WE BELIEVE in the authority
of all sixty-six books of the Bible as the
infallible, inerrant Word of God. The
Bible is the ultimate source for knowledge
about God, the only source for redemptive
truth, and the definitive guide for our
daily lives.
WE BELIEVE in the Trinity.
There is one God revealed in three distinct
persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Each person of the Trinity is equal with one
another and has existed for all eternity in
loving relationship with each other.
The triune God is self-existent, unchanging,
all-powerful, everywhere-present,
all-knowing, holy, righteous, just and
loving. God is spirit and is to be
worshiped in spirit and in truth. We
are in reverent awe of His wisdom, glory,
and majesty.
WE BELIEVE God directly
created the universe from nothing and
sovereignly rules over His creation,
including both human and angelic beings.
We believe that God is transcendent yet
immanently involved with His creation.
WE BELIEVE Jesus Christ was
sent by the Father, conceived by the Holy
Spirit, born of a virgin, lived a sinless
life, and performed miracles. Jesus
Christ will remain both fully God and fully
man in His person forever.
WE BELIEVE in Jesus
Christ’s bodily resurrection, ascension to
the right hand of the Father, and second
coming for His church and to bring judgment
upon the world.
WE BELIEVE that man is a
spiritual and physical being. We are
made in the image of God endowed with an
invisible, inner likeness to Him. We
are unique among His creation. Because
of the fall of Adam, humanity is born in sin
and has suffered loss of fellowship with
God.
WE BELIEVE that man is
destined to die once and after that to face
judgment.
WE BELIEVE in the
immortality of the human soul and the bodily
resurrection of humanity unto life or unto
death. A literal, eternal heaven for
the redeemed and a literal, eternal hell for
the lost.
WE BELIEVE Jesus Christ
provided salvation by dying physically on
the cross in our place, the just for the
unjust. By Christ’s finished work on
the cross we have restoration of fellowship
with God.
WE BELIEVE that man is
saved by grace alone, through faith &
repentance alone,
in Christ alone. Salvation is
completely the free gift of God that cannot
be earned or merited by any human effort
whatsoever. Moreover, no person can
earn his salvation by taking part in any
church sacrament, ceremony, custom, or
activity. Let us be clear here.
While church sacraments such as water
baptism and communion are important to
Christ and His Church, they do not in anyway
have the capacity to save anyone by
mechanically performing them. However,
works and deeds performed under the power
and guidance of the Holy Spirit are the
supernatural outworking of faith in Christ
that has been freely given to the Christian
by God. Thus, we are saved unto
good works; we do not work for our
salvation but from it.
WE BELIEVE that the person
of the Holy Spirit imparts new spiritual
life and indwells each believer at the
moment of salvation. Throughout our
Christian life on earth we experience His
infilling, empowering, and gifting for
victorious Christian living and ministry.
There are different kinds of gifts, but the
same Spirit.
WE BELIEVE that the church
is God’s ordained institution headed by
Christ. The church is composed of all
believers, and is organized for worship, for
fellowship, for the administration of the
sacraments, for spiritual growth and
support, and for evangelizing the world in
grace and truth.