SUMMARY OF DOCTRINES

THE HOLY SCRIPTURES
We believe that the Bible is God's inspired revelation to mankind and that it was given by God without error. We believe the Bible to be the highest and sole authority for the church.

THE GODHEAD
We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons--the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (the Trinity). We believe that each member of the godhead possesses all the attributes of deity, and that each member of the godhead is worthy of our full worship and adoration.

MAN
We believe that mankind was created on the sixth day in sinless perfection but fell into a state of condemnation through Adam's sin. Consequently, every person born to Adam, with the exception of Jesus Christ in His virgin birth, comes into the world in a state of sin. Man can do nothing on his own to escape this sinful condition and its consequences (total depravity).

SALVATION
We believe that salvation is entirely by God's unmerited grace and is received only through faith in the death and resurrection of God's divine Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ.

THE CHURCH
We believe that every person who has become a Christian since the day of Pentecost is a part of Christ's body. The full number of these believers from Pentecost to the time of the rapture is known as the church--Christ's bride.

ANGELS
We believe that in the six-day creation process God created a fixed number of spiritual beings (angels) to serve him. We believe that one-third of these angels followed God's mightiest angel (Lucifer) in rebellion and that all of these angels are now in an unredeemable state of condemnation.

GOD'S REDEMPTIVE DISPENSATIONS
We believe that the Bible clearly indicates various ages or dispensations in which God has dealt with men in various and specific ways. Though we believe in various continuities in these dispensations (e.g., salvation has always been by grace through faith in God's Messiah), we also believe that there are various discontinuities as well. We believe that one important primary distinction we need to recognize is the one that exists between national Israel and the church along with the distinct plans which God has for the future of each of these two entities.