1.
We believe love for God and for one another are the greatest
commandments. We cannot serve God without love in our hearts. (Math.
22:35-40; I Cor. 13:1-3)
2.
We believe the whole Bible is inspired by God, and is our
all-sufficient rule of faith and practice. (II Tim. 3:16&17; Ps. 119:160)
3.
We believe Jesus started his Church during his personal earthly
ministry. (Math. 16:18; 18:17)
4.
We believe a person must be born again (saved) in order to escape
hell and enter Heaven. (John 3:3)
5.
We believe you are saved by grace through faith in Christ Jesus,
and the requirements for salvation are repentance toward God and faith
in the Lord Jesus Christ. (John 3:16; Acts 20:21; Eph. 2:8&9)
6.
We believe that the Holy Spirit convicts sinners, regenerates,
seals, secures, and indwells every believer. (John 16:8&9; Eph. 1:13&14)
7.
We believe a Church is a local visible body of scriptural
baptized believers. (Acts 2:41)
8.
We believe the Lord gave his Church the two pictorial ordinances
of baptism and the Lord’s Supper. (Math. 26:26-29; Math. 28:19&20)
9.
We believe that scriptural baptism can only be administered by a true
New Testament Church, and the candidate must be a born again
believer. Only total submersion correctly pictures the death burial and
resurrection of Jesus. (Acts 8:12; Math. 28:18-20)
10.
We believe Jesus Christ is the head and founder of the Church,
and no other ecclesiastical body may exercise authority over it. (Eph.
4:15)
11.
We believe in the historical succession of our church and Baptist
beliefs from the time of Christ until now. At no point in time has
there ceased to exist a true New Testament Church with the Baptist
beliefs. (Eph. 3:21)