Statement of Faith

  1. We believe in the plenary verbal inspiration and inerrancy of the whole Bible as originally written and that the Bible is the all sufficient rule of faith and practice (Psalms 119:160, 2 Timothy 3:16-17).

  2. We believe in three distinct persons in the triune God:  God the Father; God the Son; and God the Holy Spirit, equal in divine perfection (Matthew 28:19, Romans 1:20).

  3. We believe in the  Genesis account of creation (Genesis 1:1-2).

  4. We believe that Satan is a fallen angel, the arch enemy of God and man, the unholy god of this world and that his destiny is the eternal lake of fire (Isaiah 14:12-15, Ezekiel 28:11-19, Matthew 25:41, 2 Corinthians 4:4, Ephesians 6:10-17, Revelation 20:10).

  5. We believe in the virgin birth and humanity of Jesus Christ (Matthew 1:18-25, Isaiah 7:14).

  6. We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ (John 10:30, Hebrews 1:8-9).

  7. We believe the Holy Spirit is the divine administrator for Jesus Christ in His churches (Luke 23:49, John 14:16-17, John 16:13, Acts 1:4-5, 8).

  8. We believe that miraculous spiritual gifts were done away when the Bible was completed and that only three spiritual gifts remain: faith, hope and love (1 Corinthians 13:8-13, Ephesians 4:7-14).

  9. We believe that man was created in the image of God and lived in innocence until he fell by voluntary transgression from his sinless state, the result being that all mankind are sinners (Genesis 1:26, Genesis 3:6-24, Romans 5:12, 19).

  10. We believe that the suffering and death of Jesus Christ was substitutionary, sufficient and    efficient for all mankind and reject Calvinism and Arminianism (Isaiah 53:6, Hebrews 2:9, 1 Peter 3:18, 2 Peter 3:9, 1 John 2:2).

  11. We believe in the pre-millennial, personal, bodily return of Jesus Christ as the crowning event of the Gentile age.  This event will include the resurrection of the righteous and the marriage of Christ to His bride, the Church.  The millennial reign will be followed by the resurrection of the unrighteous into eternal punishment in the lake of fire (John 14:1-6, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, 2 Thessalonians 2:8, Revelation 19, Revelation 20:4-6, 11-15, Revelation 21:8).

Adopted by Ochoco Missionary Baptist Church February 16th, 2019, Prineville, Oregon