STATEMENT OF FAITH

A. THE SCRIPTURES:  I believe the Authorized King James Bible is the preserved words of God in the English language to be studied and preached. I believe the scriptures was given by inspiration of God. The bible is my final authority in doctrine, faith, purpose, and all manner of living.

B. GOD is the creator of all things. He is righteous, holy, and just. God is timeless, omnipresent, and omniscient. God always has been and always will be. All creatures are subject to him. God is the head of all principalities and powers. God manifests himself in three persons: The Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. The Word is God!

C. HOLY SPIRIT baptizes us into the Body of Christ. Regenerates and renews us at salvation. Seals us unto the day of redemption. He has the power of God.

D. JESUS CHRIST is God manifested in the flesh and subjected himself in a position under God the Father, taking on mans form. He is and was without sin, but became man, was tempted as a man, and did not succumb to sin. He is our perfect savior because he is sinless and was able to pay the penalty for all men at the cross. Christ is the fullness of the Godhead bodily.

E. SATAN, THE DEVIL was a created cherub named Lucifer, who, because of pride, rebelled against God and became the author of sin. Satan is an intelligent being with an army of devils that focus on deceiving the world population. He explicitly focuses on hiding the Mystery Gospel given to Paul by Jesus Christ. Satan is currently exposing himself as an Angel of Light in religion.

F. CREATION is the heaven and the earth that God created in 6 literal 24 hour days. Then created man to inhabit the earth. Man became corrupted by sin, and since Adam the earth has been cursed.

G. SIN began as rebellion against God and continues in the very nature of every person who has ever lived with the lone exception of the Lord Jesus Christ. Adam fell from his innocent state and by him sin entered unto all mankind. Since all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, all deserve the judgment of a literal burning hell as just condemnation from our sinless God.

H. SALVATION is necessary because of man’s sinful condition and salvation was provided by the blood sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross. He was made to be sin for us to satisfy the vengeance and wrath of God. God’s finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ which is his death, burial, and resurrection. There are no works of grace or merit: there is only the blood of Christ, given by God’s grace and appropriated by the believer’s faith. As a dispensational Bible believer, I reject both manmade theological systems of Calvinism and Armenanism.

I. CHURCH contrary to commonly taught doctrines of men, the church is not a building, denomination, or group. The individual believer is the temple of the Spirit of God so that, strictly speaking, all saved people constitute a fellowship of individual churches. The assembly has a pastor/teacher, deacons as needed and appropriate, and these offices are defined by scripture. The assembly is self-governing and operates in common consent as led by the pastor.

J. WATER BAPTISM was used by God through the ministry of John the Baptist and the Messianic apostles to declare Christ to Israel. This baptism of repentance for remission of sin has been replaced by the one spiritual baptism which is performed by the Holy Spirit and accomplishes our identification in Christ. Water baptism is not mentioned in Romans Six as generally believed in error, and is not necessary for salvation or church membership or anything else.

K. COMMUNION, THE LORD'S SUPPER: is in commemoration of the death of the Lord Jesus Christ for the sins of the believer and is an appropriate means of celebration, thanksgiving and self-evaluation.

L. CIVIL GOVERNMENT has no spiritual authority over the believer, but civil government is of divine appointment and is to be obeyed in secular matters. I do not condone or encourage the avoidance of payment of taxes or the breaking of civil law in any secular context.

M. SPIRITUAL GIFTS, SIGNS AND WONDERS: were used by God to declare His message to unbelieving Israel in the times of the apostles. There is neither Israel nor apostles in this present day so the ministry of such gifts has also passed.

N. DISPENSATIONALISM is the key to understanding the Bible and realizing what God is doing today. I believe that a time of innocence ended with Adam and Eve's expulsion from the Garden of Eden. I believe that man was expected to operate with God according to man's conscience and God closed that ministration with the flood. Subsequent to the flood and failure of man's attempt to govern himself, God gave man Israel as an example nation and subsequently, the law under which to operate. The law continued and Christ ministered under the law and was crucified. Daniel's 70th week, the Tribulation, began at the cross and would have run it's course, but God intervened by saving Paul and revealing through Paul the previously unknown dispensation of grace, in which we now operate. The gospel of grace and the church the body of Christ, in which there is neither Jew nor Gentile began in the mid-Acts period. When this current age closes with the removal of the believers from earth, the tribulation will be reinstated and conclude with the literal physical second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Christ will establish his Kingdom on earth and the administration described in the gospels will be in operation. After the 1000 year kingdom this earth will pass with a fervent heat and believers from the grace dispensation will ever be with the Lord.

O. MEMBERSHIP in the body of Christ as a result of salvation is what I am concerned about. I do not believe assemblies should keep membership roles, realizing that people will come and go as they please whether claimed as members or not. I do not confer voting rights by membership and do not have the authority to 'disfellowship' anyone. I would expect that like-minded believers would want to fellowship with each other and those with different convictions would be more comfortable elsewhere. I neither accept nor confer ‘membership letters’ with respect to believers.

P. GIVING is encouraged according to Pauline principles. According as he purposed in his heart.