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1. We believe that the
Scriptures of the Old and New
Testaments are the Word of God;
and the only rule of faith and
practice. Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Pet. 1:21;
1 Sam. 23:2; Acts 1:16; 3:21;
John 10:35; Luke 16:29-31;
Psalms. 119:11; Rom. 3:1-2
Tim. 3:15; 1 Pet. 1:10-12; Acts
11:14; Rom. 1:16; Mark 16:16;
John 5:38-39
Prov. 30:5-6; John 17:17; Rev.
22:18-19; Rom. 3:4
Rom. 2:12; John 12:47-48; 1 Cor.
4:3-4; Luke 10:10-16; 12:47-48
Phil. 3:16; Eph. 4:3-6; Phil.
2:1-2; 1 Cor. 1:10; 1 Pet. 4:11
1 John 4:1; Isa. 8:20; 1 Thess.
5:21; 2 Cor. 8:5; Acts 17:11; 1
John 4:6; Jude 3:5; Eph. 6:17;
Psalms. 119:59-60; Phil. 1:9-11
2. We believe that the
Scriptures teach that there is
but one living and true God; and
there are three persons in this
one God - the Father, the Son,
and Holy Spirit; and this Triune
God is the only object of
religious worship and adoration,
and that all worship paid
anything less in the name of God
is idolatry and abomination in
His sight.
John 4:24; Psalms. 147:5;
83:18; Heb. 3:4; Rom. 1:20; Jer.
10:10
Exod. 15:11; Isa. 6:3; 1 Pet.
1:15-16; Rev. 4:6-8
Mark 12:30; Rev. 4:11; Matt.
10:37; Jer. 2:12-13
Matt. 28:19; John 15:26; 1 Cor.
12:4-6; 1 John 5:7
John 10:30; 5:17; 14:23; 17:5,
10; Acts 5:3-4; 1 Cor. 2:10-11;
Phil. 2:5-6
Eph. 2:18; 2 Cor. 13:14; Rev.
1:4-5
3. We believe that God created
man good and happy; that he
sinned and fell from that
condition; that by the fall he
lost his original righteousness
and became sinful and depraved;
and as a natural consequence,
that his posterity by ordinary
generations are involved in all
the consequences of his fall.
Gen. 1:27,31; Eccl. 7:29;
Acts 16:26; Gen. 2:16
Gen. 3:6-24; Rom. 5:12
Rom. 5:19; John 3:6; Psalms.
51:5; Rom. 5:15-19; 8:7
Isa. 53:6; Gen. 6:12; Rom.
3:9-18
Eph. 2:1-3; Rom. 1:18,32;
2:1-16; Gal. 3:10; Matt. 20:15
Ezek. 18:19-20; Rom. 1:20; 3:19;
Gal- 3:22
4. We believe that man, by
nature, has no power to recover
himself from his lost and ruined
condition and, unless God
Himself had provided a way of
Salvation, would have been
ruined and miserable forever,
because all have sinned.
Eph. 2:5; Matt. 18:11; i
John 4:10; 1 Cor. 3:5-7; Acts
15:11
John 3:16; 1:1-14; Heb. 4:14;
12:24
Phil. 2:6-7; Heb. 2:9,14; 2 Cor.
5:21
Isa. 42:21; Phil. 2:8; Gal.
4:4-5; Rom. 3:21
Isa. 53:4-5; Matt. 20:28; Rom.
4:25; 3-'2i-26; i John 4:10;
2:2; 1 Cor. 15:1-3; Heb. 9:13-15
Heb. 1:8,3; 8:l; Col. 3:1-4
Heb. 7:25; Col. 2:9; Heb. 2:i8;
7:26; Psalms. 89:19; Psalms. 14
5. We believe that the salvation
of sinners is wholly by grace,
through the mediatorial office
of the Son of God, who took upon
Himself our nature, yet without
sin, honored law by His personal
obedience and made atonement for
our sins by His Death; being
risen from the dead, is now
enthroned in heaven, and uniting
in his wonderful person the
tenderest sympathies with Divine
perfection, in every way
qualified to be a suitable,
compassionate and all-sufficient
Savior.
John 1:16; Eph. 3:8
Acts 13:39; Isa. 3:11-12; Rom.
8:1
Rom. 5:9; Zech. 13:1; Matt. 9:6;
Acts 10:43
Rom. 5:17; Titus 3:5-6; 1 Pet.
3:7; i John 2:25; Rom. 5:21
Rom. 4:4-5; 5:21; 6:28; Phil.
3:7-9
Rom. 5:19; 3:24-26; 4:23-25; 1
John 2:12
Rom. 5:1-3, 11; 1 Cor. 1:30-31;
Matt. 6:33; 1 Tim. 4:8
6. We believe that fallen man
has nothing, and can do nothing,
of himself, to recommend him to
the favorable notice of the
Divine Being, and that all his
hopes of pardon, justification,
redemption, and sanctification
are derived alone from the
merits of Christ.
Isa. 55:1; Rev. 22:17;
Luke 14:17
Rom. 16:26; Mark 1:15; Rom.
