1. The Holy Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments are
God's revealed Word to man. [It is] the guide to
salvation and all Christian worship and service.
2. Scripture teaches that there is one and only one
true and living God. He has chosen to reveal Himself as
Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
3. Creation:
God spoke into existence the world and all things that it contains. God
created man in His image.
4. Our first parents, [Adam and Eve] naturally
preferred and desired to obey their Creator until they were influenced
by Satan to disobey. In consequence of the first transgression, the
state under which the posterity (offspring) of Adam came into the world
[were] inclined to evil. Hence, none, by virtue of any
natural goodness and mere work of their own, can become the children of
God
5. Jesus Christ, the Son of God and the Son
of Man, was born miraculously of the Virgin Mary. He lived
a sinless life. He came into the world to save men from
the guilt and condemnation of sin (John 3:16,17), offering His blood as an atonement
and making it available to all who exercise faith in Him. He
experienced bodily resurrection from the dead and was exalted to the
right hand of God. Also, His divinity is proved from His
titles, His attributes, and His works.
6. The Holy Spirit [possesses] the acts and attributes
of an intelligent being. He guides, knows, moves, gives
information, commands, forbids, sends forth, reproves, distributes
spiritual gifts, and can be sinned against. The works of God are
ascribed to the Holy Spirit, including creation, inspiration, giving of
life, and sanctification.
7. Salvation is by grace through faith, is a free gift,
and is wholly without human works.
8. The resurrection of those who have fallen asleep in
Christ and their translation together with those who are alive and
remain until the coming of the Lord is the imminent and blessed hope of
the Church
9. We believe in the personal,
imminent return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We also
believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and of the unjust, the
everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the everlasting punishment of
those who are lost and without Christ.
10. We believe in the Second Coming of Christ followed
by the visible return of Christ with His saints to reign on the earth
for one thousand years.
11. There will be a final judgment in which the wicked
dead will be raised and judged according to their works.