1. Love one for another as Jesus loves the believer manifests our discipleship, proves our love for God and symbolizes our authority as New Testament churches. Love is therefore the great commandment of Jesus Christ upon which all others are dependent (Matthew 22:35-40; John 13:34, 35; John 15:12; 1 John 4:7-21; 1 John 5:1-3; Revelation 2:4, 5).
2. The Bible is the all-sufficient rule of faith and practice because it is infallible, and is the verbal inspiration known simply as God's Word (Psalm 119:160; 2 Timothy 3:16, 17).
3. God is a triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, equal in divine perfection (Matt. 28:19).
4. The Genesis account of Creation (Genesis 1-2) is the only explanation for we and all of creation came to be.
5. Satan is a fallen angel, the archenemy of God and man, the unholy god of this world, and his destiny, along with his followers, is the eternal lake of fire (Isa. 14:12-15; Ezek. 28:11-19; Matt. 25:41; 2 Cor. 4:4; Eph. 6:10-17; Rev. 20:10).
6. Jesus was born of a virgin and lived a sinless life. (Matt. 1:18-20; 2 Cor. 5:21; 1 Peter 2:22).
7. Jesus Christ is God in the flesh (John 10:30; John 1:1, 14; 2 Cor. 5:19).
8. The Holy Spirit is the divine Administrator for Jesus Christ in His churches (Luke 24:49; John 14:16, 17; Acts 1:4, 5, 8; Acts 2:1-4).
9.Miraculous spiritual manifestation gifts were done away when the Bible was completed. Faith, Hope and Love are the vital abiding Spiritual Gifts (1 Corinthians 12-14).
10. Man was created in the image of God and lived in innocency until he fell by voluntary transgression from his sinless state, the result being that all mankind are sinners (Genesis 1:26; 3:6-24; Romans 5:12, 19).
11. The suffering and death of Jesus Christ was substitutionary for all mankind and is efficacious only to those who believe (Isa. 53:6; Heb. 2:9; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 Peter 3:18; 2 Peter 3:9; 1 John 2:2).
12. Jesus arose in bodily form and ascended on high. The Bible also teaches us about a bodily resurrection of His saints (Matthew 28:1-7; Acts 1:9-11; 1 Corinthians 15:42-58; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18).
13. Jesus is coming again! His premillennial, personal, bodily return is crowning event of the church age. This event will include the resurrection of the righteous to eternal heaven, and the Millennium will be followed by the resurrection of the unrighteous unto eternal punishment in the lake of fire while the righteous enter into the heaven age (John 14:1-6; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 2 Thessalonians 2:8; Revelation 19; 20:4-6, 11-15; 21:8).
14. The depraved sinner is saved wholly by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, and the requisites to regeneration are repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ (Luke 13:3-5; John 3:16-18; Acts 20:21; Romans 6:23; Ephesians 2:8, 9). The Holy Spirit convicts sinners, regenerates, seals, secures, and indwells every believer (John 3:6; John 16:8, 9; Romans 8:9-11; 1 Corinthians 6:19, 20; Ephesians 4:30; Titus 3:5).
15. All who trust Jesus Christ for salvation are eternally secure in Him and shall not perish (John 3:36; John 5:24; John 10:27-30; Rom. 8:35-39; Heb. 10:39; 1 Peter 1:5).
16. God deals with believers as His children. He chastises the disobedient, and He rewards the obedient (Matthew 16:27; 25:14-23; John 1:12; Hebrews 12:5-11; 2 John 8; Revelation 22:12).
17. Jesus Christ established His church during His ministry on earth. The church is always a local, visible assembly of scripturally baptized believers in covenant relationship to carry out the Commission of the Lord Jesus Christ. Each church is an independent, self-governing body, and no other ecclesiastical body may exercise authority over it. Jesus Christ gave the Great Commission to the New Testament churches only, and He promised the perpetuity of His churches (Matthew 4:18-22; 16:18; 28:19, 20; Mark 1:14-20; John 1:35-51; Ephesians 3:21).
18. There are two pictorial ordinances in the Lord's churches: Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Scriptural baptism is the immersion of penitent believers in water, administered by the authority of a New Testament church in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Lord's Supper is a memorial ordinance observed by members of the local church (Matthew 28:19, 20; Acts 8:12, 38; Romans 6:4; 1 Corinthians 5:11-13; 11:1, 2, 17-20, 26).
19. There are two divinely appointed offices in a church, pastors and deacons, to be filled by men whose qualifications are set forth in Titus and 1 Timothy.
20. All associations, fellowships, and committees are, and properly should be, servants of, and under control of the churches (Matthew 20:25-28).
21. The Bible informs us that there is to be freedom of worship without interference from the government while also informing us of our responsibility in civil obedience, unless the laws and regulations of civil government run contrary to the Holy Scriptures (Romans 13:1-7; 1 Peter 2:13-15).
22. God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of a marriage between a man and a woman. We believe that any form of homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, bestiality, incest, fornication, adultery, and pornography are sinful perversions of God's gift of sex. God disapproves of and forbids any attempt to alter one's gender by surgery or appearance. (Genesis 2:24, Genesis 19:5, 13; Genesis 26:8-9, Leviticus 18:1-30; Romans 1:26-29; 1 Corinthians 5:1, 6:9; 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8; Hebrews 13:4)
23. The only legitimate marriage is the joining of one man and one woman. (Genesis 2:24; Romans 7:2; 1 Corinthians 7:10; Ephesians 5:22-23)