Statement of Faith - what we believe:
Doctrinal StatementGrace and Truth Bible Church exists for the purpose of glorifying Jesus Christ through the preaching and teaching of the Word of God for the heart needs of people. The Bible is the center for our faith and practice. Therefore, we consider ourselves to be a fundamental, independent, Bible believing church. With this emphasis we strive to provide practical, Biblical application for life's challenges. As we grow in Christ, our desire is to obey God's Word in our everyday lives. We seek to provide a warm, friendly environment that welcomes new faces and encourages believers.
We believe God's Word to be inerrant, infallible, and God-breathed in its original writings and providentially preserved for the church today. (II Timothy 3:16, 17; II Peter 1:20; Isaiah 8:20)
We also consider the King James Version to be the most accurate English translation. Therefore, we use the KJV in all of our preaching and teaching.
We believe that God created the Heavens and the Earth and all things therein from nothing in six literal days. (Genesis 1; Nehemiah 9:6; Romans 1:20)
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption through His death on the cross as a representative, vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice and that our justification is made sure by his literal physical resurrection from the dead. (I Corinthians 15:4; Hebrews 9:22; I Peter 2:24)
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended to heaven, and is now exalted at the right hand of God, where, as our High Priest, He fulfills the ministry of Representative, Intercessor, Mediator and Advocate. (Acts 1:9, 10; Hebrews 7:25; 9:24; Romans 8:34)
We believe that He is the Divine Teacher who guides believers into all truth and that it is the privilege and duty of all saved to be filled with the Spirit. (Ephesians 5:18; I John 2:20, 27)
We believe that all saved should live in such a manner as not to bring reproach upon their Savior and Lord; and that separation from all religious apostasy, all worldly and sinful pleasures, practices and associations is commanded of God. (II Timothy 3:1-5; I John 2:15-17; II Corinthians 6:14)
We believe that it is the obligation of the saved to witness by life and by word to the truths of Holy Scriptures and to seek to proclaim the Gospel to all mankind. (Mark 16:15; Acts 1:8; II Corinthians 5:19, 20)
We believe that Sunday is to be set aside for special worship in commemoration of the Resurrection of Christ. This day should therefore be observed in a manner that calls the world to remembrance of Him. (Hebrews 10:25)
We believe that the establishment and continuance of local churches is clearly taught and defined in the New Testament Scriptures. (Acts 14:27; 20:17; 28-32)
We believe in the autonomy of the local church free of any external authority of control.
We believe that the souls of the redeemed are, at death, absent from the body and present with the Lord, where in conscious bliss they await the first resurrection, when spirit, soul and body are reunited to be glorified forever with the Lord. (II Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23; 3:21; I Thessalonians 4:16)
We believe that the souls of unbelievers remain, after death, in conscious misery until the second resurrection when with soul and body reunited, they shall be cast into the Lake of Fire, not to be annihilated, but to suffer everlasting conscious punishment. (Luke 16:19-26; II Thessalonians 1:7-9; Jude 6, 7)
- The Word of God
We believe God's Word to be inerrant, infallible, and God-breathed in its original writings and providentially preserved for the church today. (II Timothy 3:16, 17; II Peter 1:20; Isaiah 8:20)
We also consider the King James Version to be the most accurate English translation. Therefore, we use the KJV in all of our preaching and teaching.
- The Godhead
We believe that God created the Heavens and the Earth and all things therein from nothing in six literal days. (Genesis 1; Nehemiah 9:6; Romans 1:20)
- The Person and Work of Christ
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption through His death on the cross as a representative, vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice and that our justification is made sure by his literal physical resurrection from the dead. (I Corinthians 15:4; Hebrews 9:22; I Peter 2:24)
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended to heaven, and is now exalted at the right hand of God, where, as our High Priest, He fulfills the ministry of Representative, Intercessor, Mediator and Advocate. (Acts 1:9, 10; Hebrews 7:25; 9:24; Romans 8:34)
- The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit
We believe that He is the Divine Teacher who guides believers into all truth and that it is the privilege and duty of all saved to be filled with the Spirit. (Ephesians 5:18; I John 2:20, 27)
- The Personality of Satan
- Natural State of Man
- Salvation
- Responsibilities of the Believer
We believe that all saved should live in such a manner as not to bring reproach upon their Savior and Lord; and that separation from all religious apostasy, all worldly and sinful pleasures, practices and associations is commanded of God. (II Timothy 3:1-5; I John 2:15-17; II Corinthians 6:14)
We believe that it is the obligation of the saved to witness by life and by word to the truths of Holy Scriptures and to seek to proclaim the Gospel to all mankind. (Mark 16:15; Acts 1:8; II Corinthians 5:19, 20)
We believe that Sunday is to be set aside for special worship in commemoration of the Resurrection of Christ. This day should therefore be observed in a manner that calls the world to remembrance of Him. (Hebrews 10:25)
- The Church
We believe that the establishment and continuance of local churches is clearly taught and defined in the New Testament Scriptures. (Acts 14:27; 20:17; 28-32)
We believe in the autonomy of the local church free of any external authority of control.
- Dispensationalism
- The Second Advent of Christ
- The Eternal State
We believe that the souls of the redeemed are, at death, absent from the body and present with the Lord, where in conscious bliss they await the first resurrection, when spirit, soul and body are reunited to be glorified forever with the Lord. (II Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23; 3:21; I Thessalonians 4:16)
We believe that the souls of unbelievers remain, after death, in conscious misery until the second resurrection when with soul and body reunited, they shall be cast into the Lake of Fire, not to be annihilated, but to suffer everlasting conscious punishment. (Luke 16:19-26; II Thessalonians 1:7-9; Jude 6, 7)