Doctrinal Statements

What we believe:

• 1. In the verbal inspiration of the original scriptures.
• 2. In the absolute trinity of the eternal Godhead.
• 3. In the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 4. In the personality and deity of the Holy Spirit.
• 5. In the reality and personality of the devil.
• 6. In the natural depravity of all humanity.
• 7. In the substitutionary atonement.
• 8. In the propitiation for sin only by the blood of Christ.
• 9. In the full salvation by grace through faith and not of works.
• 10. In the divine healing through the atonement.
• 11. In the anointing with oil and prayer for the sick.
• 12. In the personal Baptism of the Holy Spirit as Received by the Apostles.
• 13. In the necessity of the new birth.
• 14. In water Baptism by immersion at age of accountability.
• 15. In the one and only true Church composed of blood washed believers.
• 16. In the evangelisation of the heathens and the nations of the world.
• 17. In a middle–of–the–road policy in pubic worship, between extreme fanaticism and ultra-ritualism.
• 18. In obedience to civil government.
• 19. In divorce only on New Testament scriptural ground.
• 20. In Church government, loyalty and obedience to those in authority over us in the Lord

• 21. In tithing as God`s financial plan.
• 22. In restitution for past wrongs whenever possible.
• 23. In the open table of the Lord’s Supper.
• 24. In the free moral will power of man, who can apostatise, backslide, and be lost.
• 25. In the maintenance of good works and holy living.
• 26. In the victorious life over sin, self, and bad habits by Bible study and an incessant prayer life.
• 27. In Christian perfection and holiness, through absolute surrender and consecration.
• 28. In Christian modesty; in the matter of dress, wearing of apparel and jewellery.
• 29. In the keeping of the Lord’s Day as a matter of privilege rather than law.
• 30. As regards recreation, liberty of conscience and a godly example to the world.
• 31. In the immortality and conscious existence of the soul.
• 32. In the resurrection of our literal bodies, the just and the unjust.
• 33. In a literal heaven and life everlasting for all believers.
• 34. In a final day of judgement for the incorrigibly wicked.
• 35. In the personal, literal, bodily pre-millennial coming of Jesus Christ.
• 36. In the everlasting punishment of the impenitent.
• 37. In a future, literal 1,000 years reign of Christ on earth with all His saints.
• 38. In the judgement seat of Christ where the saints will be finally rewarded for their deeds of a commission and omission.
• 39. In Christian tolerance to all denomination of the Christian faith.
• 40. In essentials – unity, in non-essential – liberty, in all things –charity.