1. The Bible: the Word of God, the sixty-six Books of the Old and New Testament, verbally inspired in all parts, and therefore wholly without error as originally given of God (2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21)

2. The One True God: existing eternally as three persons-the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Luke 3:22; Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14)

3. The Lord Jesus Christ: His preexistence and deity (John 1:1-3), incarnation by virgin birth (John 1:14; Matthew 1:18-23), sinless life Hebrews 4:15), substitution by death (2 Corinthians 5:21), bodily resurrection (Luke 24:36-43), ascension into heaven and present ministry (Hebrews 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 (1 Corinthians 12:13; Romans 8:9); and filling (Ephesians 5:18); to empower for Christian life and service (Ephesians 3:16; Acts 1:8; Galatians 5:22-23)

5. Man: his direct creation in the image of God (Genesis 1:26-28), his subsequent fall into sin resulting in spiritual death (Genesis 3:1-24; Romans 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 (Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5-7; 1Peter 1:18-19)

7. The Church: one true Church, the body and bride of Christ. (Ephesians 1:22-23; 5:25- 32), composed of all true believers of the present age (1 Corinthians 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 (Ephesians 4:11-16)

8. Christian Life: a life of righteousness, good works, and separation unto God from the evil ways of the world. (Romans 12:1-20, manifested by speaking the truth (James 5:12), maintaining the sanctity of the home (Ephesians 5:22-6:4), settling differences between Christians in accordance with the Word of God (1 Corinthians 6:1-8), not engaging in carnal strife but Showing a Christ-like attitude toward all men (Romans 12:17-21), exhibiting the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23), and maintaining a life of prayer (Ephesians 6:18; Philippians 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 immersion (Matthew 28:19), and (2) the communion service (John 13:1-17), the Lord's Supper (1 Corinthians 11:20-22, 33-34; Jude 12) and the communion of the bread and the cup (1 Corinthians 11:23-26)

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

11. Second Coming: the personal. visible, and imminent return of Christ to remove His Church from the earth (1 Thessalonians 1:10; Revelations 3:10), and afterward to descend with the church to establish His millennial kingdom upon the earth (Revelations 19:11- 20:6)

12. Future Life: the conscious existence of the dead. (Philippains 1:21-23; Luke 16:19- 31), the resurrection of the body (John 5:28-29), the judgment and reward of believers (Romans 14:10-12; 2 Corinthians 5:10), the judgement and condemnation of unbelievers (Revelations 20:11-15), the eternal life of the saved (John 3:16), and the eternal punishment of the lost (Matthew 25:46; Revelations 20:15)