The Apostles Creed
I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.
Amen.
The Nicene Creed
I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made.
Who, for us men for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried; and the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again, with glory, to judge the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.
I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of Life; who proceedeth from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; who spoke by the prophets.
I believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come.
Amen.
THE HOLY SCRIPTURES
(II TIM. 3:16-17) WE BELIEVE THE BIBLE IS THE INSPIRED, INERRANT, INFALLIBLE, IRREVOCABLE AND COMPLETE WORD OF GOD.
THE ETERNAL GODHEAD
(1JOHN 5:7) WE BELIEVE GOD IS TRIUNE: FATHER, SON, AND HOLY GHOST, THE THREE IN ONE.
THE FALL OF MAN
(ROM. 5:12) WE BELIEVE THAT MAN WAS CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD, BUT THAT BY VOLUNTARY DISOBEDIENCE HE FELL FROM PERFECTION.
BASIS OF SALVATION
(JOHN 3:16; ROM. 5:8, ROM. 10:9, 10) WE BELIEVE THAT WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS CHRIST DIED FOR US, SIGNING THE PARDON OF ALL WHO BELIEVE ON HIM AND CONFESS JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR LORD.
SALVATION THROUGH GRACE
(EPH. 2:8) WE BELIEVE THAT BEFORE SALVATION WE HAVE NO RIGHTEOUSNESS OF OUR OWN AND MUST COME TO GOD THROUGH THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST. SALVATION IS OBTAINED BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST ALONE.
REPENTANCE AND ACCEPTANCE
(I JOHN 1:9) WE BELIEVE THAT UPON SINCERE REPENTANCE AND A WHOLEHEARTED ACCEPTANCE OF CHRIST AS LORD, WE ARE JUSTIFIED BEFORE GOD.
THE NEW BIRTH
(COR. 5:17; GAL. 2:20; JOHN 3:5-7) WE BELIEVE THAT THE CHANGE WHICH TAKES PLACE IN THE HEART AND LIFE AT CONVERSION IS A LITERAL ONE AND IS THE RESULT OF BEING BORN OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
DAILY CHRISTIAN LIFE
(HEB. 6:1) WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS THE WILL OF GOD THAT WE LIVE A SANCTIFIED AND HOLY LIFE, GROWING CONSTANTLY IN THE FAITH.
WATER BAPTISM
(MATT. 28:19) WE BELIEVE THAT BAPTISM BY IMMERSION, IN WATER, IS AN OUTWARD SIGN OF THE INWARD WORK OF SALVATION.
THE LORD’S SUPPER
(I COR. 11:28) WE BELIEVE IN THE COMMEMORATION OF THE LORD’S SUPPER BY THE SYMBOLICAL USE OF THE BREAD AND THE JUICE OF THE VINE.
BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
(ACTS 1:8; 2:4) WE BELIEVE THAT THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS TO ENDUE THE BELIEVER WITH POWER, AND THAT HIS EMPOWERING IS AFTER THE SAME MANNER AS IN THE BIBLE DAYS.
THE SPIRIT-FILLED LIFE
(EPH. 4:30-32) WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS THE WILL OF GOD THAT WE WALK IN THE SPIRIT CONTINUALLY.
THE GIFTS AND THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
(I COR. 12:1-11; GAL. 5:22-23; ROM 12:6-8, EPH. 4:11-13) WE BELIEVE THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS GIFTS TO BESTOW UPON THE CHRISTIAN AND THAT WE SHOULD SHOW SPIRITUAL FRUIT AS EVIDENCE OF A SPIRIT-FILLED LIFE.
MODERATION AND BALANCE
(PHIL. 4:5) WE BELIEVE THAT ALL TRUTH MUST BE BALANCED WITH OTHER SCRIPTURAL TRUTH IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY EXTREME OR FANATICISM, AND WE BELIEVE THAT MODERATION SHOULD SHOW FORTH IN OUR DAILY WALK AS A BELIEVER.
DIVINE HEALING
(I PETER 2:24; MATT. 8:17; 18: 18-19; JAMES 5:14-16; I COR. 2:9; MARK 16:15-18; MATT. 24:25; MARK 13:31; LUKE 21:33) WE BELIEVE THAT DIVINE HEALING IS THE PROVISION OF CHRIST TO HEAL THE SICK IN RESPONSE TO THE EXERCISE OF FAITH, THE PRAYER OF FAITH, THE PRAYER OF AGREEMENT, ANOINTING WITH OIL, THE GIFTS OF HEALING OR THE LAYING ON OF HANDS. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS PROVISION OF CHRIST IS FOR EVERYONE TODAY.
MARRIAGE
(GENESIS 2:23) MARRIAGE IS THE FIRST INSTITUTION CREATED BY GOD. HE DECLARED THAT “A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THEY SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH” (GENESIS 2:23). THIS SHOWS THAT GOD’S DESIGN FOR MARRIAGE IS BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN. THIS DIVINE DESIGN IS CONFIRMED THROUGHOUT THE SCRIPTURES (MATTHEW 19:5-6; MARK 10:8; EPHESIAN 5:31). MARRIAGE IS A COVENANT MADE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN BEFORE GOD AND THIS IS THE ONLY MARRIAGE APPROVED AND ACCEPTABLE TO GOD AND THE CHURCH.
THE SECOND COMING
(I THES. 4:16-17)WE BELIEVE THAT THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST IS LITERAL AND INEVITABLE.
CHURCH ATTENDANCE
(ACTS 2:42-47, HEB. 10:25) WE BELIEVE IT IS OUR SACRED DUTY TO IDENTIFY AND ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE WITH THE LOCAL AND VISIBLE CHURCH OF CHRIST.
CIVIL GOVERNMENT
(ROM. 13:1-5) WE BELIEVE THAT THE LAWS OF THE LAND SHOULD BE UPHELD AT ALL TIMES EXCEPT IN MATTERS OPPOSED TO THE WORD OF GOD.
THE FINAL JUDGMENT
(2 COR. 5:10; REV. 20:11-13) WE BELIEVE THAT ALL SHALL STAND ONE DAY BEFORE GOD IN FINAL JUDGMENT, AND THERE RECEIVE ETERNAL REWARD OR ETERNAL JUDGMENT.
HEAVEN
(JOHN 14:2; REV. 7:15-17) WE BELIEVE THAT HEAVEN IS A LITERAL PLACE, ETERNALLY EXISTENT.
HELL
(REV. 20:10, 15) WE BELIEVE THAT HELL IS A LITERAL PLACE OF ETERNAL TORMENT FOR ALL WHO REJECT THE LORD JESUS.
EVANGELISM
(JAMES 5:20; MARK 16:15; 2COR. 5:18-21) WE BELIEVE THAT SOUL-WINNING IS THE GREAT COMMISSION GIVEN TO THE CHURCH.