Our Doctrinal Statements

 1. The trinity of God:

Genesis 1:26, Psalm 83:18, Matthew 28:19, 1John 5:7

2. The infallible and plenary verbal inspiration of the scriptures:

2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Peter 1:21, Hebrews 1:1, 2

3. The biblical account of creation:

Genesis1:1, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:21, Acts 17:24, 26, 29, 1 Corinthians 15:28

4. The personality of Satan:

Job 1:6 , Job 2:1-6 , Matthew 25:41 , 2 Corinthians 4:4 , Ephesians 2:2 , Revelation 20:10

5. The hereditary and total depravity of man in his natural state involving his fall in Adam:

John 3:18, 19, Romans 3:23, Romans 5:12, 1 John 1:8

6. The virgin birth of Jesus Christ:

Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23, Galatians 4:4

7. Christ's blood atonement for fallen man:

John 5:39, 40, Ephesians 1:7, Hebrews 2:9, And Revelations 22:17

8. Christ's bodily resurrection and ascension back to his Father:

John 20:9, John 21:14, Acts 1:3, 9, 10, 11

9. The person and work of the Holy Spirit:

Matthew 28:20, John 16:7-15

10. Salvation from sin by the grace of God through faith in Christ Jesus, without any adding of works:

Ephesians 2:8, Jonah 2:9, John 3:16, Romans 10:9-13, Matthew 3:1-13

11. Separation of God's children from the world:

Proverbs 4:18, 19, Romans 15:16, Philippians 1:6, 1 Thessalonians 4:3, 2 Corinthians 6:14

12. Water baptism (immersion) to be administered to believers only and this by divine authority as given to the new testament church:

Matthew 28:18-20, Romans 6:3, 4, Matthew 3:13-17, Mark 1:5-11, Acts 8:36, Acts 10:47,

Colossians 2:12

13. The Lord's supper as a church ordinance to be administered to baptized believers only, in the local membership and that in a common assembly:

1Corinthians 11:17-34

14. The eternal security of the believer:

Hebrews 10:10-14, John 10:28, Ecclesiastes 3:14, John 5:24

15. Establishment of a visible church by Christ himself during his personal ministry on earth:

Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 16:18, Matthew 18:15-20, 1 Corinthians 1:13, 1 Timothy 3:1-16

16. Worldwide missions according to the great commission which Christ gave His church:

Matthew 28:19, 20

17. Perpetuity of scriptural new testament churches from Christ's day on earth until His second coming. (We believe missionary baptist teachings to be identical with those of new testament churches):

Matthew 16:18, Matthew 28:19, Ephesians 3:21, 1 Timothy 3:15

18. The personal, bodily, and soon return of Jesus Christ:

1 Corinthians 15:6-10, 1 Thessalonians 4:16, Luke 1:32, 33, John 14:1-3

19. The bodily resurrection of the dead both saved and unsaved:

Revelation 20:6, 1 Corinthians 15:35, 36, Revelation 20:12, 15

20. The reality of heaven, involving divine assurance of eternal happiness for the

redeemed of God:

1 Corinthians 2:9, John 14:2, Hebrews 11:16, Revelation 21:1

21. The reality of hell, involving everlasting punishment of the finally impenitent:

Matthew 25:41, Luke 16:23, Revelation 20:15

22. We believe that baptism to be valid must be administered by the authority of a true scriptural baptist church, and we believe that a so-called baptist church which knowingly receives alien immersion is not a scriptural baptist church, and its ordinances are not valid:

1 Corinthians 11:17-34, Matthew 3:15

23. That all scriptural churches should ever be held as equal units as to their rights and privileges in their associated capacities:

Ephesians 5:25

24. That all scriptural associational assemblies and their committees are servants of the churches:

1 Corinthians 10:31

25. That we brand as unscriptural; open communion, alien immersion, pulpit affiliation with heretical ministers, ecumenicalism, modernism, one church dictatorship, and all kindred evils arising from these practices:

1 Peter 5:2-3

26. We believe in the pre-millennial return of Christ to earth, after which he shall literally reign in peace upon the earth for a thousand years:

Revelation 20:4-6, Revelation 19:7