Mister Bill's
Statement of Faith

I believe in the Scripture of the Old and New Testaments as verbally inspired by God, and inerrant in the original writings, and that they are the supreme and final authority in faith and life.

I believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

I believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit, and born of the virgin Mary, and is true God and true Man.

I believe that man was created in the image of God; that he sinned and thereby incurred, not only physical death, but also spiritual death, which is separation from God; and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature and, in the case of those who reach moral responsibility, are sinners in thought, word and deed.

I believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for my sins according to the Scriptures, as the only representative and substitutionary sacrifice; and that all who have a born-again experience in Him, are justified on the basis of His shed blood.

I believe in the bodily resurrection of the crucified Lord, in His Ascension into Heaven, and in His presence there for me as High Priest and Advocate.

I believe in "that blessed hope," the personal, premillennial, and imminent return of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

I believe that all who receive, by faith, the Lord Jesus Christ are born again of the Holy Spirit and thereby become children of God.

I believe in the bodily resurrection of all believers to an everlasting presence with God, and of all unbelievers to an everlasting condemnation in Hell.

I believe the Scriptural ordinances to be Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Baptism is the immersion in water of a believer in Christ, "in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit," and symbolizes the fact of regeneration. The Lord's Supper is a commemoration of His broken body and shed blood for the remission of sin and symbolizes the fact that the believer is continuously fed and nourished by Christ.