1. We believe in the verbal inspiration and infallibility of the whole Bible
as originally written, and that the Bible is the all sufficient rule of faith
and practice. 11 Timothy 3:16, 17,
2. We believe in the personal, triune God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, equal in Divine perfection. Matthew 28-19.
3. We believe in the Genesis account of creation. Genesis 1.
4. We believe in the virgin birth of Jesus Christ. Matthew 1:20.
5. We believe in the Deity of Jesus Christ. John 10:30.
6. We believe that the suffering and death of Jesus Christ was
substitutionary for all mankind and is efficacious only to those who believe (Isaiah 53:6; Hebrews 2:9; I Peter 2:24; 3:18; II Peter 3:9; I John 2:2).
7. We believe that the moment a person repents of his sin and places his faith in Jesus Christ as Savior, he is born again, becomes a child of God, is personally indwelt by the Holy Spirit, receives forgiveness of all his sins and receives eternal life. He is also assured that from the moment of his physical death he will forever be in the presence of Christ, that he will be in the first resurrection and that he will not suffer any punishment in Hell or the Lake of Fire, regardless of the degree of his faithfulness to God. This is because he is saved and kept wholly by God's Grace, apart from works (Ephesians 2:8-9; John 5:24).
8. We believe in the bodily resurrection and ascension of Christ and the bodily resurrection of His saints. I Corinthians 15.
9. We believe in the premillenial second coming of Christ, personal and bodily, as the crowning event of the Gentile age. Acts 1: I 1.
10. We believe the Bible doctrine of eternal punishment of the finally impenitent. Matthew 25:46.
11. We believe that Jesus Christ established His Church, The Body of Christ, during His ministry on earth and that it is always a local, visible assembly of scripturally baptized believers in covenant relationship to carry out the Commission of the Lord Jesus Christ, and each church is an independent, self-governing body, and no other ecclesiastical body may exercise authority over it. We believe that Jesus Christ gave the Great Commission and the keeping of the integrity of the two ordinances to His New Testament Churches only.
12. We believe that all cooperating bodies are, and properly should be, the servants of the churches.
13. We believe that the Scriptures teach that there has been a succession of true churches adhering to the doctrines and practices of the New Testament from the time of Christ to this day, and that the churches of the Association are so identified.
14. We believe that baptism, to be valid, must be administered by a scriptural Baptist church.
15. We believe that the Lord's Supper is to be administered within the membership of the local New Testament Church as a memorial of the Lord's death, until He comes again. I Corinthians 11:26.