1.  THE BIBLE: The Word of God, the sixty-six Books of the Old and New Testaments,
verbally inspired in all parts, and therefore wholly without error as originally given of God (II
Tim. 3:16; II Peter 1:21). 

2. THE ONE TRUE GOD: existing eternally as three persons – the Father, the Son, and the
Holy Spirit (Luke 3:22; Matt. 28:19; II Cor. 13:14).

3. THE LORD JESUS CHRIST: His pre-existence and deity (John 1:1-3), incarnation by
virgin birth (John 1:14; Matt. 1:18-23), sinless life (Heb. 4:15), substitutionary death (II Cor.
5:21), bodily resurrection (Luke 24:36-43), ascension into heaven and present ministry (Heb.
4:14-16), coming again (Acts 1:11) and ultimate judgment of the living and the dead (2 Tim. 4:1;
1 Pet. 4:5).

4. THE HOLY SPIRIT: His personality (John 16:7-15); and deity (Acts 5:3-4); and His work
in each believer: baptism and indwelling at the moment of regeneration (I Cor. 12:13; Rom. 8:9);
and filling (Eph. 5:18) to empower for Christian life and service (Eph. 3:16; Acts 1:8; Gal.
5:22-23). 

5. MAN: his direct creation in the image of God in two genders, male and female (Gen.
1:26-28), his subsequent fall into sin resulting in spiritual death (Gen. 3:1-24; Rom. 5:12), and
the necessity of the new birth for his salvation (John 3:3-5).

6. SALVATION: a complete and eternal salvation by God’s grace alone, received as the gift of
God through personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and His finished work (Eph. 2:8,-9; Titus
3:5-6; I Peter 1:18-19).

7. THE CHURCH: one true Church, the body and bride of Christ (Eph. 1:22-23; 5:25-32),
composed of all true believers of the present age (I Cor. 12:12-13); and the organization of its
members in local churches for worship, for edification of believers, and for world-wide gospel
witness, each local church being autonomous but cooperating in fellowship and work (Eph.
4:11-16).

8. CHRISTIAN LIFE: a life of righteousness, good works, and separation unto God from the
evil ways of the world (Rom. 12:1-2), manifested by speaking the truth (Eph. 4:25), maintaining
the sanctity of the home (Eph. 5:22-6:4), settling differences between Christians in accordance
with the Word of God (I Cor. 6:1-8), not engaging in carnal strife but showing a Christ-like
attitude toward all men (Rom. 12:17-21), exhibiting the fruit of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22- 23), and
maintaining a life of prayer (Eph. 6:18; Phil. 4:6), including the privilege, when sick, of calling
for the elders of the church to pray and to anoint with oil in the name of the Lord (James
5:13-18). It is our sincere belief that marriage, as ordained by God, is defined as being between
one man who was born (genetically) a male, and one woman who was born (genetically) a
female. No other union will be performed or condoned by the pastors or members of Grace Bible
Church. (Gen.1:26-27, 2:15-24; Matt. 19:3-9; Rom. 1:26-27; 1 Cor. 6:9-10, 7:2).

9. ORDINANCES: The Christian should observe the ordinances of our Lord Jesus Christ,
which are (1) baptism of believers by immersion (Matt. 28:19)1 and (2) the communion service
(I Cor. 11:23-26).

10. SATAN: his existence and personality as the great adversary of God and His people (Rev.
12:1-10), his judgment (John 12:31), and final doom (Rev. 20:10).

11.  SECOND COMING: the personal, visible, and imminent return of Christ to remove His
Church from the earth (I Thess. 4:16-17), and afterward to descend with the Church to establish
His millennial kingdom upon the earth2 (Rev. 19:11-20:6).

12. FUTURE LIFE: the conscious existence of the dead (Phil. 1:21-23; Luke 16:19-31), the
resurrection of the body (John 5:28-29), the judgment and reward of believers (Rom. 14:10-12; II
Cor. 5:10), the judgment and condemnation of unbelievers (Rev. 20:11-15), the eternal life of the
saved (John 3:16), and the eternal punishment of the lost (Matt. 25:46; Rev. 20:15).