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This is what we believe.

We accept the Holy Bible as the Word of God and recognize that the New Testament in particular is the infallible guide of faith and practice for the Church. We adopt the New Hampshire Declaration of Faith, as revised, with the pretribulation and premillenial statement concerning the rapture of the Church, as a declaration of the principle tenets of our belief.

 

NEW HAMPSHIRE DECLARATION OF FAITH

The Scripture references appended to each of the following declarations are some of the passages upon which our belief is founded.

     

  1. The Old and New Testament Scriptures were written by man divinely inspired, and are the only sufficient and perfect rule of faith, and practice, II Tim. 3:15, 17; II Peter 1:21; Matt. 5:19, 24-35; Luke 24:44; John 5:39; 10:35; 14:15, 21-23; 17:17; Isa. 8:20.

     

  2. There is one God, and only one, who is self-existent, eternal, and infinite in every excellence, and who has revealed himself as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, the same in essence, though distinct in personality. Isa. 45:21; 22; Jer. 10:10; Eze. 3:14; Deut. 6:4; 32:4; John 1:1-14; Rom. 9:5; I Tim. 3:16; Rev. 1:8; John 14:20; 15:26; Acts 3:3, 4; I Cor. 3:16; 12:11; Matt. 28:19.

     

  3. Man was created innocent. By disobedience of the command of God he fell, thereby losing his innocence, becoming subject to death and to the eternal displeasure of God. Gen. 1:27, 31; 2:16, 17; 3:1-13; Ps. 9:17; 14:1-3; 5:15; Eccl. 7:20; Isa. 53:6; Jer. 17:9; Ezek. 18:19, 20; Matt. 25:43; Rom. 1:18; 2:1-16; I Cor. 15:21; Gal. 3:10; Eph. 2:3; I John 1:8.

     

  4. Jesus Christ the Son of God and the Son of Man came into the world to save men from the guilt and condemnation of sin, offering His blood as an atonement, and making it available to all who exercise faith in him. John 1:14, 29; Luke 1:25-35; Acts 4:12; Rom. 3:20-28; John 3:14-16; Gal. 6:14; Matt. 26:28; Acts 16:31; John 6:53.

     

  5. The result of the heart acceptance of Jesus Christ is justification, whereby pardon is secured and we are brought into a state of peace and favor with God. Eph. 1:7; Rom. 4:4; 5:1.

     

  6. The human means by which this result is secured is repentance and faith whereby we turn unto God in sincere, contrition and accept Jesus Christ as an all-sufficient Savior. Acts 2:33; Eph. 2:8; Heb. 7:28.

     

  7. God has His purposes of grace in the salvation of men. These purposes are made effectual by the giving of His Son, and in the constraining and regenerating influences of the Holy Ghost upon all who sincerely believe in Christ. But these purposes do not contravene the freedom of man’s will, nor render inoperative the proclamation of the gospel to all. Rom.8:28-30; Eph. 1:4; Isa. 48:10; John 3:5-8; 6:44; 1:12; 13; I Peter 1:2; James 1:18; John 16:7-11; Eph. 2:10; Phil. 2:12; 13; John 6:40; Rom 10:13-18.

     

  8. Nothing can separate true believers from the love of God but they are “kept by the power of God, through faith, unto salvation,” the sure proof of this being their patient continuance and progress in righteousness and true holiness. Rom. 8:38, 39; I Peter 1:5; John 10:27-29; 8:31; Col. 1:21-23; Heb. 3:14; 1:5; Matt. 24:13; I John 2:19; II Cor. 3:18; II Peter 1:3.

     

  9. The ordinances of the gospel are Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Baptism is the immersion in water of a believer in Christ, “in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost,” and symbolizes the fact of regeneration. The Lord’s Supper is a commemoration of his dying love and symbolizes the fact that the believer is continuously fed and nourished by Christ; in its observance it is to be placed after baptism, according to its symbolic and historic order and as required by the teaching of the New Testament. Matt. 3:6; 13:17; 28:19; 20: Mark 1:5; 9:11; 16:16; John 3:5, 23; Acts 8:33-38; Rom. 6:4; Col. 2:12; Matt. 26:26-30; Mark 14:22-25; Luke 22:19, 20; John 6:51-58, 63; Acts 2:41, 42; I Cor. 11:23-29.

     

  10. The Church Spiritual includes the whole company of believers of whatever name, age or country, and is known only to the eye of God. The Church Formal is a company of believers baptized in the name of the Triune God, and observing the forms, ordinances, and principles, laid down in the New Testament. Col. 1:18; Eph. 5:27; 2:19-21; 1:22, 23; I Cor. 12:27, 28; Rom. 8:17; II Tim. 1:13.

     

  11. The first day of the week is to be observed as the Lord’s Day or Christian Sabbath. John 20:19, 20; Acts 20:7; I Cor. 16:l, 2.