We strive to be the church described in the New Testament

It is our purpose to be completely identified with the Christians of the first century. We believe this to be possible to all who will learn, believe and be guided by the plain teaching of the word of God. Jesus declared such to be "the seed of the kingdom" (Luke 8:11). A fundamental truth in nature is that a specific kind of seed, when planted, will always produce after its kind. For example, wheat will always produce wheat; corn will always produce corn. In a like manner the word of God, when planted in the hearts of honest people, and obeyed, will produce Christians just as it did in the first century - nothing more, nothing less. We are human, and therefore subject to error. Thus, we recognize the possibility that we may be wrong in our application of the scriptures. If we can be shown, by scripture, where we are wrong, we are willing and anxious to change.

Our Plea For Unity

We plead for unity among all who obediently respond to the doctrines and commandments given in the New Testament. Such is in harmony with the prayer of Jesus and the pleading of the apostles (John 17:20-21; 1 Corinthians 1:10; Ephesians 4:1-6). We consider such unity to be possible or Jesus would not have prayed for it. We also note that unity and love for each other ws a mark of discipleship in the early churches (John 13:34-35; Acts 2: 44,46; 4:32). And since division has always been the result of departure from "the faith which was once delivered unto the saints" (Jude 3), we believe division can be healed by a return to the revealed truth of God's word. For this we plead.