1:15-17
John 5:40; Matt. 23:37; Rom.
9:32; Prov. 1:24; Acts 13:46
John 3:19; Matt. 11:20; Luke
19:27; 2 Thess. 1:8
7. We believe that Jesus Christ,
the eternal Son of God, is the
only Mediator
between God and man; that He
first became our surety and in
the fullness of time our
sacrifice, and that the
efficacious plea He makes before
the throne in our behalf is
built upon His own all-adoming
sacrifice.
John 3:3,6-7; 1 Cor. 1:14;
Rev. 8:7-9; 21:27 2.2 Cor. 5:17;
Ezek. 36:26; Deut. 30:6; Rom.
2:28-29; 5:5; 1 John 4:7
John 3:8; 1:13; James 1:16-18; 1
Cor. 1:30; Phil. 2:13
1 Pet. 1:22-25; 1 John 5:1; Eph.
4:20-24; Col. 3:9-11
Eph. 5:9; Rom- 8:9; Gal.
5:16-23; Eph. 3:14-21; Matt.
3:8-10; 7:20; 1 John 5:4, 18
8. We believe the Holy Spirit -
the third person in the Trinity
- is the great agent in
convincing man of his lost and
condemned condition, and in
making the Gospel plain and
acceptable.
Mark 1:15; Acts 11:18;
Eph. 2:8; 1 John 5:1
John 16:8; Acts 2:37-38;
16:30-31
Luke 18:13; 15:18-21; James
4:7-10; 2 Cor. 7:11;
Rom.10:l2-13; Psalms. 51
Rom. 10:9-11; Acts 3:22-23: Heb.
4:14; Psalms. 2:6; Heb. 1:8;
8:25; 2 Tim. 1:12
9. We believe that all who are
sanctified by the Spirit are
freely justified by the
righteousness of Christ, which
comes to all that believe.
Tim. 1:8-9; Eph. 1:3-14; 1
Pet. 1:1-2; Rom. 11:5-6; John
15:15; 1 John 4:19; Hos. 12:9
Thess. 2:13-14; Acts 13:48; John
10:16; Matt. 20:16; Acts 15:14
Exod. 33:18-19; Matt. 20:15;
Eph. 1:11; Rom. 9:23-24: Jer.
31:3; Rom. 11:28-29; James
1:17-18; 2 Tim. 1:9; Rom.
11:32-36
1 Cor. 4:7; 1:26-31; Rom. 3:27;
4:16; Col. 3:12; 1 Cor. 3:5-7;
15:10; 1 Pet. 5:10; Acts 1:24; 1
Thess. 2:13; 1 Pet. 2:9; Luke
18:7; John 15:16; Eph. 1:16; 1
Thess. 2:12 5.2 Tim. 2:10; 1 Cor.
9:22; Rom. 8:28-30; John
6:37-40; 2 Pet. 1:10
1 Thess. 1:4-10
Rom. 8:28-30; Isa. 42:16; Rom.
11:29
2 Pet. 1:10-11; Phil. 3:12; Heb.
6:11
10. We believe that all who are
called to be saints through
sanctification of the Spirit and
belief of the truth shall never
finally be lost.
1 Thess. 4:3; 5:23; 2 Cor.
7:1; 13:9; Eph. 1:4
Prov. 4:18; 2 Cor. 3:18; Heb.
6:1; 2 Pet. 1:5-8; Phil. 3:12-16
John 2:29; Rom. 8:5; John 3:6;
Phil. 1:9-11; Eph. 1:13-14
Phil. 2:12-13; Eph. 4:11-12; l
Pet. 2:2; 2 Pet. 3:18; 2 Cor.
13:5; Lute n:35; 9:23; Matt.
26:41; Eph. 6:18; 4:30
11. We believe that Christian
churches are to be formed of
believers in Christ who give
evidence of a change of heart,
and have been properly baptized.
John 8:31; 1 John 2:27-28;
3:9; 5:i8
1 John 2:19; John 13:18; Matt.
13:20-21; John 6:66-69; Job 17:9
Rom. 8:28; Matt. 6:30-33; Jer.
32:40; Psalms. 121:3; 91:11-12
Phil. 1:6; 2:12-13; Jude 24-25;
Heb. 1:14; 2 Kings 6:16; Heb.
13:5; 1 John 4:4
12. We believe that the
government of the church is not
left in the hands of any one
man, or number of men, distinct
from the body, but that it is
left with the whole church.
Rom. 3:31; Matt. 5:17;
Luke 16:17; Rom. 3:20; 4:15
Rom. 7:12,7,14,22; Gal. 3:21;
Psalms. 119
Rom. 8:7-8; Josh. 24:19; Jer.
13:23; John 6:44; 5:44
Rom. 8:2,4; 10:4; 1 Tim. 1:5;
Heb. 8:10; Jude 20-21; Heb.
12:14; Matt. 16:17-18; 1 Cor.
12:28
13. We believe that the first
day of the week, called the
Lord's Day, is sanctified or set
apart for the public worship of
God, and that it is the duty of
Christians to abstain form all
unnecessary visiting, trifling
conversation, and labor, except
so much as is devoted to works
of necessity and mercy.
