GOD
We believe in one God, the creator and sustainer of all. He is eternally existant as a holy trinity of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit without division of essence or being.
JESUS
We believe in the deity and humanity of Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death, in His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the right hand of God, and in His imminent personal return in power and glory.
We believe in the deity and humanity of Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death, in His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the right hand of God, and in His imminent personal return in power and glory.
THE HOLY SPIRIT
We believe in the person of the Holy Spirit of God the Father and God the Son, and that His ministry is to reveal Christ to people, convict of sin, regenerate repentant sinners and, by His presence and power, to sanctify the lives of the redeemed.
We believe in the person of the Holy Spirit of God the Father and God the Son, and that His ministry is to reveal Christ to people, convict of sin, regenerate repentant sinners and, by His presence and power, to sanctify the lives of the redeemed.
THE BIBLE
We believe the Bible, composed of the Old and New Testaments, is God's inspired and infallible Word, and is the supreme standard and final authority for all conduct, faith, and doctrine.
We believe the Bible, composed of the Old and New Testaments, is God's inspired and infallible Word, and is the supreme standard and final authority for all conduct, faith, and doctrine.
HUMAN BEINGS
We believe that human beings are created in the image of God as His supreme work and as such have infinite worth and dignity, but by willful transgression became sinful and justly fell under the condemnation and wrath of almighty God.
We believe that human beings are created in the image of God as His supreme work and as such have infinite worth and dignity, but by willful transgression became sinful and justly fell under the condemnation and wrath of almighty God.
MARRIAGE AND SEXUALITY
We believe that God gave marriage and family as the foundation of human society. A family is persons related to one another by marriage, blood, or adoption. Marriage is one man and one woman united in covenant commitment for life. We believe that God intends sexual intimacy to occur only between a man and a woman who are married to each other. While we believe that all people deserve love and compassion, and that God offers redemption and restoration for all who confess and forsake their sin through faith in Jesus Christ, we are convinced from the Scriptures that any form of sexual behavior outside of a marriage between a man and a woman, such as adultery, fornication, homosexual or bisexual conduct, incest, pornography, or gender re-assignment is sinful and offensive to our Creator.
SALVATION
We believe that the only salvation from sin's guilt and condemnation is through repentance and faith in the righteousness and atonement of the Lord Jesus, and that this salvation is the free gift of God's love and grace.
We believe that the only salvation from sin's guilt and condemnation is through repentance and faith in the righteousness and atonement of the Lord Jesus, and that this salvation is the free gift of God's love and grace.
ETERNAL SECURITY
We believe that because the believer is laid hold of and kept by the power of God and not by self-effort, and because salvation grants eternal life, the true believer is secure in that salvation for eternity and can never be lost again.
We believe that because the believer is laid hold of and kept by the power of God and not by self-effort, and because salvation grants eternal life, the true believer is secure in that salvation for eternity and can never be lost again.
THE CHURCH
We believe that a New Testament church is a body of baptized believers committed to the New Testament teachings of Christ, associated for evangelism, worship, fellowship, discipleship, and ministry. Its ordinances are baptism and communion. It's officers are pastors (in Scripture called "elders or overseers") and deacons.
We believe that a New Testament church is a body of baptized believers committed to the New Testament teachings of Christ, associated for evangelism, worship, fellowship, discipleship, and ministry. Its ordinances are baptism and communion. It's officers are pastors (in Scripture called "elders or overseers") and deacons.
BAPTISM AND COMMUNION
We believe baptism is only to be administered upon profession of faith in Christ, by immersion, declaring faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Lord; that communion is only for believers and is in remembrance of the Lord's death until He comes.
We believe baptism is only to be administered upon profession of faith in Christ, by immersion, declaring faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Lord; that communion is only for believers and is in remembrance of the Lord's death until He comes.
CHRIST'S RETURN
We believe that, according to His promise, Jesus will return personally and visibly in glory to the earth and that, associated with His return, there will be a resurrection of the just and the unjust, the just to be with Him in eternal blessing, the unjust to be separated from Him in eternal condemnation.
We believe that, according to His promise, Jesus will return personally and visibly in glory to the earth and that, associated with His return, there will be a resurrection of the just and the unjust, the just to be with Him in eternal blessing, the unjust to be separated from Him in eternal condemnation.
