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We believe in one true and living God the Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost,
and that these three are one.
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John 1:2; 1 John 5:7.
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We believe the scriptures both of the old and new Testament are the words of
God, and the only infallible rule of faith and practice, and that we prefer the
Translation made during the reign of King James.
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2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21.
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We believe in the doctrine of election and that God chose his people in Christ
before the foundation of the world.
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Romans 8:29-30; Eph 1:4-5.
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We believe the whole human family were created in Adam. Their seminal head.
That all alike fell in him by his transgressions of the law, and all partake of
his sinful nature, and are born into the world sinners by nature.
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Acts 17:26; Romans 5:12,18-19.
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We believe in man's incapability to recover himself from the fallen state he is
in by nature.
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John 5:21; John 6:44.
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We believe sinners are justified in the sight of God only by the righteousness
of Christ imputed to them.
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Romans 4:6-11; James 2:23.
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We believe that the elect according to the foreknowledge of the Father shall be
called, sanctified and regenerated by His Holy Spirit.
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2 Timothy 1:9; Rev 17:14.
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We believe that the saints shall be preserved by grace and never fall finally
away.
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Romans 8:37-39; 1 Peter 1:5.
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We believe that Baptism and the Lord's supper are ordinances of the Lord Jesus
Christ and that true believers only are subjects of Baptism and that immersion
is the Apostolic mode.
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Matt. 3:16; Matt. 26:26,28; Acts 8:12,37,39; Rom. 6:4; 1 Tim.
5:10; Matt. 28:20.
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We believe that washing the saints' feet is a duty enjoined upon us by the
great head of the Church, and should be practiced by his people here below.
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John 13:1; 1 Timothy 5:10.
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We believe in the resurrection of the dead both of the just and the unjust, and
the general judgment, and that the mortal bodies of the saints shall be made
spiritual and fashioned like Christ's glorious body, and reign with him forever
and that the judgment of the wicked shall be forever.
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Matthew 25:41-42; 1 Cor. 15:20-28, 42-44.
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We believe that no minister has a right to administer the ordinances of the
gospel but one who is regularly baptized, called, and come under the imposition
of the hands of a presbytery.
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Acts 9:15; Heb. 5:4.
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We believe that none but baptized believers have a right to commune at the
Lord's table.
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Matt. 26:20,29; Acts 20:7.
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