GREAT BEGINNINGS DOCTRINAL STATEMENT
Our foundational truths are held in common with evangelical Christians; our basis of fellowship being the oneness of heart and mind in all things of the Lord and adherence of the historic Christian faith expressed as follows:
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The Bible, which is verbally inspired by the Holy Spirit and inerrant in the original manuscripts and is the infallible and authoritative Word of God.
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The Triune Godhead in Three Person - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
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The personality of Satan, called the devil, and his present control over unregenerate mankind.
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The fall and lost estate of man, whose total depravity makes necessary the new birth.
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The deity of Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, sinless life, death, bodily resurrection, present exaltation at God's right hand, and personal and imminent return.
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The atonement by the substitutionary death and shed blood of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.
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The resurrection of the saved unto everlasting life and blessedness in Heaven, and the resurrection of the unsaved unto everlasting punishment in Hell.
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The Church, the Body or Bride of Christ, consisting only of those who are born again, for whom He now makes intercession in heaven and of whom he shall come again.
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Christ's commission to the Church to go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.