Our Core Beliefs

We believe that the Bible is the written revelation of God, complete and sufficient in every aspect. We believe that the Scriptures are "breathed out by God" and are therefore fully authoritative in and of themselves; they do not base their authority on any church, council, or creed, but are authoritative simply because they are the Word of God.  (2 Tim. 3:15-17)

We believe in one God, Creator of all things, holy, infinitely perfect, and eternally existing in a loving unity of three equally divine persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Having limitless knowledge and sovereign power, God has graciously purposed from eternity to redeem a people for himself and to make all things new for his own glory.

We believe that the Bible teaches there is only one God, who subsists in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Each person is fully and completely God. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit have eternally existed in the relationship described by the term "Trinity."

Man is the special creation of God, made in His own image and likeness, male and female. The Bible teaches only two genders.
Man was appointed as God’s representative on earth and ruler over His creation. He was created without sin, but sinned by his own choice. As a result, man in his natural state cannot save himself nor choose God by his own strength. The consequences of the fall are: shame, fear, loss of fellowship with God, physical death, enmity with God, and slavery to sin.

We believe that God, in His sovereign grace and mercy, regenerates sinful men by the power of the Holy Spirit, apart from any action of their own, bringing them into new life. God grants them the gifts of faith and repentance, which they then exercise by believing in Christ and turning from their sins out of love for God. As a result of this faith, based upon the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ, God justifies or counts as righteous the person who believes. God’s gift of faith, and the ongoing work of the Holy Spirit in the lives of the believers, results in good works. These good works spring from true, saving faith; they are a necessary result of faith, but must not be considered necessary to earn justification, which is given by God's grace through faith alone, so that no man may boast.  (Ephesians 2:8).

We believe that Jesus Christ established His church, which is composed of all God's people. His church, as an obedient bride, listens to His Word as found in the Bible. All who believe in Christ are placed into His body, the church. Local expressions of the church are very important, and every believer should be actively involved in such a fellowship.

We believe that Christ is returning to judge the living and the dead.  Until His return, believers must live their lives in such a way that they bring glory to God through Jesus Christ.  The church must be busy doing the work of preaching the gospel (in word and in deed) and making disciples, proclaiming the pure Gospel of Christ by teaching the Word of God.