CIBC Statement of Faith
We believe:

• That the King James "Authorized Version" Bible is the perfect and infallible Word of God. The Bible was inspired in its origination and then divinely preserved throughout its various generations and languages until it reached us in its final form. By this we mean that the Authorized Version preserves the very words of God in the form in which He wished them to be represented in the universal language of these last days: English. The Bible supersedes any extant Greek or Hebrew text, including any future extant texts. 2 Timothy 3:16, Psalm 12:6-7, 1 Peter 1:23-25, Proverbs 21:1, Isaiah 55:11
• That salvation is by grace alone through faith alone in the blood of Jesus Christ shed at Calvary and placed by the Lord on the mercy seat in heaven. Ephesians 2:8-9, Revelation 1:5, Hebrews 9:12, Hebrews 9:23-25
• That a person becomes a member of the body of Christ at the moment of salvation through the baptism of the Holy Ghost. 1 Corinthians 12:13, Galatians 3:26-28
• That believers should be immersed in water after being saved. Such believer's baptism is an ordinance but is not a means of grace. Also, we believe the other ordinance to be the Lord's Supper or Communion. This is also a memorial, and not a means of grace. Acts 8:36-37, 1 Peter 3:21, 1 Corinthians 11:24-26
• In a premillennial, pretribulational translation or rapture of the entire Church. 1Thessalonians 4:13-18, Revelation 4:1-2, 1 Corinthians 15:51-52
• The miracle signs belong primarily to Israel, dispensationally speaking, and that these signs as practiced by the Charismatics and Apostolics are exercised mainly in the flesh, are often fraudulent, and are other times the direct work of devils. 1 Corinthians 1:22, Psalm 74:9, John 20:30-31, 2 Thessalonians 2:7-11
• That a depraved and sinful nature and a naturally dead spirit does not hinder man from being a free moral agent who is capable and expected by God to will and believe and respond to the admonitions of the Gospel. Men are free to reject God’s grace in providing a free salvation. Further, Jesus Christ died for “all” without exception. 1 Timothy 2:4, 2 Peter 3:9, Acts 17:30, 1 John 2:2, Acts 7:51
• A man is secured in his salvation eternally and unconditionally at the moment he believes. This condition is secured by the numerous irreversible works of God and the Holy Ghost. 1 Peter 1:3-5, Colossians 3:3-4, Ephesians 1:13-14, 1 Corinthians 3:13-15
• That the saints should be separate from the world as pilgrims and sojourners, that the world is evil in its nature and that Satan is its primary god and governor. 2 Corinthians 6:17, 1 Peter 2:11, 1 John 2:15-16, 2 Corinthians 4:4, Ephesians 2:2
• In the active and vigorous pursuit of lost sinners by street preaching, tract distribution, door-to-door witnessing and any other reasonable and appropriate methods of sowing the seed of the Word of God. Proverbs 11:30, Jude 1:22-23, Acts 5:42, Luke 14:23, 2 Tim 4:2-3, Colossians 1:28, 2 Corinthians 5:11
• The trinitarian doctrine of the Godhead and therefore believe Jesus Christ to be not only the Son of God but also God Himself, the image of God, God manifest in the flesh. We also believe that the Holy Ghost is the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Christ, and God Himself. 1 John 5:7, Colossians 2:9, John 1:1, Isaiah 9:6
• In a literal, hot, burning Hell and a future eternal Lake of Fire where the enemies of God will suffer in torments without end for eternity. Matthew 13:49-50, Matthew 25:46, Revelation 14:11, Revelation 20:14

We are not:

• Arminian
• Calvinist
• Hyper-Dispensational
• Baptist Brider
• Charismatic