Cornerstone Beliefs

The outline of Faith which this Church shall embrace, preach, and defend is specifically set forth in that document known as the Message of the Brethren Ministry, which follows:
(1) Our Mottos: The Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible.
(2) The authority and integrity of the Holy Scriptures. The Ministry of the Brethren Church desires to bear testimony to the belief that God's supreme revelation has been made through Jesus Christ, a complete and authentic record of which revelation is the New Testament; and to the belief that the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as originally given, are the infallible record of the per­fect, final and authoritative revelation of God's will, altogether sufficient in themselves as a rule of faith and practice.
(3) We understand the basic content of our doctrinal preaching and teaching to be:
1. The Pre-Existence, Deity, and Incarnation by Virgin Birth of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
2. The Fall of Man, his consequent spiritual death and utter sinfulness, and the necessity of his New Birth.
3. The Vicarious Atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ through the shedding of His Own blood.
4. The Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ in the body in which He suffered and died, and His subsequent Glorification at the right hand of God.
5. Justification by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ of which obedience to the will of God and works of righteousness are the evidence and result; the resur­rection of the dead, the judgment of the world, and the life everlasting of the just.
6. The Personality and Deity of the Holy Spirit who indwells the Christian and is his Comforter and Guide.
7. The personal and Visible Return of our Lord Jesus Christ from Heaven as King of Kings and Lord of Lords, the glorious goal for which we are taught to watch, wait and pray.
8. The Christian should be "not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind"; should not engage in carnal strife and should "swear not at all".
9. The Christian should observe as his duty and privilege, the ordinances of our Lord Jesus Christ, among which are (a) Baptism of believers by Trine immersion; (b) Confirma­tion; (c) the Lord's Supper (d) the Communion of the Bread and Wine; (e) the Washing of the Saint's feet; and (f) the Anointing of the sick with oil.