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We believe in one true and living God and the trinity of persons in the
Godhead-Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, and yet not three but one God.
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Duet.6:4; Mal.2:10: I Cor.8:6;I John 5:7.
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We believe that the Old and New Testaments are the written words of God and the
only rule of faith and practice, and prefer translation made under the authority of King
James to any now extant.
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2 Tim.3:16; 2 Peter 1:20-21.
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We believe that the whole human family were created in Adam, their seminal head,
and that all alike fell in him by his Transgression of the law, and all partake of his
sinful nature.
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Acts 17:26; Romans 5:12,18.
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We believe in the covenant of redemption by the Holy Trinity and that a definite
number of the fallen sons and daughters of Adam were chosen in Christ before the world
began, that they should be holy and without blame before Him in love.
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2 Sam. 23:5; Psa. 89:28; Heb. 13:20; Eph. 1:4; John 6:37-40
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We believe that all chosen in Christ shall be called, regenerated and sanctified
by the Holy Spirit; and that they will all be justified in the sight of God by the
righteousness of Christ imputed to them by Faith and will be preserved through Grace and
never fall finally away.
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John 6:45; Rom. 8:28-30; 2 Thes. 2:13; John 10:28,29.
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We believe that Eternal life is the gift of God, and good works are the fruit of
the faith, and justify us in the sight of man and angels as evidence of our gracious
state.
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Eph. 2:8, 10; Gals. 5:22; Rom. 5:1; Heb. 11:6.
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We believe that all the spiritual blessings that are essential for consummation
of the eternal salvation of the elect were given them in Christ before the world began,
and in time bestowed upon them by virtue of His atonement for them.
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Eph. 1:3; 2nd Tim. 2:19; Rom. 5:11.
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We believe that baptism and the Lord's supper are ordinances of Jesus Christ and
that true believers are the only subjects of baptism and that Immersion is the only
apostolic mode.
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Matt. 3:16; Matt. 26:26,28; Acts 8:12,37,39; Rom. 6:4.
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We believe that washing the saints feet is a duty enjoined by Jesus Christ, and
should be done in church capacity.
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John 13; I Tim. 5:10; Matt. 28:20.
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We believe that no minister has any right to administer the ordinances of the
gospel but one who is regularly baptized and called of God and has come under the
imposition of the hands of presbytery.
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Acts 13:2; Heb. 5:4; Matt. 19:28.
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We believe that none but regularly baptized believers have a right to commune at
the Lord's table.
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Luke 22:29,30; Matt. 26:20,29.
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We believe in the resurrection of the just and unjust and that the vile bodies
of the saints shall be fashioned like unto the glorious body of Christ, and the felicity
of the saints and punishment of the wicked shall be everlasting.
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I John 3:2; Romans 8:11; Philippians 3:21; I Cor. 15:49; Acts 24:15; John 5:28,29.
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