Our Beliefs
Synonymous with "Statement of Faith" or "Doctrinal Position"

​BCA is composed of the following beliefs:
The Scriptures

• The Godhead
• The Lord, Jesus Christ
• The Holy Spirit
• Man
• Salvation
• Future Things

The Scriptures
We believe

• the Bible, in its entirety, to be the Word of God.
  
• that it is the infallible rule of faith and conduct.

The Godhead
We believe that

• the Godhead exists in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
  
• these three Persons are one God, having precisely the same nature, attributes, and perfection.

The Lord, Jesus Christ
We believe in

• His eternal existence as God.
  
• His Incarnation and Virgin Birth.
  
• His death on the cross, as the substitutionary atonement for sin.
  
• His literal, bodily resurrection from the dead.
  
• His present ministry of intercession in Heaven.
  
• His personal, future return to earth.

The Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit, the Third Person of the Godhead 

• convicts men of sin, and with salvation regenerates, baptizes, indwells, seals, and bestows spiritual gifts.
  
• empowers believers day by day.
  
• is the teacher of the Work of God, and the Guide for daily living.

  
Man
We believe that

• man was originally created in the image of God.
  
• Adam fell through the sin of disobedience, and therefore...
  
• all mankind needs redemption.

Salvation
We believe that

• salvation is by grace, a free gift from God apart from any work of  man.
  
• salvation requires repentance, a turning from one's own way to God's way.
  
• salvation is through personal faith in the Lord, Jesus Christ.
  
• all who receive Jesus Christ are regenerated by the Holy Spirit, and become the children of God.
  
• true salvation will be manifested by a changed life.

​Future Things
We believe in

• the personal, visible, bodily return of Jesus Christ to earth.
  
• the bodily resurrection of the just to an eternal abode in the presence of God.
  
• the bodily resurrection of the unjust to judgment and everlasting punishment.