Scripture:
We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God, inerrant in the original writings. [II Timothy 3:16, 2 Peter 1:21]
“So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!”” [2 Corinthians 5:20 NLT]
“Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”” [Matthew 28:19-20 NLT]
God:
We believe that there is one God, eternally existing in three Persons of the Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. [Isaiah 44:6, John 17:3, Ephesians 1:2-3, Matthew 1:20-21, John 8:58, Hebrews 9:14]
We believe God created the entire universe ex nihilo (“out of nothing”) and man from the dust of the earth to be a special creature bearing His image. [Genesis 1:1, Isaiah 40:25-26, Hebrews 1:10, Colossians 1:16]
We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His substitutionary atoning death through His shed blood, His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and His visible, personal return in power and glory. [John 1:1, Colossians 2:9, Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23, Hebrews 4:15, I Peter 2:24, Luke 24:15, 34-39, John 20:14, John 14:3, Revelation 1:7]
We believe in the Holy Spirit came forth to convict the world of sin and empowers believers for ministry, witness, and service. We believe the Holy Spirit indwells every believer and that He is our abiding Helper, Teacher and Guide. [John 3:5-8, Titus 3:5, Ephesians 1:13-14, Acts 1:8, John 20:22, I Corinthians 6:19, John 16:13, Romans 12, Ephesians 4]
Man:
We believe that mankind is sinful by nature and choice and therefore is under condemnation. God regenerates mankind through the Holy Spirit and forgives those who repent of their sins and confess Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Outside of Christ’s redemption, mankind is utterly guilty and corrupt before a Holy God. It is only through the present ministry and indwelling of the Holy Spirit that a Christian is enabled to live a godly life. [Genesis 4:7, Joshua 24:15, Romans 3:23, 5:12, 6:23, 8:9 & 14, 10:9-11, John 3:5-8, I John 1:9, I Corinthians 6:19, Galatians 5:16-25]
We believe in the bodily resurrection of both the saved and the unsaved; the final judgment and eternal blessing of the righteous and the endless suffering of the wicked. [John 5:24-29]
The Church:
We believe in the spiritual unity of all true believers in our Lord Jesus Christ, called the body of Christ. [John 17:11, 22, Romans 12:4-5, Galatians 3:28]
