What We Believe
We accept those areas of doctrinal teaching on which, historically, there has been general agreement among all true Christians.
OUR Core Beliefs
Jesus
There is only one eternal, sovereign God who exists in three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of a virgin, and was both fully God and fully man.
Jesus lived a sinless life, taught about the kingdom of God and how God wants us to live in this life.
He died on the cross for the sins of the world, was raised from the dead by the power of the Spirit, and lives today at the right hand of the Father.
Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of a virgin, and was both fully God and fully man.
Jesus lived a sinless life, taught about the kingdom of God and how God wants us to live in this life.
He died on the cross for the sins of the world, was raised from the dead by the power of the Spirit, and lives today at the right hand of the Father.
Salvation
The salvation of all is wholly a work of God's free grace and is not the work, in whole or in part, of human works or goodness or religious ceremony. God imputes His righteousness to those who put their faith in Christ alone for their salvation and thereby justified them in His sight.
It is the privilege of all who are born again of the Spirit to be assured of their salvation from the very moment in which they trust Christ as their Savior. This assurance is not based upon any kind of human merit but is produced by the witness of the Holy Spirit, who confirms in the believer the testimony of God in His written word.
The Holy Spirit has come into the world to reveal and glorify Christ and to apply the saving work of Christ to all people. He convicts and draws sinners to Christ, imparts new life to them, continually indwells them from the moment of spiritual birth, and seals them until the day of redemption. His fullness, power, and control are appropriated in the believer’s life by faith.
All those who are truly born again will seek to live out the teachings of Jesus, summarized by the two greatest commands: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind" and "Love your neighbor as yourself."
It is the privilege of all who are born again of the Spirit to be assured of their salvation from the very moment in which they trust Christ as their Savior. This assurance is not based upon any kind of human merit but is produced by the witness of the Holy Spirit, who confirms in the believer the testimony of God in His written word.
The Holy Spirit has come into the world to reveal and glorify Christ and to apply the saving work of Christ to all people. He convicts and draws sinners to Christ, imparts new life to them, continually indwells them from the moment of spiritual birth, and seals them until the day of redemption. His fullness, power, and control are appropriated in the believer’s life by faith.
All those who are truly born again will seek to live out the teachings of Jesus, summarized by the two greatest commands: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind" and "Love your neighbor as yourself."
The Church
Jesus is coming one day to usher in his final and perfect kingdom on earth. On that day he will judge the living and the dead. All those who believe and obey Jesus will live forever with him in the new heavens and new earth. All those who don’t believe in Jesus will face an irreversible punishment for their sin and rejection of God.
Jesus Christ commanded all believers to proclaim the gospel throughout the world and to make disciples of every nation. The fulfillment of that Great Commission requires that all worldly and personal ambitions be subordinated to a total commitment to God and His Kingdom.
The Bible is inspired by God and is therefore our ultimate and final authority for all matters of faith and practice.
Jesus Christ commanded all believers to proclaim the gospel throughout the world and to make disciples of every nation. The fulfillment of that Great Commission requires that all worldly and personal ambitions be subordinated to a total commitment to God and His Kingdom.
The Bible is inspired by God and is therefore our ultimate and final authority for all matters of faith and practice.
Mankind
All humans have sinned and live with a sin nature, which prevents them from rendering pleasing obedience to God on their own.
All humans, though marred by sin, bear God’s image and are therefore worthy of dignity and honor.
If anyone desires the forgiveness of their sins, they must repent of their sins, believe that Jesus is the Son of God, and they will be forgiven.
All humans, though marred by sin, bear God’s image and are therefore worthy of dignity and honor.
If anyone desires the forgiveness of their sins, they must repent of their sins, believe that Jesus is the Son of God, and they will be forgiven.
Marriage
Scripture teaches that marriage is a sacred covenant between one man and one woman instituted by and publicly entered into before God. God's divine design for marriage is an institution that society, culture or government does not have the liberty to change, amend or define outside of what is in Scripture.