The Holy Bible is the inspired Word of God and is the basis for any statement of faith. This church subscribes to the doctrinal statement of "The Baptist Faith and Message" as adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention in1963 and was adopted by the church on the date of the adoption of its constitution on June 2,1974. Portions of these doctrinal statements are presented below; however, they are not all inclusive. A complete copy of this statement of faith is available upon request.

The Scripture

We believe the Holy Bible was written by men and divinely inspired and is a record of God's revelation of Himself to man. It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth of divine instruction for its content. It reveals the principles by which God judges us. It is the true center of all Christian union and is the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and religions shall be tired. The criterion by which the Bible on to be interpreted is Jesus Christ.

God

We believe there is one, and only one true and living God. He is an intelligent, spiritual and personal Being, the Creator, Redeemer, Preserver and Ruler of the universe. To Him we owe the highest love, reverence and obedience. God reveals Himself to us as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, each with district attributes but without division of nature, essence or being.

The Centrality of Christ

Our Lord Jesus Christ is Savior and Lord and the center of everything we do and believe. He is truly God and fully man. By faith in him, we are saved. In His incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection, and second coming. He is our hope. In Him we are forgiven, and He is our example in service, our model for Christian conduct, and our motivation for mission. Our goal is to put Christ at the center of everything we are and do.

The Holy Trinity

God is eternally present and is revealed to us as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We experience God in all three. Our goal is to experience the full revelation of God.

Man

We believe that man was created by God in His own image. In the beginning man was innocent of sin and was given by God the freedom of choice. By his free choice, man sinned against God and brought sin into the human race. Through the temptation of Satan, man transgressed and command of God and fell from his original innocence; whereby all mankind has inherited a nature inclined toward sin. As soon as man is capable to moral action, he becomes a transgressor and is under condemnation. Only the grace of God can bring man into His holy fellowship, and enable him to fulfill the creative purpose of God. Since God created man in His own image, the human personality is sacred. Jesus Christ died for all men, therefore, every man possesses dignity and is worthy of respect and Christian love.

Salvation

Salvation involves the redemption of the whole man, and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, who is by His own blood obtained eternal redemption for the believer. Salvation includes regeneration, sanctification and glorification.

God's Purpose of Grace

Election is the gracious purpose of God. He regenerates, sanctifies and glorifies sinners. Election is consistent with the free agency of man and is a glorious display of God's sovereign goodness, and is infinitely wise, holy, and unchangeable. Election excludes boasting and promotes humility.

All true believers endure to the end. Those who God has accepted in Christ, and sanctified by His Spirit, will never fall from the state of grace, but shall preserve to the end. Believers may fall into sin through neglect and temptation, whereby they grieve the Spirit, impair their graces an comforts, bring reproach to the cause of Christ, and temporal judgments of themselves, yet they shall be kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation.

The Church

A New Testament church of the Lord Jesus Christ is a local body of baptized believers who are associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the Gospel, observing the two ordinances of Christ, committed to His teaching and always seeking to extend the Gospel to the ends of the earth.

The church is an autonomous body, operating through democratic processes under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. In such a congregation, members are equally responsible. Its scriptural officers are pastors and deacons. The New Testament speaks also of the church as the Body of Christ which includes all the redeemed of all the ages.

Baptism and the Lord's Supper

Christian Baptism is the immersion in water of the believer in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer's faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Savior, the believer's death to sin, the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to walk in a newness of life in Jesus. Being a church ordinance, it is a prerequisite to church membership.

The Lord's Supper is a symbolic act of obedience whereby members of the church partake of the bread and the fruit of the wine, in remembrance of the death of the Redeemer and anticipate His second coming.

The Lord's Day

The first day of the week is the Lord's Day. It commemorates the resurrection of Christ from the dead and should be used for worship and devotion.

The Kingdom

The Kingdom of God includes both His general sovereignty over the universe and His particular Kingship over men who will fully acknowledge him as King. Christians ought to work and pray that the Kingdom may come and God's will be done on earth. The full consummation of the Kingdom awaits the return of Jesus Christ and the end of this age.

Evangelism and Missions

It is the duty and privilege of every believer and follower of Christ to try to make disciples of all nations by seeking constantly to win the lost to Christ by personal effort and by all other methods in harmony with the Gospel of Christ.

Stewardship

God is the source of all temporal and spiritual blessings, and Christians have an obligation to serve Him with their time, talents and material possessions. According to the Scriptures, Christians should contribute cheerfully, systemically and proportionately for the advancement of Christ's Kingdom on earth.

Religious Liberty

Church and state should be separate. The state owes to every church protection and full freedom in the pursuit of its spiritual ends. In providing for such freedom, no ecclesiastical group or denomination should be favored by the state more than others. The church should not resort to civic powers to carry on its work. The state has no right to impose penalties for religious opinions of any kind. The state has no right to impose taxes for the support of any form of religion.

Cooperation

Members of New Testament churches should cooperate with another in carrying forward the missionary ministries for the extension of Christ's Kingdom. Cooperation is desirabe between various Christian denominations when the end to be attained is itself justified, and when the cooperation involves no violation of conscience or compromise of loyalty to Christ and His Word as revealed in the New Testament.

The Christian and the Social Order

Every Christian should seek to bring industry, government and society as a whole under the sway of righteousness, truth and brotherly love. Christians should be ready to work will all men of good will and good cause in the spirit of love without compromising their loyalty to Christ and His truth.