1. THE BIBLE. The Word of God, the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments, verbally inspired in all parts, and therefore wholly without error as originally given of God (2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21).

2. THE ONE TRUE GOD. Existing eternally as three persons the Father: the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19; Luke 3:22; 2 Corinthians 13:14).

3. THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. His pre-existence and deity (John 1:13), incarnation by virgin birth (John 1:14; Matthew 1:18-23), sinless life (Hebrews 4:15), substitutionary death (2 Corinthians 5:21), bodily resurrection (Luke 24:36-43), ascension into heaven, present ministry (Hebrews 4:14-16), and coming again (Acts 1:11).

4. THE HOLY SPIRIT. His personality (John 16:7-15), and deity (Acts 5:3-4), and His work in each believer: baptism and indwelling at the moment of regeneration (1 Corinthians 12:13; Romans 8:9), and filling (Ephesians 5:18) to empower for Christian life and service (Ephesians 3:16; Acts 1:8; Galatians 5:22-23).

5. MANKIND. His direct creation in the image of God (Genesis 1:26-28), His subsequent fall into sin resulting in spiritual death, (Genesis 3:1-24; Romans 5:12) and the necessity of new birth for salvation. (John 3:3-5)

6. SALVATION. A complete and eternal salvation by God's grace alone received as the gift of God through personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and His finished work on the cross. (Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5-7; 1 Peter 1:18-19)

7. THE CHURCH. One true church, the body and the bride of Christ (Ephesians 1:22-23; 5:25-32), composed of all true believers of the present age (1 Corinthians 12:12-13); and the organization of its members in local churches for worship, for edification of believers, and for worldwide gospel witness, each local church being autonomous but sharing a unity of spirit and cooperating in kingdom work. (Ephesians 4:11-16)

8. CHRISTIAN LIFE. A life of righteousness, good works and separation unto God from the evil ways of the world (Romans 12:12), manifested by speaking the truth (James 5:12), maintaining the sanctity of the home (Ephesians 5:22-6:4), settling differences between Christians in accordance with the Word of God (1 Corinthians 6:1-8), not consumed with selfish ambitions but showing a Christlike attitude toward all men (Romans 12:17-21), exhibiting the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23), and maintaining a life of prayer (Ephesians 6:18; Philippians 4:6), including the privilege, when sick, of calling for the elders of the church to pray and anoint with oil in the name of the Lord. (James 5:13-18)

9. ORDINANCES. Christians should observe the ordinances of our Lord Jesus Christ which are (1)baptism of believers (Matthew 28:19) and (2) the threefold communion service, consisting of the washing of the saints' feet, (John 13:1-17) the Lord's Supper, (1 Corinthians 11:20-22, 33-34; Jude 12) and the communion of the bread and the cup. (1 Corinthians 11:23-26)

10. SATAN. His existence and personality as the great adversary of God and followers of Christ (Revelation 12:1-10), his judgment (John 12:31), and final doom. (Revelation 20:10)

11. SECOND COMING. The personal, visible, and imminent return of Christ to remove His church from the earth (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17) before the tribulation (1 Thessalonians 1:10; Revelation 3:10), and afterward to descend with the Church to establish His millennial kingdom upon the earth. (Revelation 19:11-20:6)

12. FUTURE LIFE. The conscious existence of the dead (Philippians 1:21-23; Luke 16:19-31), the resurrection of the body (John 5:28-29), the judgment and reward for those who follow Christ (Romans 14:10-12; 2 Corinthians 5:10), the judgment and condemnation of those who do not follow Christ (Revelation 20:11-15), the eternal life of the saved, (John 3:16) and the eternal punishment of the lost. (Matthew 25:46; Revelation 20:15)