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We believe in one
only true and living God: the Father, The Son and Holy Ghost. |
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We believe that the scripture of the Old and New Testaments are the words of
God and the only rule of faith and practice. |
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We believe in the doctrine of election and that God chose His people in
Christ before the foundation of the world. |
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We believe in the doctrine of original sin and man’s impotency to recover
himself from the fallen state in which he is in by nature by his own free
will ability. |
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We believe that sinners are justified in the sight of God only by the
imputed righteousness of Christ. |
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We believe that God’s elect shall be regenerated, called, converted, and
sanctified by the Holy Spirit. |
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We believe that saints shall persevere in grace and never shall fall finally
away. |
Psalm 37.24
Mark 13.13
Romans 2.7
Philippians 1.6
1 Peter 1.5 |
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We believe in the resurrection of the dead and general judgment and that the
joys of the righteous and the punishment of the wicked be eternal. |
Daniel 12.2
Matthew 25.31-46
Acts 24.15
2 Thessalonians 1.7-10 |
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We believe that baptism and the Lord’s supper are ordinances of Jesus Christ
and true believers are the subjects, and that the true mode of baptism is
immersion. |
Matthew 13.16
Matthew 28.19
John 3.23
Acts 8.36-38
1 Corinthians 11.24-26 |
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We believe that no
minister has a right to the administration of the ordinances, but only such
as are baptized, called and come under the imposition of hands by the
presbytery. |
Matthew 28.19
1 Corinthians 11.23-26 |
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We believe that none but regularly baptized members have a right to commune
at the Lord’s table. |
Matthew 7.6
1 Corinthians 10.16
1 Corinthians 11.23-26, 29
2 Corinthians 6.14-15 |