What We Believe
The Scriptures:
We believe that the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testament to be the full record of God’s self-disclosure to mankind that was written by men who were divinely inspired by the Holy Spirit and is 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)
The Triune God:
We believe that there is one, and only one, living and true God, eternally existing in perfect unity as three equally and fully divine Persons: The Father, the Son, and Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19-20)
God the Father:
We believe that God the Father created all things in six literal days for His glory according to his own will, through his Son Jesus Christ. (Genesis 1; Revelation 4:11)
God the Son:
We believe that Jesus Christ, the Eternal Son, present in the beginning with God the Father, moved by love and the will of the Father was born of the virgin Mary through the miraculous work of the Holy Spirit; he took on human flesh being fully God and fully man, lived a sinless life on this earth while enduring persecution and pain, died as a sacrifice by shedding his blood as he died on a cross in our place for the redemption for all who place their faith in Him. He arose from the dead three days later, in bodily form and ascended into heaven, where he is seated at the Father’s right hand. (John 1:1,14, 18)
God the Spirit:
We believe that the Holy Spirit, glorifies the Lord Jesus Christ during this age. He convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgement and calls the unsaved to repentance, faith, and dwells within those that confess faith in Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit bestows spiritual gifts to the believer for Christ-like living and service to him. (John 16:8; 13:15; Romans 8: 9-17; Ephesians 1:22; Titus 3:5)
Mankind:
We believe that God created mankind( male and female) in His own image and likeness, to be free of sin, enjoy His fellowship and to give Him glory.
Man was tempted by Satan and in the sovereign plan of God, man freely disobeyed God and brought sin, death and condemnation to all mankind. This sin separated man from God which has caused all of mankind to be in desperate need of a Savior. (Genesis 3:1-6; Romans 1:18, 32; Romans 3:10-19; Romans 5:12)
Salvation:
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died as a sacrifice for our sins according to the Scriptures, as a substitutionary atonement in our place, and that salvation is found in only 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. Genuine faith continues in obedience and love for Jesus Christ with a life that is focused on glorifying God until the end of this life. (Romans 8:37-39; 2 Corinthians 5:21)
The Church:
We believe that once a person places faith in Jesus Christ as Savior, the believer becomes part of the Body of Christ, the one universal church, 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, service to the local body through the development and use of talents and spiritual gifts. (Ephesians 1:22-23; Acts 2:42-46; 1 Corinthians 14:26)
Marriage, Sexuality, and Gender:
We believe that marriage is created by God to be shared between one biological man and one biological woman; this marriage is a lifelong holy covenant that is for the purpose of companionship, sexual intimacy, and procreation. Our created gender, sexuality, and sexual fulfillment are gifts from our Creator.
Men and Women are created in the image of God and stand equal in dignity and worth. God designed our gender that is recognized by our biological sex, as an unchanging reality essential to our identity as male and female. The fall distorted God’s design for gender, but Jesus makes men and women, who differ in complementary and mutually beneficial roles, fellow heirs of God’s eternal grace. (Genesis 1:27-28; Genesis 2:24; Genesis 3:16-19; Matthew 19:4-6; Galatians 3:28; James 3:9; 1 Peter 3:7)