1. We believe in one only true and living God and a Trinity of persons in the Godhead – The Father, The Son, and The Holy Ghost, and yet these three are but one God, each harmoniously equal in all divine attributes. (Deuteronomy 6:4; Malachi 2:10; John 1:1; John 10:30; 1 Timothy 2:5; Acts 5:3-4; Matthew 3:16-17; 1 John 5:7).
2. We believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament (in English, the King James Version) to be the divinely inspired and preserved Word of God, and the only infallible standard or rule of faith and practice. (2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:20-21; Hebrews 1:1-2; Romans 16:26; Matthew 22:31-32; Acts 13:44; Acts 7:11; Isaiah 8:20; Deuteronomy 4:2).
3. We believe in the fall of man and the resulting depravity of mankind – that God created man good, able to stand but liable to fall, and that all mankind fell in Adam from this good state which brought man under the sentence of condemnation and death, and that man, becoming utterly and totally depraved thereby, is unable by his own free will and ability to recover himself from this fallen state, has no desire to deliver himself from his depraved condition, nor can he act in any way so as to please and move God to save him from his lost condition. (Genesis 1:27 and 1:31; Ecclesiastes 7:29; Genesis 2:17; Romans 5:12; Romans 5:19; Romans 3:9-18; Psalm 10:4; 1 Corinthians 2:14; John 6:44; John 8:3-44; John 8:46-47; Romans 8:8-9; Hebrews 11:6) The effects of depravity are such that a person is unable to spiritually hear, receive, understand, know or believe the spiritual truths of God until they are given eternal, spiritual life by which they are able to discern spiritual truths. (1 Corinthians 2:9-14; John 8:43-44; 8:46-47).
4. We believe in the doctrine of eternal, personal and unconditional election – that before the foundation of the world, God chose a particular people in Christ (a portion out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation), and gave them to His Son to save from the just desert and consequences of their sins and give them eternal life that they would live together with Him in Glory, and this only through the sovereign choice of God, wholly due to His mercy and grace, and not for anything foreseen in man (2 Timothy 1:9; Ephesians 1:3-6; Mark 13:20; Isaiah 43:10; Revelation 5:9; Hebrews 2:13; John 6:37; John 10:28-29; John 17:2; Matthew 1:21; 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10; Psalm 14:2-3; Titus 3:4-7; Romans 3:9-18; Romans 8:6-8; Hebrews 11:6). The people whom the Father gave to the Son to save are called the elect, His sheep and His people. (Luke 18:7; Romans 8:33; 2 Timothy 2:10; John 10:11; John 10:15; John 10:26-29; Matthew 25:32-34; Matthew 1:21; 2 Timothy 2:19; Acts 18:10).
5. We believe in the doctrine of particular redemption – that through the sacrificial and substitutionary atonement of Jesus Christ, all whom God has chosen unto salvation were purged from their sins, forever redeemed from the curse of the law, reconciled unto God, and delivered from the wrath to come. (Ephesians 1:4; Hebrews 9:26; 10:14; Hebrews 1:3; Galatians 3:13; Hebrews 9:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:10).
6. We believe in the effectual call of the Spirit – that all who were redeemed by Christ will in time be effectually called or quickened into life (born of the Spirit) by the life-giving voice of the Son of God, not according to man’s works, efforts or acceptance, but according to the purpose and grace given then in Christ before the world began. In this life-giving work of God, the sinner is completely passive as God operates directly upon the heart of the sinner without the use of the gospel or any other external means. (Ephesians 2:1; John 3:3; John 5:25; 2 Timothy 1:9; John 3:7-8; Jeremiah 31:31-34; Hebrews 8:10-11; Jeremiah 24:7; Ezekiel 36:26-27; Jeremiah 32:39-40; 1 Corinthians 1:18; 2 Corinthians 4:3).
7. We believe in the divine preservation of the saints in a state of grace – that all who are regenerated (given spiritual, eternal life) are passed from death to life and shall not come into condemnation but are preserved in Christ and kept in a state of grace and spiritual life by the power of God, so as to never perish or fall out of the hand of God. (Titus 3:5; John 5:24; Jude 1:1; 1 Peter 1:5; Philippians 1:6; John 10:27-29).
