We believe:

I. Of the Scriptures 

The Holy Bible is God-breathed and was written by men who spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. It is a perfect treasure of heavenly instruction. It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture of error for its content. It reveals the principles by which God will judge us. Therefore, it is and shall remain to the end of the world, the true center of Christian union and the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and opinions should be tried. 

II. Of the True God 

There is one, and only one living and true God, an infinite intelligent Spirit, whose name is Yahweh, the Maker and supreme Ruler of heaven and earth. He is inexpressibly glorious in holiness, and worthy of all possible honor, confidence and love. In the unity of the Godhead there are three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; equal in every divine perfection and executing distinct but harmonious offices in the great work of redemption. 

III. Of the Fall of Man

Man was created in holiness, under the law of his Maker. By voluntary transgression mankind fell from that holy and happy state. In consequence, all mankind are now sinners, not by constraint but choice; being by nature utterly void of that holiness required by the law of God, positively inclined to evil; and therefore under just condemnation to eternal ruin, without defense or excuse. 

God created humans, male and female, in his own image. This is the basis for the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death as well as for the goodness of his purposeful design and fixed ordering of human biology, marriage, and sexual intimacy. God instituted marriage to be between one man and one woman; reserving the gift of sexual intimacy exclusively for marriage; and establishing the marriage covenant as the sole God-honoring relationship for procreation. 

IV. Of the Way of Salvation

The salvation of sinners is wholly of grace through the mediatorial offices of the Son of God. By the appointment of the Father, he freely took upon himself our nature, yet without sin. He honored the divine law by his personal obedience, and by his death made a full atonement for our sins. Having risen from the dead, he is now enthroned in heaven; and uniting in his wonderful person the tenderest sympathies with divine perfections, he is every way qualified to be a suitable, a compassionate, and an all-sufficient Saviour. 

V. Of Justification

The great gospel blessing which Christ secures to such who believe in him is justification. Justification includes the pardon of sin, and the promise of eternal life on principles of righteousness. It is bestowed not in consideration of any works of righteousness which we have done, but solely through faith in the Redeemer's blood. By virtue of this faith, his perfect righteousness is freely imputed to us by God. It brings us into a state of most blessed peace and favor with God, and secures every other blessing needful for time and eternity. 

VI. Of the Freeness of Salvation

The blessings of salvation are made free to all by the gospel. It is the immediate duty of all to accept them by a sincere, penitent, and obedient faith. Nothing prevents the salvation of the greatest sinner on earth, but his own inherent depravity and voluntary rejection of the gospel, a rejection involves him in an aggravated condemnation. 

VII. Of Grace in Regeneration

In order to be saved, sinners must be regenerated, or born again. Regeneration consists in giving a holy disposition to the mind. It is effected in a manner above our comprehension by the power of the Holy Spirit, in connection with divine truth, so as to secure our voluntary obedience to the gospel. Its proper evidence appears in the holy fruits of repentance, faith, and newness of life. 

VIII. Of Repentance and Faith

Repentance and faith are sacred duties and also inseparable graces, wrought in our souls by the regenerating Spirit of God. Being deeply convinced of our guilt, danger and helplessness, and of the way of salvation by Christ, we turn to God with unfeigned contrition, confession and supplication for mercy. At the same time, we heartily receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Prophet, Priest, and King, and rely on him alone as the only and all-sufficient Savior. 

IX. Of God’s Purpose of Grace

Election is the eternal purpose of God according to which he graciously regenerates, sanctifies, and saves sinners. Being perfectly consistent with the free agency of man, it encompasses all the means in connection with the end. It is a most glorious display of God's sovereign goodness, being infinitely free, wise, holy and unchangeable. It utterly excludes boasting, and promotes humility, love, prayer, praise, trust in God, and active imitation of his free mercy. It encourages the use of means in the highest degree. It may be ascertained by its effects in all who truly believe the gospel. It is the foundation of Christian assurance. To ascertain it with regard to ourselves demands and deserves the utmost diligence.  

X. Of Sanctification

Sanctification is the process by which, according to the will of God, we are made partakers of his holiness. It is a progressive work, begun in regeneration and carried on in the hearts of believers by the presence and power of the Holy Spirit, the Sealer and Comforter, in the continual use of the appointed means especially the Word of God, self-examination, self-denial, watchfulness, and prayer. 

XI. Of Preservation of the Saints 

All genuine believers endure unto the end. Their persevering attachment to Christ is the grand mark which distinguishes them from superficial professors. A special preserving providence watches over their welfare, and they are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation. 

XII. Of the Harmony of the Law and the Gospel

The law of God is the eternal and unchangeable rule of his moral government. It is holy, just, and good. The inability which the scriptures ascribe to fallen men to fulfill its precepts arises entirely from their love of sin. To deliver them from that love and to restore them through a Mediator to unfeigned obedience to the holy law, is one great end of the gospel. The local church’s means of grace share this great end.

XIII. Of a Gospel Church 

A local church of Christ is a congregation of baptized believers, associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel; observing the ordinances of Christ; governed by his laws; and exercising the gifts, rights, and privileges invested in them by his word. Their only scriptural officers are pastors (also called elders and overseers) and deacons whose qualifications, claims, and duties are defined in the Epistles to Timothy and Titus. 

XIV. Of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper

Christian baptism is the immersion in water of a believer into the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It publicly displays in a solemn and beautiful emblem our faith in the crucified, buried, and risen Saviour and our union with him in our death to sin and resurrection to a new life. Baptism is a prerequisite to the privileges of a church membership, and to the Lord's Supper. In the Lord’s Supper the members of the church by the sacred use of bread and wine are to commemorate together the dying love of Christ preceded always by solemn self-examination. 

XV. Of the The Lord’s Day

The first day of the week is the Lord’s Day. It commemorates Sunday as the day Jesus rose from the dead, and it is fitting that it be kept sacred to religious purposes by the devout observance of all the means of grace, both private and public. Jesus’s new covenant people have entered the Sabbath rest that Jesus secured and will fully enter that rest in the future.

XVI. Of the Civil Government

Civil government is of divine appointment for the interests and good order of human society. Magistrates are to be prayed for, conscientiously honored, and obeyed; except only in things opposed to the will of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the only Lord of the conscience, and the Prince of the kings of the earth. 

XVII. Of the Righteous and the Wicked

There is a radical and essential difference between the righteous and the wicked. Only those who are justified through faith in the name of the Lord Jesus and sanctified by the Spirit of our God are truly righteous in his esteem. All who continue in impenitence and unbelief are in his sight wicked and under the curse. This distinction holds among men both in and after death. 

XVIII. Of the World to Come 

The end of the world is approaching. At the Last Day Christ will descend from heaven and raise the dead from the grave to final retribution. A solemn separation will then take place: the wicked will be condemned to endless punishment and the righteous to endless joy. This judgment will fix forever the final state of men in heaven or hell on principles of righteousness.