What We Believe

"What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us." - A.W. Tozer

Statement of Faith

God - The Trinity

God is manifest as Father, Son (Jesus Christ), and Spirit. These three act individually yet cooperatively in creation, sustaining of the universe, and reconciling relationships between God and Man, Man to Man, and Man to God's Creation.

God the Father

We believe in God the Father, and infinite Spirit, perfect in love, holiness, justice and grace. We believe He is all-knowing and all-powerful. We believe He created humankind to be in relationship with Him, that He is involved in and cares for the lives of humans, that He hears and answers their prayers, and offers salvation from sin and death through Jesus Christ.
(Luke 10:21-22; Matthew 23:9; John 3:16; Romans 1:7; 1 Timothy 1:12; 1 Peter 1:3; Revelation 1:6)

Jesus The Son

We believe that Jesus is the Son of God, sent by God to become human. He was together with the Father and the Holy Spirit from before time, and through Him all things were made. We believe in His virgin birth, sinless life, miracles and teachings on earth. We believe that He suffered in our place on the cross, and through His death, paid for all of our sin. We believe in His resurrection and ascension to the right hand of God and will one day return in power and glory.
(Matthew 1:23; John 1:1-7; Acts 1:8; Ephesians 1:18-22; Acts 1:11; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; Philippians 2:5-11; Hebrews 1:1-4)

Holy Spirit

We believe that God the Spirit was sent by the Father to glorify Jesus Christ. He convicts of sin, creates righteousness, and warns of judgment. By his powerful work, He regenerates spiritually dead sinners through the Gospel, awakening them to repentance and faith. In Him, they are baptized into union with Christ and His body, the Church. By the Spirit's power, believers understand the Bible, are sanctified, comforted, and adopted into God's family and gifted for service. God the Spirit indwells and fills each believer for godly living and is the seal of their promised inheritance.
(Genesis 1:2; Matthew 28:19; Luke 4:21-22; John 15:26, 14:26; Acts 13:1-3; 1 Corinthians 2:10; Romans 8:16; Ephesians 6:17; 2 Corinthians 1:21-22)

Scripture

We affirm that the Bible is the inspired Word of God, Scripture written by holy men of old as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. It contains history, poetry, and practical guidelines for life. It is accurate, authoritative, infallible and applicable to our everyday lives. It is best understood in the context and culture in which it was written.
(Deuteronomy: 1-2; Psalm 119:11, 89, 105; Isaiah 40:8; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; 1 Peter 1:24, 25; 2 Peter 1:20-21)

Man

We believe that mankind was made in the image of God as male and female. God created Him in His own image, good and without sin. Because of Adam's sin, man became separated from God. We believe that Jesus Christ is the only way of reconciliation with God. Through repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ man is made new by the Holy Spirit. We believe that God has a perfect plan for human sexuality - it is to be expressed within the context of marriage, as God create man and woman unique biological persons, designed for each other. God instituted the monogamous marriage between male and female as the foundation of the family and the basic structure of society. We believe that marriage is exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female.
(Luke 24:46-47; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23, 6:23; 2 Corinthians 5:10-11; Ephesians 1:7; 5:21-30; 1 Peter 3:1-7; Titus 4:7)

Church

The word church figuratively refers to all who follow Jesus, as well as local congregations and the buildings in which they gather. Gatherings of believers should be safe places where fellowship and growth can happen. Christ charged the church to, love God and neighbor (on these two principles hang all others); go among all people, teaching and exemplifying his way in order to establish His Kingdom.
(Matthew 16:18; Ephesians 5:23; Revelation 2:1-3:22; Corinthians 6:15; 12:27; Ephesians 4:11-12; Matthew 13:38; Mark 16:15; John 3:16; 2 Corinthians 5:19)

Baptism and the Lord's Supper

The Word of God directs the church to participate in two ordinances of the Lord Jesus Christ. The first, baptism, is the outward sign of what God has already done in the individual's life and is a testimony to all the person now belongs to Jesus. Through baptism he identifies with Jesus' death, burial and resurrection, and is administered in the name of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The Lord's Supper is a commemoration of the death of the Lord and done in remembrance of Him until He comes again. It is a sign of our participation in Him. Both ordinances are restricted to believers.
(Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 2:36-47, 10:47-48, 18:8; 1 Corinthians 1:16-17; Hebrews 9:12, 25-28; 1 John 2:1-2)

Satan

Satan is the arch enemy of God, all creation and all people, including the Church. He rebelled against God, desiring to be equal with God. God cast him out of heaven to earth, and toward the end of time He will cast into the eternal lake of fire. In the meantime, he is at war with God's people. His goal is to kill, steal and destroy. He seeks to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
(Isaiah 14:12-15; John 10:10; Mark 13:21-22; Revelation 20:10; Matthew 4:1-10)

The Future

We affirm the bodily, personal second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, the resurrection of the Saints, the millennium and the final judgment. The final judgment will determine the eternal status of both the saints and the unbelievers, determined by their relationship to Jesus Christ. We believe in the final establishment of the new heavens and the new earth.
(Daniel 12:1-3; Matthew 24; John 5:24-29; Acts 1:11; 1 Corinthians 15:1-58; 2 Corinthians 5:1-10; 1 Thessalonians 1:13-18; Revelation 19:6-9, 20:4-5, 21:1-27, 22:1)