2. God is one, Creator of all
things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in
three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
3. Jesus Christ is true God
and true man, having been conceived of the Holy Spirit
and born of the virgin Mary. He died on the cross as
a sacrifice for our sins according to the Scriptures.
He arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven,
where at the right hand of the Father, He now is our
High Priest and Advocate.
4. The ministry of the Holy
Spirit is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ, to convict,
regenerate, indwell, guide, comfort, instruct, gift,
and empower the believer for godly living and service.
5. Every believer is a priest,
having been gifted to minister by the Holy Spirit, has
direct access to God through Jesus, and access to all
knowledge through the Scriptures.
6. People were created in the
image of God, but willfully disobeyed, and are separated
from God. They are reconciled to God only through a
personal belief in Christ's sacrificial death for sin,
His burial, and resurrection.
7. Water baptism for believers
is an expression of our spiritual cleansing from sin,
and an identification with Christ's death, burial, and
resurrection, and with His body the Church. Our preferred
mode of baptism is immersion.
8. The Lord's supper is a remembrance
of the Lord's death for us and is to be observed by
believers as Christ commanded.
9. The Church is composed of
all people who, through a saving faith in Jesus Christ,
have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit, and are united
together in the body of Christ, of which Jesus Christ
is the Lord and Head.
10. The local church is the
visible expression of the Body of Christ, the true Church;
the Lord has called believers to fellowship together
in local, autonomous congregations.
11. The personal coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ is imminent, and a source of mutual
encouragement, provoking us to righteousness and service.
12. The dead will be resurrected
bodily: the believer to everlasting joy with the Lord,
and the unbeliever to judgment and everlasting conscious
punishment.