DOCTRINAL STATEMENT
Our
Doctrinal Statement tells you what our Spiritual beliefs are here are
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Section 1.
Preamble
 Because genuine Christians may differ in their doctrinal views, the
corporation herewith adopts the following statement of faith in order to
provide clarity and to prevent any misunderstanding of the basic doctrinal
standards undergirding the corporation’s expression of the Christian
faith. Each Director shall be required to sign this doctrinal statement
annually, and the rejection of any of the particulars contained herein
shall be grounds for dismissal from the Board. The Corporation believes
the following statement of beliefs to be entirely consistent with the
Scriptures, our only rule of faith and practice, and in accord with the
Westminster Standards, which the corporation also herein expressly affirms
as a true and more complete statement of the system of doctrine contained
in the Scriptures.
Section 2.
Doctrinal Tenets
(a) We believe in God the Father, God the
Son, and God the Holy Spirit, creator of all things.
(b) We believe that Jesus Christ, God the
Son, became incarnate, was begotten by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin
Mary, and is true God and true man.
(c) We believe that the Bible, in its
entirety, is the inspired Word of God and is the only infallible rule of
faith and conduct.
(d) We believe in the resurrection of the
dead, the eternal blessedness of the saved, and the eternal punishment of
the lost.
(e) We believe in the personal salvation of
believers through the shed blood of Christ alone.
(f) We believe in the sanctifying work of
the Holy Spirit, through the blood of Christ, resulting in personal
holiness of heart and life.
(g) We believe in the Christian’s blessed
hope - the imminent, personal return of the resurrected and living Lord
Jesus Christ.
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