Overview What We Believe About The Scriptures What We Believe About God What We Believe About The Father What We Believe About Jesus Christ What We Believe About The Holy Spirit What We Believe About Human Beings What We Believe About Satan What We Believe About Salvation What We Believe About Faith & Repentance What We Believe About Justification What We Believe About Sanctification What We Believe About The Local Church What We Believe About Ordinances What We Believe About The LORD's Day What We Believe About The Church & State What We Believe About Future Things What We Believe About Marriage

THE LOCAL CHURCH

We believe that a Church is a company of baptized believers called out from the world, separated unto the Lord Jesus, voluntarily associated for the ministry of the Word, the mutual edification of its members, the propagation of the faith, and the observance of the ordinances. It is a sovereign independent body, exercising its own divinely awarded gifts, precepts, and privileges under the Lordship of Christ, the Great Head of the Church. We believe that its officers are pastors/elders and deacons.   Matt 16:18; Matt 18:15-20; Acts 20:28-31; 1 Cor 1:1-3; 1 Cor 12:27-31; Eph 2:11-22; Eph 4:7; Eph 4:11-12; 1 Tim 3:1-13; Titus 1:5-9; 1 Peter 5:1-4; Rev 21:2-4