Statement of Doctrine:

HE BELIEVES AND UPHOLDS: the Trinity (I John 5:7; II Corinthians 13:14; Isaiah 48:16-17); the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ (I Timothy 3:16; John 8:58), His virgin birth (Isaiah 7:14; Genesis 3:15), sinless life (II Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 5:14), vicarious death (II Corinthians 5:21; John 3:14-15; I Timothy 2:5-6), and bodily resurrection (Romans 10:9; Acts 1:3); the blood atonement (Colossians 1:14; Ephesians 1:7; Revelation 1:5); salvation by grace alone (Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans 3:28); eternal security of the believer (Hebrews 10:10-14; Psalm 37:28; I Peter 1:5; John 10:28); the autonomous [independent, self-governing] local church (Ephesians 1:22; Colossians 1:18); the great commission (Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:15; Proverbs 11:30); the everlasting blessedness of the saved (Matthew 25:34; Revelation 21-22) and the everlasting punishment of the lost (Matthew 25:41; Luke 16:22-26; Revelation 14:11; 20:10); the divinely plenary [i.e., word-for-word] verbally inspired, infallible, inerrant Word of God (II Peter 1:20-21; II Timothy 3:16-17; II Samuel 23:2; Deuteronomy 12:32; Psalm 12:6-7; Proverbs 30:5-6; Revelation 22:18-19); the divinely preserved Word of God (Psalm 12:6-7; 119:89; I Peter 1:24-25; Galatians 1:7; Proverbs 8:8), the Reformation Text (Textus-Receptus) and the King James Bible AV 1611.
 

Statement of Practice:

HE IS: fundamental (Psalm 11:3); baptistic; pre-Trib (I Thessalonians 5:9; II Thessalonians 2:3-8); pre-millennial (Revelation 20:4-8); pro-soulwinning (e.g., door-to-door, as in Acts 20:20-21; Matthew 28:19-20; 22:9; Mark 16:15; Luke 14:23); pro-missions (Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 1:8); distinctly non-Ruckman (click HERE for details); zealously non-ecumenical (Romans 16:17; Titus 1:9-11; II Chronicles 19:2); devotedly non-charismatic in both doctrine and practice (John 7:18; I John 4:1; I Thessalonians 5:21-22; John 16:13-14); loyal to music standards preserving “the beauty of holiness” (I Chronicles 16:29; II Chronicles 20:21; Psalm 29:2; 96:9; 110:3); debt-free by conviction (Romans 13:8; Deuteronomy 15:6; 28:12; Proverbs 22:7); pro-homeschooling for over eighteen years (Proverbs 22:6; 19:27; Psalm 1:1; Jeremiah 10:2) pro-courtship (betrothal) (Proverbs 4:23-27, etc.); and pro-family (Deuteronomy 11:18-21).

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