The following Doctrinal Commitments represent the
core beliefs of the denomination as outlined in Scripture.
Repentance - Mark 1:15; Luke 13:3; Acts
3:19.
Justification - Romans 5:1; Titus 3:7. Regeneration
- Titus 3:5. New birth - John 3:3; 1 Peter 1:23; 1 John 3:9.
Sanctification subsequent to justification
- Romans 5:2; 1 Corinthians 1:30; 1 Thessalonians 4:3; Hebrews
13:12.
Holiness - Luke 1:75; 1 Thessalonians 4:7;
Hebrews 12:14.
Water baptism - Matthew 28:19; Mark 1:9,
10; John 3:22, 23; Acts 8:36, 38.
Baptism with the Holy Ghost subsequent to cleansing;
the enduement of power for service - Matthew 3:11; Luke 24:49,
53; Acts 1:4-8.
The speaking in tongues as the Spirit gives utterance
as the initial evidence of the baptism in the Holy Ghost -
John 15:26; Acts 2:4; 10:44-46; 19:1-7.
The Church - Exodus 19:5, 6; Psalm 22:22;
Matthew 16:13-19; 28:19,20; Acts 1:8; 2:42-47; 7:38; 20:28; Romans
8:14-17: 1 Corinthians 3:16, 17; 12:12-31; 2 Corinthians 6:6-18;
Ephesians 2:19-22; 3:9, 21; Philipians 3:10; Hebrews 2:12; 1 Peter
2:9; 1 John 1:6, 7; Revelation 21:2, 9; 22:17.
Spiritual gifts - 1 Corinthians 12:1, 7,
10, 28, 31; 1 Corinthians 14:1.
Signs following believers - Mark 16:17-20;
Romans 15:18, 19; Hebrews 2:4.
Fruit of the Spirit - Romans 6:22; Galatians
5:22, 23; Ephesians 5:9; Philippians 1:11.
Divine healing provided for all in the Atonement
- Psalm 103:3; Isaiah 53:4, 5; Matthew 8:17; James 5:14-16; 1
Peter 2:24.
The Lord's Supper - Luke 22:17-20; 1 Corinthians
11 : 2 3 - 2 6.
Washing the saints' feet - John 13:4-17;
1 Timothy 5:9, 10.
Tithing and giving - Genesis 14:18-20; 28:20-22;
Malachi 3:10; Luke 11:42 ; 1 Corinthians 16:2 ; 2 Corinthians
9:6-9 ; Hebrews 7:1-21.
Restitution where possible - Matthew 3:8;
Luke 19:8, 9.
Premillennial second coming of Jesus. First,
to resurrect the dead saints and to catch away the living saints
to Him in the air - 1 Corinthians 15:52; 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17;
2 Thessalonians 2:1.
Second, to reign on the earth a thousand years.
Zechariah 14:4; 1 Thessalonians 4:14; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10;
Jude 14, 15; Revelation 5:10; 19:11-21; 20:4-6.
Resurrection - John 5:28, 29; Acts 24:15;
Revelation 20:5, 6.
Eternal life for the righteous - Matthew
25:46; Luke 18:30; John 10:28; Romans 6:22; 1 John 5:11-13.
Eternal punishment for the wicked. No liberation
nor annihilation - Matthew 25:41-46; Mark 3:29; 2 Thessalonians
1: 8, 9; Revelation 20:10-15; 21:8.