8. We believe in a general resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust – that all people shall come forth from the grave, the just shall be conformed to the image of Christ, their bodies fashioned like unto His own glorious and incorruptible body for everlasting joy and happiness with Him in eternal glory while the unjust shall forever experience punishment, shame, contempt and eternal separation from God in fiery torment experiencing the just dessert of their sins. (Acts 24:15; Daniel 12:2; John 6:37-40; John 17:2-4; Acts 24:15; Romans 8:28-30; 1 Corinthians 15:51-57; Philippians 3:21; 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; Matthew 25:41; Matthew 25:46; Jude 1:7; Romans 6:23).
9. We believe that the gospel is to be preached as a witness to the truth of salvation by Jesus Christ, for the comfort and edification of his born again children. We believe that faith is the gift of God and good works are the fruit of faith, and that a reverential fear of God, godly sorrow and repentance from sin, and belief and trust in Christ as Saviour are evidences of a gracious state of having eternal spiritual life, rather than the means of obtaining the new birth. God does not give nor bring eternal life to sinners through the preaching of the gospel, but rather brings life and immortality to light or understanding through the gospel, by manifesting His truth through preaching. The gospel is food for the living, not the dead. (Matthew 24:14; Mark 16:15; Ephesians 4:11-13; Galatians 5:22; James 2:20-22; Titus 3:8; 1 Thessalonians 1:5; Jeremiah 32:39-40; Ezekiel 36:26-31; Acts 13:48; Acts 18:27; 1 John 5:1; 2 Timothy 1:9-10; Titus 1:3; 2 Corinthians 2:15-16; 1 Corinthians 1:18).
10. We believe Christ instituted the ordinances of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper in his church to be observed by her members – baptism of disciples by total immersion to show forth our identification with the death, burial and resurrection of our Lord, indicative of the answer of a good conscience toward God, and the Lord’s Supper in partaking of unleavened bread and wine, in remembrance of his sacrificial atonement. We believe that the washing of the saints’ feet is an example and duty, enjoined by Jesus Christ, and should be done by the saints in a church capacity. As we believe that Lord’s supper and washing of the saints’ feet are to be observed in the capacity of close church fellowship, we invite only church members in good standing of like faith and order to commune with us. (Matthew 28:19-20; Matthew 3:16; Romans 6:4; 1 Peter 3:21; Matthew 26:20; 26:26-29; 1 Corinthians 11:1-2; 11:24-26; John 13:4-5,12-17; 1 Timothy 5:10; Acts 2:37-39; Acts 8:12,37-39; Acts 20:7; Romans 6:4; 1 Corinthians 11:24-26; 1 Corinthians 5:8-13).
11. We believe that Christ set up the New Testament church with all necessary elements for her happiness and well-being, and that no auxiliaries or additions should be added to the worship service or tolerated in the church. (Deuteronomy 4:2; 1 Corinthians 11:1-2; 2 Thessalonians 2:15; 2 Thessalonians 3:6).
12. We believe that male members who have been scripturally baptized and give evidence that they are called of God to preach the gospel, by edifying the church in that exercise, are eligible, at the discretion and authority of the church, to be ordained to the ministry by coming under the hands of a presbytery. Only those so ordained have the authority to administer the ordinances of Jesus Christ. Likewise, male members who meet the scriptural qualifications to serve as deacons, may be ordained to that work by the church. (Jeremiah 3:15; Matthew 28:19; Acts 9:15; Acts 13:2; Ephesians 3:7; 1 Timothy 4:14-16; Hebrews 5:4).
13. We believe that it is unscriptural and disorderly for any church member to unite or practice with or in any other institution or society, secret or otherwise, which has a form of religion or worship. (2 Corinthians 6:14-17).
14. We believe every duly organized church is an autonomous and independent local body, having exclusive authority to receive and to discipline her own members, having Jesus Christ as her only Head and King. (Ephesians 5:23-27; Colossians 1:18; Matthew 18:15-18).