We believe:

All Scripture is verbally inspired as originally written and therefore infallible and inerrant. The Bible IS the Word of God. We do not accept the misleading statement, "The Bible contains the Word of God".

(2 Peter 1:21; 2 Timothy 3:16)

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There is one living and true God who exists in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The Father is God; the Son is God; the Holy Spirit is God.

(Matthew 28:19; Ephesians 4:4-6; John 14:16-17; 2 Corinthians 13:14) 

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Satan is a created being, a Fallen Angel, under God the Father's authority, ruler of the world by God's permission at present and destined to be eternally judged. All men inherit a depraved nature and are lost sinners in need of salvation.

(Romans 3:23; Psalm 51:5; Isaiah 53:6)

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The Lord Jesus Christ was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin.

(Matthew 1:20-21; Luke 1:35; Isaiah 7:14)

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God has provided salvation by offering His sinless Son on the cross of Calvary and accepting His shed blood as the atonement for our sins.

(2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Timothy 1:15; 2 Peter 2:1-2)

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Jesus rose bodily from the dead and ascended unto God the Father at Whose right hand He sits interceding for the Saints.

(Acts 1:9-11; Hebrews 9:24)

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We are saved and justified when we recognize ourselves as sinners and believe in Jesus as the Son of God and in His completed and perfect redemptive work. Salvation is by grace through faith alone. 

(2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Timothy 1:15; 2 Peter 2:1-2; Colossians 1:14; Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans 5:8-10)

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Once saved, we cannot be lost. We are eternally secure in Jesus.

(John 10:28-29)

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Jesus will return with the "dead in Christ" whose bodies will be resurrected first and for those believers who are alive at His coming. His coming is known as the Rapture. This resurrection precedes the Tribulation and His subsequent second coming for a one thousand year rule on the earth.

(1 Thessalonians 4:14-15; 1 Corinthians 15:51-56)

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All the saved will enter into eternal blessedness and all other mankind into eternal punishment.

(Acts 24:14-15; John 5:28-29; Luke 16:19-31; Revelation 20:12-15; 21:8)

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The Baptism of the Holy Spirit takes place at the time of conversion and is God's work of placing the believer into Christ. It is not a "second work of grace". It differs from the "filling of the Holy Spirit", an ongoing process in the believer's life. Neither of these aspects of the Holy Spirit's presence is accompanied by unusual signs such as "speaking in tongues".

(1 Corinthians 12:1-13; 14:21-22)

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Water baptism does not secure or complete salvation. It is an outer testimony of God's inner work of salvation. We baptize by immersion.

(Romans 6:3-4)

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The Lord's Supper is a memorial of Jesus' death and the elements are symbols of His body and blood. All believers are invited to participate in our regular memorial of the Lord's Supper.

(1 Corinthians 11:23-32)

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The grace of God teaches us "to live soberly, righteously, godly".

(Ephesians 2:10; 5:25-26; John 17:17; Galatians 5:16)

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THIS DOCTRINAL STATEMENT IS NOT MEANT TO BE A FULL OR ADEQUATE EXPRESSION OF THE BELIEFS OF

LAKE COUNTRY BIBLE CHURCH, BUT TO PROVIDE A TOOL TO AID THE ELDER BOARD IN SELECTING DOCTRINALLY SOUND TEACHERS AND LEADERS AND TO ANSWER THOSE WHO MIGHT ASK THE BASIC DOCTRINAL TEACHINGS EMBRACED BY THIS BODY.