I. The Scriptures: - The Holy Scriptures of the Old and new Testaments, preserved for us in the Textus Receptus are verbally and plenary inspired of God. The Bible is the inspired, innerrant, infallible, and altogether authoritatvie Word of God. Therefore, the Bible is the supreme and final authority in faith and life. We believe the King James Version (translated from the Textus Receptus) is the Word of God for the English-speaking people. The central focus of the Scriptures is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Exod. 24:4; Ps. 12:6-7; Isa. 40:8; John 1; 17:17; 2 Tim 3:16-17; 2 Pet. 1:19-21

II. The Godhead: There is only one (1) true and living God existing in three (3) persons - Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Each is a distinct Person but of one essence and having the same perfections and divine attributes. Each is worthy of the highest love, reverence and obedience. Each member in the Godhead was present in the eternal past and shall be present in the eternal future.
Matt. 28:18-19; Mark 12:29; Acts 5:3-4; 2 Cor. 13:14

a. God the Father: The Holy Father reigns with providential care over His universe. He is all powerful, all loving and all wise. God the Father is Father to those who become His children by faith in Jesus Christ. He is fatherly in His attitude toward His children.
Gen 1:1; Isa. 43:3; Mat. 6:9; John 4:24; Heb. 12:9

b. God the Son: Jesus Christ is the Son of God. In His incarnation as Jesus Christ, He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. Jesus Christ became man without sin to secure the salvation for all who will believe in the Gospel. He shed His blood on the cross of Calvary as a vicarious substitute, was buried and rose again bodily. After a witnessed resurrection, He ascended to the Father and sits at His right hand making eternal intercession for His people.
Gen 18:1; Matt. 1:18-23; John 1:1-18; 20; 21; 2 Pet 1

c. God the Holy Spirit:  The Holy Spirit is the third person of the trinity, coexistent with the Father and Son. He is the Spirit of God. The Holy Spirit is the chief agent in the regeneration of the soul, the conviction of sin and the comfort of the believer. Upon salvation the Holy Spirit indwells each believer and seals them in salvation for all eternity. He cultivates Christian character and bestows gifts by which believers are empowered for service and worship. [The Church believes the sign and revelatory gifts (i.e., prophecy, words of knowledge and tongues) ceased with the completion of Scripture].
John 14:16; Acts 11:16; Rom 8; Eph. 1:13; Heb 9:14

III. Man: man is a direct creation of God - body, soul, and spirit. He was created in the image of God and not the result of evolution in any sense. This man was the crowning work of His Creation. Adam, the first man, sinned by disobedience. This act resulted in the legal fall of mankind and incurred both physical and spiritual death for all. Only the grace of God through salvation can bring a person back into holy fellowship with his Creator and enable him to fulfill the creative purpose of God.
Gen 1:26-30; Ps. 8:3-6; Rom. 1:19-32; Eph. 2:1-22

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