Our Beliefs

The Bible
We believe the Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, to be the inspired Word of God. God so superintended the human authors that while they maintained their own individual personalities and writing styles they wrote the very words that God intended. Their original writings were free from error. Further, the Bible is the believer’s only infallible rule for faith and practice (Psalms 19:7-9; 1 Corinthians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; and 2 Peter 1:20, 21).
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The Godhead
We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. These three are identical in essence and equal in power and glory. They possess the same nature, attributes, and perfections, and are worthy of the same worship, confidence, and obedience (Matthew 28:19, 20; Mark 12:29; John 1:1-4; Acts 5:3, 4; and 2 Corinthians 13:14).

The Person and Work of Christ
We believe that Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man without ceasing to be God and was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He came to reveal God to mankind and to redeem our sinful race by giving Himself as a sinless substitutionary sacrifice on the cross of Calvary. His death satisfied God’s righteous judgments against man’s sin. After dying, He was placed in a tomb and was raised from the dead and ascended to the Father’s right hand where He intercedes on the believer’s behalf. Both Old and New Testaments, from beginning to end, testify of Him (Luke 1:34, 35, 24:27; John 1:1, 2, 14, 18; Romans 3:24-26, 8:34; and 1 Corinthians 15:3ff).

The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is the Divine Person who convicts the world of sin, gives eternal life to those who place their trust in Christ, unites all believers to Christ in one body by His baptizing ministry, indwells them permanently, seals them until the day of redemption, fills (controls) those who yield to Him and empowers them for service. He seeks to direct their attention not to themselves, nor to their experience, but to Christ (John 3:5-8, 14:16-17, 16:7-11, 13; Acts 1:8; 1 Corinthians 12:13; and Ephesians 4:30, 5:18).

The Condition of Man
We believe that man was originally created in the image and after the likeness of God, free from sin. He subsequently fell into sin by a voluntary act of personal disobedience to the revealed will of God, lost his spiritual life, and became dead in sins and corrupt in nature. With the exception of Jesus Christ, these effects have been transmitted to the entire human race. As such, everyone is alienated from God and incapable of remedying their lost and depraved condition apart from divine grace and intervention (Genesis 1:26, 3:1-24, 6:5, Psalms 51:5; Jeremiah 17:9; Romans 3:10-18, 5:12; and Ephesians 2:1-3).

The Means of Salvation
We believe that salvation is a gift of God’s grace totally apart from human effort. It is obtained by those who believe in the work of Christ on the cross at Calvary. All who trust in Christ pass from death into life, are forgiven of their sins, accepted by the Father and born into His family by the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit (John 5:24; Ephesians 1:6-7; 2:8-9; Titus 3:5; and 1 Peter 1:23).