What We Believe

We believe the King James Bible (Authorized Version) to be the pure, perfect, infallible words of God, given by inspiration in the English language. He promised to preserve His words forever, and we firmly believe that these words are able to be seen, held and read by people today. The King James Bible is to be the absolute and final authority in all matters of faith and practice in the English language.

In Spanish, we believe the Reina Valera 1865 to be the pure, perfect, infallible words of God, given by inspiration in Spanish. These positions are not at odds; God speaks both languages perfectly and we believe that we can faithfully serve God in two languages with the Bibles that He has provided.

We believe God to be one eternal and omnipotent Being, represented by three distinct persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. These three operate in different ways, but they are all one and the same. The theological term for our belief is “trinity”; the biblical (correct) term is “godhead” (Acts 17:29; Romans 1:20; Colossians 2:9).

We believe the local New Testament church was established in its nascent form during the earthly ministry of Jesus Christ and given its initial procedural regulations (Matthew 18:15-20). Upon the Holy Spirit’s descending and empowering of the members of the body at Pentecost (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:8; 2:2-4), the subsequent chapters reveal God’s plan for His body (Acts 2-4) to act as a unanimous collective body under the direction of Jesus Christ by the leading of the indwelling Holy Spirit. The local church is the only God-ordained organism on this earth, established to carry out the last standing orders given by Christ Himself (Acts 1:8), and is made up of individuals with a profession of faith that have been baptized by immersion in water in obedience to the pattern left by our Saviour, and to observe the LORD’s Table, which is a memorial of Christ’s death, looking forward to His return. Its two offices, bishop and deacon, are the only biblical positions of leadership in the New Testament church.

Jesus Christ died on the cross, making the way for sinners to be saved by believing in Jesus Christ, according to the Gospel (1 Corinthians 15:1-4; Galatians 1:11-12). This is the Death, the Burial, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ: nothing more and nothing less is involved in the Salvation of the unbeliever. “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” (Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans 10:9-10, 13; Titus 3:5)

The Bible clearly states that once a person receives Jesus Christ’s finished atoning work, he is eternally secure through Christ, having nothing to do with his own spiritual standing (Ephesians 4:30). However, the spiritual state, or relationship with God, on a day to day basis, is contingent upon that individual’s obedience to the Scriptures, in such things as personal walk with Christ, good works (Ephesians 2:10), and the carrying out of the ministry of reconciliation given to us by God (2 Corinthians 5:14-21).

We believe that Jesus Christ will appear in like manner as He left the earth, returning in Glory to catch away all those who have trusted on His name. This occurrence precedes what is commonly referred to as “the Tribulation,” when the Man of Sin (Satan incarnate) himself will reign. At the end of the Tribulation, Jesus Christ will return to earth with His saints and conquer all the armies that oppose God’s chosen people, the Jews, and will cast into Hell Satan, the Beast, and the False Prophet.

Jesus Christ will then set up His Millennial Kingdom on earth, reigning and ruling from Jerusalem for a thousand years. After one thousand years are completed, Satan will be loosed for a little season, and will one last time lead a rebellion against the LORD. One final time, all of the enemies of God will be completely consumed, along with the earth and the very fabric of reality itself, and all of lost humanity will stand before the Righteous Judge at the Great White Throne Judgement. Those not written in the Book of Life will be cast into a literal, eternal, burning lake of fire, along with the unholy trinity.

At the end of this judgement, Jesus Christ, the Creator, will recreate the universe again, ex nihilo, in the way that it was originally intended to be, and the New Jerusalem, the eternal home and physical manifestation of Christ’s Bride (Ephesians 2:22; Acts 20:28), will descend to the earth, to be inhabited for the Ages by those who were washed in the precious Blood of Jesus Christ.