The fundamental teachings of City Bible Church are reflected in the following, clear statements:
- We
believe in the plenary-verbal inspiration of the accepted canon of the
Scriptures as originally given and that they are infallibly and
uniquely authoritative and free from error of any sort in all matters
with which they deal, including scientific and historical as well as
moral and theological (II Tim 3:16; I Cor 2:13).
- We believe in the Eternal God-head who has revealed Himself
as ONE God existing in THREE persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit;
distinguishable but indivisible (Matt 28:19; II Cor 13:14).
- We believe in the literal, special creation of the existing
space-time universe and all of its basic systems as indicated in
Genesis.
- We believe in the full historicity and perspicuity of the
Biblical record of primeval history, including the literal existence of
Adam and Eve as the progenitors of all people, the literal fall and
resultant divine curse on the creation, the worldwide cataclysmic
deluge, and the origin of nations and languages at the tower of Babel
(Gen 1-11).
- We believe in the creation, test and fall of man as recorded
in Genesis; his total spiritual depravity and inability to attain to
divine righteousness (Rom 5:12,18).
- We believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of men,
conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, very God and
very man (Luke 1:26-35; John 1:18; Isa 7:14; 9:6).
- We believe Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose
again the third day, and personally appeared to His disciples (I Cor
15:1-8; Rom 4:25).
- We believe in the bodily ascension of Jesus to heaven, His
exaltation and personal, literal and bodily coming again the second
time for the Church (John 14:2-3; I Thess 4:13-18).
- We believe in the salvation of sinners by grace, through
repentance and faith in the perfect and sufficient work of the cross of
Calvary by which we obtain remission of sins (Eph 2:8-9; Heb 9:12, 22;
Rom 5:11).
- We believe in the necessity of water baptism by immersion in
the name of the Eternal Godhead in order to fulfill the command of
Christ (Mat 28:19; Acts 2:38-39; 19:1-6).
- We believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit as an
experience subsequent to salvation and a distinct aspect of the
Christian foundational experience (Acts 2:1-4; 8:14-17; 19:6).
- We believe in the operation of the gifts of the Spirit as enumerated in I Corinthians 12-14, as manifested in the Early Church.
- We believe in the Spirit-filled life, a life of separation
from the world and perfecting of holiness in the fear of God as an
expression of Christian faith (Eph 5:18; II Cor 6:14; 7:1).
- We believe in the healing of the body by Divine Power, or
Divine healing in its varied aspects as practiced in the Early Church
(Acts 4:30; Rom 8:11; I Cor 12:9; James 5:14).
- We believe in the Table of the Lord, commonly called Communion or the Lord's Supper, for believers (I Cor 11:23-32).
- We believe in eternal life for believers (John 5:24; 3:16) and
eternal punishment for unbelievers (Mark 9:43-48; II Thess 1:9; Rev
20:10-15).
- We believe in the reality and personality of Satan and eternal judgment of Satan and his angels (Matt 25:41; Rev 20:10-15).