We believe in salvation by faith without any work from man. That a person must be born again to see the Kingdom of Heaven. This rebirth encompasses a conception of a burden of sin from the convicting power of the Holy Spirit, a separation from sin through repentance, and washing away of sin by the blood of Jesus Christ, that was shed for the sins of all mankind. Salvation is a free gift from God that can only be received through faith in the resurrection of Jesus by the power of God and a verbal profession of the Lord Jesus Christ. This free gift is available to all of mankind. (John 3:3; 14:6; Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans 10:9-13; Philippians 1:6)

We believe in the two aspects of the church. The first church is the corporate body of all born again believers that will be together for the first time at the Rapture. This group of believers will reign with Christ during his millennial kingdom. Some are already with Christ in Heaven (1 Thessalonians 4:13-17).The Bible has more to say about the second use of church which is the local assembly. We are commanded not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together in a local church (Hebrews 10:25). Each local church is to be self-governed with Jesus Christ as the head of the church. Each member is placed in the local church by Jesus Christ to perform a particular function according to the talents given each believer (1 Corinthians 12:1 – 14:40). We believe that the government should not control the churches, but that each believer has a God given responsibility to be active in the government (ie. voting). The local church is commanded to pray for the government, but not to rebel against or replace the government (1 Timothy 2:1-4). The local church is made up of a pastor, deacons, and lay people where the pastor and deacons have special qualifications according to 1 Timothy 3. The lay people are to be saved and scripturally baptized. We believe that is the responsibility of the local church to spread the gospel. Therefore, it is the duty of everyone in the local church to participate in the spreading of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

The local church has two ordinances: baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Baptism is a complete immersion of a saved person as an identification with the death, burial, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is done in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Baptism does not save or regenerate a person. The only prerequisite for baptism is the new birth (salvation by grace alone). We do not accept baptism by churches that teach baptismal regeneration, the necessity to speak in tongues to be saved, sinless perfection after salvation, a denial of Heaven or Hell, or any other heresy that departs from the scriptural truth. The Lord’s Supper is to be observed by born again believers that have been scripturally baptized and are members of a local new testament church. The Lord’s Supper is to be performed with unleavened bread and unfermented fruit of the vine (grape juice). These are symbols of the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring to remembrance what he has done for us. The bread and grape juice do not transmute into the actual body and blood of Jesus. (Matthew 28:19-20; Luke 22:14-20; Acts 2:41; 1 Corinthians 11:17-34; Romans 6:3-5)

We believe in salvation by faith without any work from man. That a person must be born again to see the Kingdom of Heaven. This rebirth encompasses a conception of a burden of sin from the convicting power of the Holy Spirit, a separation from sin through repentance, and washing away of sin by the blood of Jesus Christ, that was shed for the sins of all mankind. Salvation is a free gift from God that can only be received through faith in the resurrection of Jesus by the power of God and a verbal profession of the Lord Jesus Christ. This free gift is available to all of mankind. (John 3:3; 14:6; Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans 10:9-13; Philippians 1:6)