1. The Bible: The Word of God, the 66 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 Pet. 1:21).
2. The One True God: Exists eternally as three persons- the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Matt. 28:19; Luke 3:22; II Cor. 13:14).
3. The Lord Jesus Christ: His preexistence and deity (John 1:1-3), incarnation by virgin birth (Matt. 1:18-23; John 1:14), 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), and coming again (Acts 1:11).
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 (Rom. 8:9; I Cor. 12:13); and filling (Eph. 5:18), to empower for Christian life and service (Acts 1:8; Gal. 5:22-23; Eph. 3:16).
5. Man: His direct creation in the image of God (Gen. 1:26-28), his subsequent fall into sin resulting in spiritual death (Gen. 3; 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 3:5-7; 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 the 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 (James 5:12), 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).
9. Ordinances: The Christian should observe the ordinances of our Lord Jesus Christ, which are: 1.) Baptism of believers by triune immersion (Matt. 28:19). 2.) and the communion of the bread and the cup (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 soon to occur return of Christ to remove His Church from the earth (I Thess. 4:16-17) during the tribulation (I Thess. 1:10), and afterward to descend with the Church to establish His millennial kingdom upon the earth (Rev. 19:11-20:6).
12. Future Life: The conscious existence of the dead (Luke 16:19-31; Phil. 1:21-23), 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).