THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY:  The number one priority is soul winning. We do many things but the one thing we believe must be first is winning people to faith in Jesus Christ.

THE SALVATION EXPERIENCE:  We believe that every person old enough to be accountable to God must know when and where he deliberately received Jesus Christ as his Savior. We simply mean that he must remember a definite experience when he or she actually received Jesus.

THE HOLY SPIRIT:  We believe that every person who genuinely receives Jesus as his Savior and Lord is born of the Holy Spirit in the same experience. We believe it is totally impossible to become a Christian without the Holy Spirit.

Genuine believers need to be filled with the Holy Spirit or baptized in the Holy Spirit's power after salvation.

THE LORD JESUS:  We believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God, both God and Man merged in one Person, that He is the only Savior, and that we are saved by His life, death and Resurrection.

THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT:  We believe that the Holy Spirit gives the same gifts today as He did in the New Testament.

HEALING:  We lay hands on and anoint the sick with oil and by faith lay hold of God's miraculous healing power.

TOUNGES:  We forbid not to speak in tongues. We emphasize the gift of prophecy according to the instruction of Paul. We regulate tongues according to his instructions.

THE BIBLE:  We believe the Bible is the Word of God and that it is absolutelyate in every detail.

BAPTISM AND CHURCH MEMEBERSHIP:  We believe that every person who receives Jesus as Lord should be baptized by immersion in water into fellowship of a local body of believers. There is no such thing as baptism without being baptized into membership of a local church. Anyone baptized by this Church becomes a member of its fellowship.

SALVATION: We believe that each person is saved completely by grace through faith. Jesus accomplished our total salvation on the cross. Our good works are nothing but filthy rags. In a deliberate decision of faith we trust Him, and He saves us totally by His grace. We can claim no credit for our salvation.

ETERNAL SALVATION:  We believe that each believer receives everlasting life, and can never be lost under any circumstance. We do not believe the Lord will lose you. We do not believe you can lose yourself. We believe a saved person cannot deny His Lord, neither can His Lord deny him.

BAPTISM AFTER SAVLVATION:  We believe baptism is am outward clothing of righteousness and must be done after you are actually born again. If a church member realizes that he has not actually been saved and receives Jesus, he should then be baptized. His baptism while he was unsaved is invalid. Baptism can be genuine only after a true salvation experience.

EVERY MEMBER:  We believe that it is every Christian's business to win other people to Jesus. We believe that every new member should go to work to bring every possible person to Jesus Christ. Every member must give himself, his finances, his time, his energy, his capabilities, and everything he has to promote the church's program to reach the lost for Christ.

THE PASTOR:  We believe the pastor is the God-called shepherd for our church. We believe he is God's man to lead our church in our outreach program to reach people for Christ. We believe that as long as he is faithful to God's Word and the goal of winning the lost, we are to give him our honest loyalty and enthusiastic support.

THE DEACONS:  The deacons are God's servants to help the pastor lead the church.

Divorced and remarried persons who love the Lord faithfully may serve in all other places of service.

LOVE:  We believe the one outstanding characteristic of the pastor, the staff, the deacons, the workers and all members is love. We are a "fellowship of love." We love God. We love one another. In spite of all our faults we love one another. "By this shall all men know that we are Jesus' disciples" - that we love one another.

THE SEPERATED LIFE:  We believe that to follow Jesus means to forsake the ways of the ungodly world. Our lifestyle must be in harmony with our Lord's teachings. Our walk, our talk, our dress, our social life, our finances, our homes, our habits must not be questionable, but honor Jesus.

AUTHORITY AND OBEDIANCE:  We believe that every person is to obey the human authority over him or her. Children are to obey parents. Wives are to obey husbands. Employees are to obey employers. Everyone is to obey the government. Each believer is to obey the supervisor over him in the Lord's work. A believer is to obey God if his human authority is in direct conflict with Scripture, but he must always humbly respect the human authority regardless of the error in judgment.

MAN AND WOMAN:  We believe that men should be men and gentlemen, and women should be women and ladies. Children should be taught this from childhood. The man should always be the leader where a man is available.

THE LORD'S RETURN:  We believe in the Pre-millennial return of Christ - that is, that the true church will soon be raptured out, the world will be engulfed in the great tribulation, the Lord will return to reign over the earth for 1,000 years, raise and judge the wicked at the great white throne, the wicked consigned to burning hell forever, and the saved to reign in the new earth with the Lord forever.

 

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