† STATEMENT OF FAITH : WHAT WE BELIEVE † The Bible † † We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the verbally inspired Word of God (Matthew 5:18; 2 Timothy 3:16-17). We hold the Bible to be inherent in the original writings, infallible, God-breathed, and the complete and final authority for faith and practice (2 Timothy 3:16-17). The Holy Spirit was the divine author of Scripture (2 Peter 1:21). While still using the individual personalities of the human authors, the Spirit superintended them to insure that they wrote precisely what He wanted written, without error or omission.†