In one Holy,
Almighty God, eternally existing in three persons, the Father,
the Son and the Holy Spirit, co-eternal in being, co-identical
in nature, co-equal in power and glory, each with distinct personal
attributes, but without division of nature, essence or being. Reference:
Deuteronomy
6:4, Matthew 28:19, John 1:1-2, IICorinthians 13:14, Philippians
2:6
In the verbal
and plenary inspiration of the Old and New Testaments: that they
are infallible, inerrant in the original writings, and the final
authority for faith and life.
Reference: II Timothy 3:16, II Peter 1:20-21, Matthew
5:18, John 16:12-13
That the
Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, without ceasing to
be God, became man by the Holy Spirit and virgin birth; that He
lived a sinless life on earth; that He died at Calvary as a satisfactory
substitutionary sacrifice for sinners; that His body was buried
in and arose from the tomb, that He ascended to Heaven and was
glorified as a man at God's right hand; that He is coming again
for His own and then to set up His Kingdom. Reference: John
1:1, Matthew 1:20-23, II Corinthians 5:21, Hebrews 1:3, Hebrews
10:12, John 16:7-11, Matthew 19:28, Matthew 25:31, II Timothy
2:8
That the
Holy Spirit is a divine person who convicts the world of sin,
of righteousness and of judgment; that He is that supernatural
agent in regeneration by whom all believers are baptized into
the body of Christ; that He indwells and seals them until the
day of redemption. He is the divine teacher and helper who guides
believers into all truth; it is the privilege of all believers
to be filled with the Spirit.
Reference:
John 16:7-15,
I Corinthians 12:13, II Corinthians 1:22, Ephesians 1:13
That God
created man in His own image and in the state of innocence. Through
Adam's transgression "sin entered into the world, and death
through sin" and, consequently, mankind inherited a corrupt
nature, being born in sin and under condemnation. As soon as men
are capable of moral action they become actual transgressors,
in thought, word and deed.
Reference: Genesis 1:26-27, Romans 5:2, Romans 3:23,
I John 1:9, Ephesians 2:3
That Salvation
is the gift of God brought to man by grace and received only through
personal repentance for sin and faith in the person and the finished
work and the atoning blood of Jesus Christ. Reference: Ephesians 1:7, 2:1-10, John 1:12
In the bodily
resurrection of all men, the saved to eternal life and the unsaved
to everlasting punishment. That the souls of the redeemed are,
at death, absent from the body and present with the Lord where,
in conscious bliss they await the first resurrection when spirit,
soul and body are reunited to be glorified forever with the Lord. Reference: Revelation
20, Acts 24:15, John 5:28-29, Luke 16:19-31, II Corinthians 5:8,
I Thessalonians 4:14-17, I John 3:2
That the church universal is a spiritual organism composed of the regenerated who are baptized into that body by the Holy Spirit at the time of the new birth and that the local church, the visible manifestation of this body, has the responsibility to provide for the fellowship and edification of believers and to propagate the Gospel in all the world. Reference: Acts 2, I Corinthians 12:13, Ephesians 5:27, Mark 16:15