Statement of Faith

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The College’s fellowship, instruction and discipline are based upon the following Statement of Faith:

  1. We believe in the 66 canonical books of the Old and New Testaments as the inspired Word of God, Infallible, Inerrant, and the Final Authority in faith
    and life. (2 Timothy 3:16-17, Psalms 19:7, Isaiah 8:20, 2 Peter 1:20-21)
  2. We believe in One Living and True God, eternally existing in three Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. (Deuteronomy 6:4, Jeremiah 10:10, Genesis 1:26, Isaiah 45: 21-22, Matthew 28:19, John 1:1-14, 2 Corinthians 13:14)
  3. We believe Jesus Christ is God’s Son; conceived by the Holy Spirit; born of the Virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead and buried; rose from the dead on the third day; ascended into heaven; sits at the right hand of God; and from there he shall come to judge the living and the dead. (John 3:16, Matthew 1:20, Luke 2:7, Mark 15:15, Matthew 27:35, Matthew 27:58-60, Luke 24:7, Luke 22:69, Acts 10:42, John 5:22,27)
  4. We believe that all people have sinned, the penalty of sin is death, Jesus died in the sinner’s place to pay the penalty of sin, and those who repent of their sin and believe in Jesus Christ are justified on the grounds of his shed blood. (Romans 3:23, 6:23, 5:8, 1 Peter 1:18-19, 2:24, Acts 16:31, Ephesians 1:7, John 1:7, Ephesians 2:13)
  5. We believe that all who receive Jesus Christ by faith are born again of the Holy Spirit, baptized by him into that spiritual body (the church) of which Christ is the head, and empowered with spiritual gifts to equip the church for the ministry it is called to. (John 3:3-7, 1:12-13, 14:16-17, 1 Corinthians 12:12-13, Colossians 1:18, 24, Acts 1:8, Romans 12:6-8, 1 Corinthians 7:7, 12:8-12, 14:26, Ephesians 4:11)
  6. We believe in the observance of two ordinances by the church: the baptizing of believers in water and serving of the Lord’s Supper in worship. (Matthew 28:19-20, Acts 8:34-39, Romans 6:1-11, Matthew 26:26-29, 1 Corinthians 11:20-24)
  7. We believe that a local Bible-based church is a worshiping body of believers committed to reaching the lost and training up of the saints; such evangelism efforts should include the “least of these,” such as the poor, oppressed, and those who are incarcerated. (Matthew 28:19-20, Matthew 25:37-39, Galatians 2:10, James 1:27, Acts 11:29, 2 Corinthians 8:4, 1 John 3:17)