I.
Essential Doctrines
The leadership and membership must be in full agreement with the following:
The leadership and membership must be in full agreement with the following:
- There is one and only one God.
- This God exist in 3 persons (Trinity)-God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit
- The Bible, containing 66 books of Old and New Testaments is the inspired, inerrant, and infallible Word of God--the only rule for life and faith.
- Jesus Christ, Son of God, born of a virgin, fully God and fully man led a sinless life, died a substitutionary, atoning death on the cross. He arose from the grave 3 days later. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God interceding for the brethren. Jesus will return one day for His children and to establish His kingdom.
- We are saved by " faith alone" not any merit of our own. God pardons our sin because Christ's righteousness has been imputed to us.
- Those saved by faith alone will live in the presence of God for eternity. Those not saved by faith alone will suffer eternal damnation in hell.
- We hold to the Church Covenant and The Baptist Faith and Message.