1 Cor. 1:1-13; Matt.
18:17; Acts 5:11; 8:1; 11:31; 1
Cor. 4:17; 14:23; 3 John 9; 1
Tim. 3:5
Acts 2:41-42; 2 Cor. 8:5; Acts
2:47; 1 Cor. 5:12-13
1 Cor. 11:2; 2 Thess. 3:6; Rom.
16:17-20; 1 Cor. 11:23; Matt.
18:15-20; 1 Cor 5:6; 2 Cor. 2:7;
1 Cor. 4:17
Matt. 28:20; John 14:15; 15:12;
1 John 4:21; John 14:21; 1 Thess.
4.2; 2 John 6; Gal. 6:2; all the
Epistles
Eph. 4:7; 1 Cor. 14:12; Phil.
1:27; 1 Cor. 12:14
Phil. 1:1; Acts 14:23; 15:22; 1
Tim. 3; Titus
14. We believe that God has
appointed the preaching of the
gospel for the edification of
His church and the advancement
of His kingdom; that it is the
duty of church members to
contribute to the support of the
ministry as God in His
providence may give them
ability.
Acts 8:36-39; Matt. 3:5-6;
John 3:22-23; 4:1-2; Matt.
28:19; Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38;
8:12; 16:32-34; 18:8
Matt. 28:19; Acts 10:47-48; Gal.
3:27-28
Rom. 6:4; Col. 2:12; 1 Pet.
3:20-21; Acts 22:16
Acts 2:41-42; Matt. 28:19-20;
Acts and Epistles
1 Cor. 11:26; Matt. 26:26-29;
Mark 14:22-25; Luke 22:14-20
1 Cor. 11:28; 5:1,8; 10:3-32;
11:17-32; John 6:26-71
15. We believe that God calls
men, by His Spirit, to preach
the Gospel, and that it is the
duty of the individual thus
called to study to show himself
approved unto God a workman that
needeth not be ashamed, rightly
dividing the word of truth.
16. We believe that Jesus Christ
has appointed two positive
institutions or ordinances to be
observed in His church - baptism
and the Lord's Supper; that
baptism is immersion in water,
in the name of the Father, Son
and Holy Spirit and believers
only are capable of rightfully
receiving the ordinances, that
baptism precedes the Lord's
Supper and none but ordained
ministers have any right to
administer them.
Acts 20:7; Gen. 2:3; Col.
2:16-17; Mark 2:27; John 20:19;
1 Cor. 16:1- 2
Exod. 20:8; Rev. 1:10; Psalms.
118:24 Isa. 58:13-14; 56:2-8
Psalms. 119:15
Heb. 10:24-25; Acts 11:26;
13:44; Lev. 19:30; Exod. 46:3;
Luke 4:16; Acts 17:2,3; Psalms.
26:8; 87:3
Heb. 4:3-11
17. We believe that there will
be a resurrection of the dead,
both of the just and unjust;
that the just will rise to
everlasting life and the unjust
to everlasting shame and
contempt.
Mal. 3:18; Prov. 12:26;
Isa. 5:20; Gen. 18:23; Jer.
l5:19;Acts 10:34- 35; Rom. 6:16
Rom. 1:17; 7:6; 1 John 2:29;
3:7; Rom. 6:18, 22; 1 Cor.
11:32; Prov. 11:31; 1 Pet.
4:17-18
1 John 5:19; Gal.3:10; John
3:36; Isa. 57:21; Psa. 10:4; Isa
55:6-7
Prov. 14:32; Luke 16:25; John
8:21-24; Prov. 10:24; Luke
12:4-5; 9:23- 26; John 12:25-26;
Eccl. 3:17; Matt. 7:13-14
18. We believe that the Gospel
with all its obligations,
privileges, and blessings, has
been committed to the church of
whom it is especially enjoined
to make known to every creature,
while a risen and ascended
Savior pledges His presence to
the end of the world.
1 Pet. 4:7; 1 Cor. 7:29-31;
Heb. 1:10-12; Matt. 24:35; 1
John 2:17; Matt. 28:20;
13:39-40; 2 Pet. 3:3-13
Acts 1:11; Rev. 1:7; Heb. 9:28;
Acts 3:21; 1 Thess.
4:13-18;5:1-11 Acts 24:15; 1 Cor.
15:12-59; Luke 14:14; Dan. 12:2;
John 5:28-29; 6:40; 11:25-26; 2
Tim. 1:10; Acts 10:42
Matt. 13:49,37-43; 24:30-31;
25:31-33 Matt, 25:35-41; Rev.
22:11; 1 Cor. 6:9-10; Mark
9:43-48; 2 Pet. 2:9; Jude 7;
Phil. 3:19; Rom. 6:32; 2 Cor.
5:10-11; John 4:36; Cor. 4:18
Rom. 3:5-6; 2 Thess. 1:6-12;
Heb. 6:1-2; 1 Cor. 4:5; Acts
17:31; Rom. 2:2-16; Rev.
20:11-12; 1 John 2:28; 4:17
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