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We believe there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Son and
the Holy Spirit, and that these three are one.
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Duet.6:4; Mal.2:10: 1 Cor.8:6; 1 John 5:7.
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We believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the inspired words
of God, and the only rule of faith and practice and we prefer the translation
made under the authority of King James.
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2 Tim.3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21.
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We believe that the whole of the 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, and all are born into the world sinners
by nature.
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Acts 17:26; Romans 5:12,18.
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We believe in a 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 the chosen in Christ shall be called, regenerated, and
sanctified by the Holy Spirit and that they will be justified in the sight of
God by the righteousness of Christ imputed to them, and will be preserved
through grace and never finally fall 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 evangelical faith is the gift of God and good works are the
fruit of faith, and justify us in the sight of men and angels, as evidence of
our gracious state.
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Eph. 2:8, 10; Gal. 5:22; Rom. 5:1; Heb. 11:6.
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We believe that all the Spiritual blessings that are essential for the
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 atoning
for them.
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Eph. 1:3; 2 Tim. 2:19; Rom. 5:11.
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We believe that baptism and the Lord's supper and washing of the saints' feet
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; John 13; 1 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 the 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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11.
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We believe in the resurrection of the just and the unjust; the just shall be
fashioned like the glorious body of Christ; the unjust to everlasting shame and
contempt.
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1 John 3:2; Romans 8:11; Philippians 3:21; 1 Cor. 15:49; Acts
24:15; John 5:28,29.
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We believe it disorder for any member of the Church to affiliate with any
secret, oath-bound institution, or any institution other than the Church which
contains a form of worship.
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Ephesians 5:11-12; Matthew 5:34-37; James 5:12.
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We believe that Christ set in the Church everything it needs and that aids, and
auxiliaries of any nature are unscriptural.
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Deut 4:2; 1 Corinthians 9:19-23; 1 Corinthians 11:1-2; 2 Thes 2:15; 2 Thes 3:6.
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