What We Believe...
"For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ"
(1 Corinthians 3:11)
The Bible - We believe in and teach the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the inerrant, inspired Word of God (2 Tim.3;16-17; 2 Pet. 1:21).
God - We believe in the one true living God who is perfect, infinite, and eternal, and who coexists in three persons, namely the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Deut. 6:4; Matt. 28:19; John 4:24).
Jesus Christ - We believe that Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God, that He came in the flesh and took upon Himself the form of man, being born of the virgin Mary, in order that He might redeem us through His vicarious suffering and death on the Cross of Calvary, that He was raised from the dead (bodily) for our justification and is now at the right hand of God interceding for us (John 1:1-3; Hebr. 1:5; 1 Pet. 2:24).
The Holy Spirit - We believe that the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity. He convicts, regenerates, empowers and indwells the believer (Rom. 8:9; 1 Cor. 6:19; Gal. 5:22-23).
Satan and Sin - We believe in the personality of Satan, judged at the cross, ultimately to be cast into the lake of fire, that in this age he is the tempter, the seducer, and the accuser of the brethren (Job 1:6-7; Isa. 14:12-15; John 16:11; Hebr. 2:14; Rev. 20:10-15).
Sin and Salvation - We believe that mankind in his natural state is depraved and in need of a Divine Redeemer (Gen. 3:1-24); Rom. 3:23, 5:12). We believe that salvation is a free gift of God’s grace, offered to us on the basis of Jesus Christ’s substitutionary death on the cross, received personally by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. This salvation renders a believer secure in Christ and provides deliverance from the guilt and penalty of sin, a righteous standing before God, victory over the power of sin, and the promise of future glorification in God’s presence (John 3:14-18; 10:17-18; Acts 20:21; Rom. 6:23; Eph. 2:8-9; Titus 2:11-14).
The Church - We believe in the church as a fellowship of true believers in Jesus Christ (John 3:5-6; 1 Tim. 3; Eph. 2:19-22; 4:4-16).
The Return of Christ - We believe in the personal, visible, imminent, premillennial return of Christ, with the rapture occurring before the tribulation (Acts 1:11; 1 Thess. 4:13-18; 1 Pet. 4:7; Rev. 3:10; 19:11-18).
For a complete doctrinal statement, please contact us for a copy of our constitution.
EBC is a member of the Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches.