The BIBLE: We believe that the Holy Spirit uniquely, verbally and fully inspired the human authors of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scriptures, the Bible, is the written revelation of God and the sole basis of our beliefs.  We must first determine what the Bible teaches, and then judge our experience by the fixed standard of the written Word of God.  The Bible is the fixed standard and filter through which we establish our life and worldview2.  The Bible is without error3 in the original manuscripts, infallible, and God-breathed4.  We receive the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments as our final, absolute and supreme authority, to be the only perfect rule of faith5 and practice.

2. Psalm 119:1,43; Matthew 5:18

3. Psalm 19:7-9; 119:30,89 & 160; Isaiah 30:8; Matthew 24:35; Luke 16:17; 24:27,44;

1 Thessalonians 2:13; Revelation 22:6

4. 2 Timothy 3:16

5. Isaiah 40:8 & 55:11; John 5:39 & 17:17; Romans 15:4; 1 Corinthians 10:11-12; Hebrews 4:12;

2 Peter 3:15-16

The Old Testament (Covenant) is made up of 39 books.  Gathered as the:

A. Pentateuch (“5 vessels” in Greek) or Torah (“Law” in Hebrew): (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers & Deuteronomy)

B. History (Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1st and 2nd Samuel, 1st and 2nd Kings, 1st and 2nd Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther)

C. Poetry or Wisdom Writings (Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon)

D. Major Prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, and Daniel)

E. Minor Prophets (remaining books)