1. There is one God, who is infinitely perfect, existing eternally in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Genesis 1:1, Deuteronomy 6:4, Matthew 28:19, Matthew 5:48, John 10:30).

2. The deity of Jesus Christ is the true God and the true man (Philippians 2:6-11, John 10:33).

He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary (Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23, Luke 1:34-38).

His sinless life (Hebrews 4:15, 7:26);

His miracles (John 2:11);

His vicarious and atoning death He died on the cross, the Just for the unjust, as a substitutionary sacrifice, and all who believe in Him are justified by His shed blood, (I Corinthians 15:3, Ephesians 1:7, Hebrews 2:9, 1 Peter 3:18, Romans 5:9).

His resurrection from the dead according to the Scriptures (Acts 2:23-23, John 11:25, I Corinthians 15:4).

His ascension to now being at the right hand of Majesty on high as our great High Priest (Mark 16:19, Hebrews 8:1).

His personal return again to earth in power and glory to establish His Kingdom, righteousness, and peace (Matthew26:64, Acts 1:11, Revelation 19:11-16).

3. The Holy Spirit is a Divine Person (John 14:15-18), sent to indwell, guide, teach, and empower the believer (John 16:13, Acts 1:8) and convince the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment (John 16:7-11). Regeneration by the Holy Spirit as absolute necessity for salvation because of the exceeding sinfulness of the human nature, and that all are justified on the single ground of faith in the shed blood of Christ, and that only by God's grace through faith alone are we saved (John 3:16-19; 5:24, Romans 3:23; 5:8-9, Ephesians 2:8-10, Titus 3:5).

4.The Old and New Testaments, inerrant as originally given, were verbally inspired by God, infallible, authoritative, and are a complete revelation of His will for the salvation of men. The Scriptures constitute the divine and only rule of Christian faith and practice. (II Timothy 3:15-17, II Peter 1:21).

5. Man was originally created in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1:27): he fell through disobedience, incurring physical and spiritual death. All men are born with a sinful nature (Romans 3:23), are separated from life with God, and can be saved only through the atoning work of the Lord Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 15:20 – 23). The fate of the unrepentant and unbelieving is existence forever in conscious torment (Revelation 21:8); and that of the believer, in everlasting joy and bliss (Revelation 21:1 – 4).

6. Salvation has been provided through Jesus Christ for all men; and those who repent and believe in Him are born again of the Holy Spirit, receive the gift of eternal life, and become children of God (Titus 3:4 – 7).

7. It is the will of God that each believer should be filled with the Holy Spirit Whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life and be sanctified wholly (1 Thessalonians 5:23), being separated from sin and the world and fully dedicated to the will of God, thereby receiving power for holy living and effective service (Acts 1:8). This is both a crisis and a progressive experience wrought in the life of the believer subsequent to conversion (Romans 6:1 - 14). (Romans 8:13-14, I Corinthians 3:16, 6:19-20, Ephesians 4:30; 5:18).

8. Provision is made in the redemptive work of the Lord Jesus Christ for the healing of the mortal body (Matthew 8: 16 – 17). Prayer for the sick and anointing with oil are taught in Scriptures and are privileges for the Church (James 5:13 – 16).

9. The Church consists of all those who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, are redeemed through His blood, and are born again of the Holy Spirit. Christ is the Head of the Body, the Church (Ephesians 1:22 – 23), which has been commissioned by Him to go into all the world as a witness, preaching the gospel to all nations (Matthew 28:19 – 20, Mark 16:15). The local church is the Body of believers in Christ who are joined together for the worship of God; for the edification through the Word of God; for prayer, fellowship, and the proclamation of the gospel; and for the observance of the ordinances of baptism and the Lord’s Supper (Acts 2:41 – 47).

10. We as Christians are to be examples of the love of God in this world in the spiritual unity of the believers in our Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 8:9, I Corinthians 12:12-13, Galatians 3:26-28). It is this (agape) love that we desire to possess and without which we have no right to call ourselves Christians (I John 4:16-17).

11. There shall be a bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust; for the former, a resurrection unto life (1 Corinthians 15: 20 – 23); for the later, a resurrection unto judgment (John 5:28-29).

12. The Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ is imminent (Hebrews 10:37) and will be personal, visible and premillennial (Luke 21:27). This is the believer’s Blessed Hope and is a vital truth, which is an incentive to holy living and faithful service (Titus 2:11 – 14).

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