Our Beliefs
God
We believe in the one living and true God, eternally (John 17:3) existing in perfect unity as three equally and fully divine Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19-20). Each has precisely the same nature, attributes, and being, and is equally worthy of the same glory and honor and obedience . (John 1:1-4; Acts 5:3-4).
The Bible
We believe the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments to be the full record of God’s self-disclosure to mankind. Different men moved along by the Holy Spirit to record God’s very words, inerrant in the original writings. Scripture is fully trustworthy as our final and sufficient authority for all of life.
(2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21)
Humanity
We believe that God created mankind—male and female—in His own image and likeness, free of sin, to glorify Himself and enjoy His fellowship. Tempted by Satan, but in the sovereign plan of God, man freely chose to disobey God, bringing sin, death and condemnation to all mankind. All of mankind is in desperate need of the Savior. (Genesis 3:1-6;Romans 3:10-19; Romans 1:18, 32).
Salvation
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, as the substitutionary atonement in our place, and that salvation is found in none other than Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ’s death on the cross was the sole and complete payment for sins, fully satisfying God’s righteous wrath, for each person that turns from sin in repentance and places their faith in Christ alone by grace alone. At salvation each person is made a new creation by the Holy Spirit, declared righteous before God, and secured as an adopted child of God forever. Genuine faith continues in obedience and love for Jesus Christ with a life eager to glorify God.(Romans 8:37-39; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Corinthians 12:13).
Church
We believe that upon placing one’s faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior, the believer is made part of the Body of Christ, the one universal Church, of which Jesus Christ is the Head. The Scriptures command believers to gather locally in order to devote themselves to worship, prayer, teaching of the Word, fellowship, the ordinances of baptism and communion. (Ephesians 1:22-23; Acts 2:42-46;)
Baptism and Communion
We believe that Christian baptism is a public declaration of the believer’s salvation in Christ, identifying with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection symbolized by immersion in water. The Lord’s Supper is the united commemoration by believers of Christ’s death until He comes and should be preceded by a careful self-examination. (Acts 2:41; Romans 6:3-6;
1 Corinthians 11:20-29).
We believe in the one living and true God, eternally (John 17:3) existing in perfect unity as three equally and fully divine Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19-20). Each has precisely the same nature, attributes, and being, and is equally worthy of the same glory and honor and obedience . (John 1:1-4; Acts 5:3-4).
The Bible
We believe the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments to be the full record of God’s self-disclosure to mankind. Different men moved along by the Holy Spirit to record God’s very words, inerrant in the original writings. Scripture is fully trustworthy as our final and sufficient authority for all of life.
(2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21)
Humanity
We believe that God created mankind—male and female—in His own image and likeness, free of sin, to glorify Himself and enjoy His fellowship. Tempted by Satan, but in the sovereign plan of God, man freely chose to disobey God, bringing sin, death and condemnation to all mankind. All of mankind is in desperate need of the Savior. (Genesis 3:1-6;Romans 3:10-19; Romans 1:18, 32).
Salvation
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, as the substitutionary atonement in our place, and that salvation is found in none other than Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ’s death on the cross was the sole and complete payment for sins, fully satisfying God’s righteous wrath, for each person that turns from sin in repentance and places their faith in Christ alone by grace alone. At salvation each person is made a new creation by the Holy Spirit, declared righteous before God, and secured as an adopted child of God forever. Genuine faith continues in obedience and love for Jesus Christ with a life eager to glorify God.(Romans 8:37-39; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Corinthians 12:13).
Church
We believe that upon placing one’s faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior, the believer is made part of the Body of Christ, the one universal Church, of which Jesus Christ is the Head. The Scriptures command believers to gather locally in order to devote themselves to worship, prayer, teaching of the Word, fellowship, the ordinances of baptism and communion. (Ephesians 1:22-23; Acts 2:42-46;)
Baptism and Communion
We believe that Christian baptism is a public declaration of the believer’s salvation in Christ, identifying with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection symbolized by immersion in water. The Lord’s Supper is the united commemoration by believers of Christ’s death until He comes and should be preceded by a careful self-examination. (Acts 2:41; Romans 6:3-6;
1 Corinthians 11:20-29).