, seals, secures, and indwells every believer.
Luke
13:3-5, John 3:16-18, Acts 20:21, Romans 6:23, Ephesians 2:8-9
5.
We believe that all who trust in Jesus Christ for salvation are eternally secure
in Him and shall not perish.
John 3:36, John 5:24, John 10:27-30, Romans
8:35-39, Hebrews 10:39, I Peter 1:5
6. We
believe that there are two pictorial ordinances in the Lord's churches:
Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Scriptural baptism is the immersion of
saved believers in water, administered by the authority of a New Testament
Church in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. The Lord's Super
is a memorial ordinance, restricted to the members of the church observing the
ordinance.
Matthew 28:19-20, Actis 8:12,38, Romans 6:4,
I Corinthians
11:1-2, 17-20, 26