1. We believe in the verbal inspiration and the inerrancy of the whole Bible as originally written and preserved for us in the King James Bible and that the Bible is the all sufficient rule of faith and practice. (Psalms 119:160, 2 Timothy 3:16-17)

2. We believe in the personal triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, equal in Divine perfection. (Matthew 28:19)

3. We believe in the Genesis account of creation. (Genesis 1 & 2)

4. We believe Satan is a fallen angel, the archenemy of God and man, the unholy god of this world and that his destiny is the eternal lake of fire. (Isaiah 14:12-15; Ezekiel 28:11-19; Matthew 25:41; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Ephesians 6:10-17; Revelation 20:10)

5. We believe in the virgin birth and sinless humanity of Jesus Christ. (Matthew 1:18-20; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Peter 2:22)

6. We believe in the Deity of Jesus Christ (John 1:1, 14, 10:30, 14:9)

7. We believe in the Divine Administrator for Jesus Christ in His churches is the Holy Spirit, (Luke 24:29; John 14:16-17, 16:13; Acts 1:4, 5, 8) whose work as such began on the first Pentecost after the resurrection of Jesus Christ (Acts 2)

8. We believe man was created in the image of God and lived in innocence until he fell by voluntary transgression from the sinless state, the result being that all mankind are now sinners (Genesis 1:26; 3:6-24, Romans 5:12, 19)

9. We believe the substitutionary suffering and death of Jesus Christ was sufficient to propitiate for the sins of all humanity. (Isaiah 53:6; Hebrews 2:9; 1 Peter 2:24, 3:18; 2 Peter 3:9; 1 John 2:2)

10. We believe in the bodily resurrection and ascension of Christ and the bodily resurrection of His saints. (Matthew 28:1-7; Acts 1:9-11; 1 Corinthians 15:42-58; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)

11. We believe in the premillennial, personal, bodily return of Christ as the crowning event of the Gentile Age. We further believe that the righteous shall be resurrected at His coming. We also believe that after the millennial reign of Christ on earth, the unrighteous shall be resurrected unto eternal punishment in the lake of fire. (John 14:1-6; 1 Thessalonians 2:8; Revelation 19, 20:4-6, 11-15, 21:8.)

12. We believe a sinner is saved wholly by grace through faith in Jesus Christ and the requisites to regeneration are repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. (Luke 13:3-5; John 3:16, 18; Acts 20:21; Romans 6:23; Ephesians 2:8-9) The Holy Spirit convicts sinners and regenerates, seals, secures, and indwells every believer. (John 3:6, 16:8-9; Romans 8:9-11; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; Ephesians 4:30; Titus 3:5)

13. We believe all who trust in Jesus Christ for salvation are eternally secure and shall persevere in Him and shall not perish. (John 3:36, 5:24, 10:27-30; Romans 8:35-39; Hebrews 10:39; 1 Peter 1:5)

14. We believe God deals with believers as His children, chastises the disobedient, and that He blesses the obedient in this life and reserves rewards for the future. (Matthew 16:27, 25:14-23; John 1:12; Hebrews 12:5-11; 2 John 8; Revelation 22;12)

15. We believe Jesus Christ established His church during his ministry on earth and that it is always a local, visible, assembly of scriptural baptized believers in covenant relationship to carry out the Commission of the Lord Jesus Christ and each church is an independent, self-governing body, and no ecclesiastical body may exercise authority over it. (Matthew 4:18-22; 16:18, 18:15-18, 28:19-20; Mark 1:14-20; John 1:35-51; Ephesians 3:21)

16. We believe there are two pictorial ordinances in the Lord's churches: baptism and the Lord's Supper. Scriptural baptism is the immersion of penitent believers in water, administered by the authority of a New Testament church in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Lord's Supper is a memorial ordinance, to be observed by members of the church observing the ordinance. (Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 8:12, 38; Romans 6:4; 1 Corinthians 5:11-13, 11:1-2, 17-20, 26)

17. We believe there are two divinely appointed offices in a church: pastors and deacons, to be filled by men whose qualifications are set forth in 1 Timothy and Titus.

18. We believe in the complete separation of church and state, (Matthew 22:21) and affirm our belief in civil obedience. (Romans 13:1-7, 1 Peter 2:13-15)

For any questions about this statement of faith, contact Pastor Wayne at wknight@hbccs.org