Our Beliefs

Church Covenant
1. Having given ourselves to God by faith in Jesus Christ and adopted the Word of God; according to the original Free Will Baptist doctrine as our rule of faith and practice, we now give ourselves to each other by the help of God.
2. We solemnly covenant before God that we will carefully observe the commandments implied by a confession of faith, and in the spirit of meekness rebuke and admonish those who have gone astray, and watch over others’ reputation and use our influence to the upbuilding of the church and for the advancement of the cause of Christ, endeavoring to seek the unity of the spirit in the bonds of peace, and to confess our faults one to another, and to strengthen those that are week.
3. We promise that by the help of God we will faithfully practice family and secret prayer, and strive to cultivate the doctrine of God’s revealed word in the minds of those under our care.
4. We also agree to use our influence for the support of the Gospel and to contribute liberally to aid the ministry according to our several abilities. Also we agree to be liberal with those that are afflicted and needy, and especially those of the household of faith.
5. We also agree to attend all regular meetings regularly if not providentially hindered and submit to all ordinances implied in a Profession of Faith.
6. We also agree to abstain from all sinful and vain amusements.
7. We also agree to abstain from all intoxicating liquors and not to use it as a beverage, nor to aid or assist in the manufacture of such or furnish it to others.
8. We also agree to encourage home and foreign missions, education, Sabbath schools, good morals and everything that is to the glory of God and to the welfare of men. And may the God of peace sanctify us wholly and preserve us blameless until the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, that we may be happily admitted into the kingdom of God, may ascribe honor unto the Lamb forever. Amen

Articles of Faith
1. THE TRUE GOD. We believe that there is one and only one living and true God who is in personality the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, equal and harmonious in every divine perfection.
2. HOLY SCRIPTURES. We believe that God is the author of the Holy Bible, and its teachings constitute the only infallible doctrine for reproof, for correction, for instruction in rightouesness.
3. ORIGINAL APOSTACY. We believe that Adam was created holy, but by voluntary transgression fell into depravity and consequently involved his posterity in sin.
4. FREE GRACE. We believe that the grace of God comprehends all spiritual blessings; that the Gospel is the power of God unto Salvation; that the Holy Spirit not only reproves the world of sin, but is the means whereby sinners are converted and made wise unto salvation.
5. CHRISTIAN FAITH. We believe that Christian faith is belief in the Holy Scriptures and that faith comes by hearing the word of God.
6. REPENTANCE. We believe that repentance is sorrow for sin, and the kind of sorrow which produces Godly repentance must be effectual conviction of sin.
7. FREE AGENCY. We believe that the human will is free, and that men have the ability to accept or reject the conditions of salvation as they are revealed in the Holy Scriptures.
8. PERSEVERANCE. We do not believe, under the Gospel dispensation, any soul is elected to eternal life unconditionally, but that those who by faith preserver to the end will be saved; that it is possible for men, who have been converted, to make shipwreck of the faith, turn again to sin and be lost.
9. GOOD WORKS. We believe that good works are the result of faith, and not of necessity; that those who have faith will do works of righteousness, while those who have not faith cannot do anything pleasing or acceptable to God.
10. CHRISTIAN BAPTISM. We believe that Christian Baptism is the immersion of a believer in water, in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost; that baptism cannot be scripturally administered without faith in the subject who receives it.
11. THE LORD’S SUPPER. We believe that the supper was instituted by our Savior as a commemorative ordinance; that the bread and fruit of the vine represents His body and blood; that it was instituted for Christians and that all Christians should unite in service regardless of name of denominational distinction.
12. FEET WASHING. We believe that washing the saints’ feet is a command of our Savior, and that His followers ought to practice the same.
13. THE GOSPEL. We believe it is the duty of all churches to support the Gospel.
14. JUDGMENT DAY. We believe in one general Judgment Day. Hebrews 9:27, “Because He hath appointed a day, in which He will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained.” Acts 17:31. “When the Son of Man shall come in his glory. And all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of glory. And before him shall be gathered all nations, and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats.” Matthew 25:31-32. We believe that the tribulation precedes the Judgment of both righteous and sinners.