Our Beliefs
BIBLE.
We believe the Bible, consisting of 66 books of the Old and New Testament Scriptures in their entirety, is the only divinely inspired, inerrant, objectively true, and authoritative written Word of God. It is the only infallible rule of faith and practice. The divine inspiration of Scripture extends to each word of the original manuscripts, but not to the various copies or translations of Scripture, The Bible should be interpreted literally, grammatically, contextually, and historically. (Deut. 29:29; Matt 5:17; John 10:35;1 Cor. 2:13; 2 Tim. 3:15-17; 2 Pet. 1:21, 3:16)
GOD.
We believe there is only one God, the Creator, who is infinite and personal. He exists eternally in three persons, revealed in Scripture as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. God is holy. God is just. God is all powerfu, all knowing and ever present. He is the source of all that is good and the only rightful object of worship. (Gen 1:1; Deut. 6:4; Job 42:1-2; Ps 96:9, 115:3; Prov. 15:3; Isa 6:3, 43:10-11, 44:6, 45:22, 66:1; Matt. 28:19; John 1:1, 4:24, 5:26, 10:30; Acts 5:3-4; Romans 3:26; 1 Cor. 3:16, 8:4; Heb. 4:13; 1 John 3:20, 4:8-10)
JESUS.
We believe Jesus Christ is God the Son who has neither beginning nor end. He fulfilled numerous prophecies of His coming found in the Old Testament.He was conceived in the flesh by the Holy Spirit, born of a virgin, and is fully God and fully man. Jesus lived a sinless life that perfectly revealed God's love and truth. He died as a propitiation for our sins, was buried, and bodily rose from the dead on the third day. He ascended to heaven where He sits at the right hand of God the Father as our only mediator, high priest, and advocate. (Gen 3:15; Ps. 110:1-4; Isa. 9:1-7, 53:1-12; Mic. 5:2; Matt. 1:20-25; Luke 24:27; John 1:1, 17, 10:30, 14:3-6; Acts 1:11, 4:12; Romans 8:34; 1 Cor. 15:3-5, 20; Col. 1:16-19; Phil. 2:5-11; 1 Tim. 2:5-6; Heb. 1:3, 4:14-15; 1 Pet. 2:22-24; Rev. 1:18)
HOLY SPIRIT.
We believe the Holy Spirit is God. He is the third person of the Trinity and ia a person not a force. The Holy Spirit convicts all people of sin. He calls some to repentance where He indwells, regenerates, and baptizes those who believe into the Body of Christ. He sets them apart to a holy life. He guides them, teaches them, keeps them, and empowers them. The Holy Spirit distributes spiritual gifts to each believer according to His will for building up the church. We believe the primary evidence of the presence and indwelling of the Holy Spirit is the fruit of the Spirit. (John 3:5-8, 16:5-15; Acts 1:8, 5:3-4, 16:7-14; 1 Cor. 2:9-12, 3:16, 12:3-13, 13:8-11; Gal. 5:16-25; Eph. 1:13-14, 5:18; Heb. 2:3-4)
MAN.
We believe that both man (Adam) and woman (Eve) were created in the image of God to enjoy a perfect relationship with Him. Their deliberate disobedience (sin) caused them to fall from their sinless state. As descendants all of humanity lives in a fallen state of disobedience (sin). All people still bear the image of God and have an intrinsic value, but all people are broken image bearers, thus cannot have a perfect saving relationship with God on their own. Only by the grace of God in Jesus Christ, a free gift that can't be earned, can people have restoration. God distinguishes between the sexes, equally valuing men and women, who both reflect His image. God ordained marriage to be between one man and one woman as part of His design. (Gen. 1:26-27, 2:18-25, 3:1-24; Matt. 19:3-9; John 3:16-18, 36; Romans 2:12-16, 5:12-21, 6:23, 7:14-21; Gal. 3:28; Eph. 5:22-23; Col. 3:9-10; Jas. 3:9; Rev. 20:13-15)
SALVATION.
We believe we are saved solely by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ alone. This salvation was purchased by the substitutionary death of Jesus Christ who, by shedding His blood for sin, extends the offer of salvation as a free gift to every person without distinction. God is sovereign over salvation, but each person is fully accountable for his or her response to the offer of salvation (the gospel). The person who accepts the offer and has complete trust in the Lord Jesus Christ as savior is eternally secure. Those who trust have te assurance of salvation guranteed by Christ's victorious resurrection. We believe that upon death those who have trusted in Jesus enter eternal glory and those who have not enter eternal torment. (Matt. 25:46; John 1:12, 3:16, 10:27-28; Acts 16:31, 20:20-21; Romans 3:21-28, 8:31-39, 10:19, 12-15, 17; 1 Cor. 15:3-4, 17-22; Eph. 1:7, 2:4-9; Phil. 1:6; Heb. 2:14; 1 John 2:20)
CHURCH.
We believe that Jesus Christ is the Head of the Church, which is His body, established to bring glory to God. All who have trusted in Christ as Savior and Lord are members of this body. Christians should commit themselves to worship, prayer, instruction, fellowship, stewardship, and service in a local church congregation. The church is responsible for representing Jesus Christ to the world through godly living and evangelism. All believers are commanded to participate in two church ordinances: believers' baptizm, by immersion if possible, and the Lord's Supper. (Matt. 26;26-29; 28:18-20; Acts 2:42; 1 Cor. 12:13; Eph 1:22, 23; 2:19-22; 3:6-10; 4:11-13; 5:23-27; 1 Thess. 2:14; Heb 10:25; 1 Pet. 2:9-10; 1 John 4:17)