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| 1. | The Bible is the inspired Word of God and it is the final authority for our lives. The King James Bible is the preserved Word of God for the English-speaking people of the world.
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| 2. | There is one God and only one, who is self-existent, eternal, and infinite in every way. God is manifest in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
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| 3. | Everything that exists has been created by God. We believe in the 'literal' account of Genesis creation.
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| 4. | Man's disobedience in the lives of Adam and Eve brought death upon all men. We are sinners by nature.
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| 5. | Jesus Christ, the Son of God, [God Himself in flesh] came into the world to save men from the guilt and condemnation of sin, and to destroy the works of Satan. He has done that through His blood for all who will exercise faith in the finished work of Calvary.
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| 6. | Repentance is necessary for one to come to Christ. Repentance is a condition of true faith in a Holy God. As a result of salvation, one receives forgiveness of sins and a home in heaven; the person of the Holy Spirit comes to dwell within, and salvation is secure and cannot be lost, taken away, nor forfeited, because we are saved by God and kept by God.
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| 7. | After salvation the convert is commanded to follow Jesus Christ in believer's baptism. The only true and right mode of baptism is by immersion and in the name of the Father, in the name of the Son, and in the name of the Holy Ghost. Baptism has no part in the work of salvation. It is a proclamation of one's faith in Christ and the first step of obedience after salvation.
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| 8. | The ordinances of the Gospel are Baptism and the Lord's Supper.
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| 9. | The account of the Virgin Birth of Jesus Christ is true.
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| 10. | The literal death, burial, resurrection, and the second coming of Jesus Christ are true.
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| 11. | There is a literal Heaven and Hell as described in the Word of God.
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| 12. | In the pre-millennial coming of Christ.
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| 13. | The local church is made up of saved, baptized believers that assemble as the Body of Christ. |