What We Believe
Are these your values?
God the Father
There is one God, the creator and sustainer of all things. He has no beginning and He no end. He is existing eternally in three persons Father, Son, and Holy Spirit who are equal (Deut. 6:4; Matt. 28:19; Heb. 1:1-13; Col. 1:15, 19).
Jesus Christ
We believe that Jesus is fully man and fully God, was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of the virgin Mary. He lived a sinless life and He died on the cross as a sacrifice of our sins. He rose bodily from the dead and ascended into heaven, where He is now our High Priest and Advocate at the right hand of the Father (Luke 2:3-35; Phil. 2:5-8; 1 Cor. 15:1-4; Heb. 1:3).
The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is the Third Person of the God-head Who regenerates (that is, gives new life to anyone who, dead in sins and trespasses, exercises saving faith in Jesus Christ – Rom. 8:11; Jn. 6:63a); indwells (that is, resides in everyone who truly believes in Jesus Christ – Jn. 14:16,17; Rom. 8:9,11,15; 1 Cor. 6:19); baptizes (that is, places every true believer into the Body of Christ, thus joining each believer to Christ in a mystical union – 1 Cor. 12:13; Gal. 3:26,27; Rom. 6:3,4); seals (that is, by the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit in the believer, the divine mark of ownership is eternally placed to indicate that the one indwelt is God’s own eternal possession – Eph. 1:13-14; 4:30); and fills those who believe (that is, empowers those yielded to God in daily conduct and service – 2 Cor. 3:18; Eph. 5:18; Gal. 5:16,33-25; Col. 3:17). The Holy Spirit’s ministry is to glorify God in the life of the believer as He guides, instructs, empowers, and gives spiritual abilities for service (Jn. 3:3-6; 1 Cor. 6:19; 12:13; Eph. 5:18; Acts 1:8)
Scripture
We believe that the sixty-six books of the bible in both the Old and the New Testaments are the inspired Word of God. Without error in their original writings, these are the complete revelation of God’s will for the salvation of man, and the divine and final authority for all Christian faith and practices (2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21; 1 Corinthians 2:13).
Humanity
We believe man was created in the image and likeness of God, but in Adam, all humankind fell into sin resulting in original sin. All men are depraved and without hope apart from the grace of God (Gen. 1:26,27; 2:17; 6:5; Rom. 3:10-19; Jn. 3:6,16)
Salvation
We believe salvation is received by faith alone through the God-Man, Jesus Christ, not by works. Christ died as a substitute sacrifice to redeem us from our sins if we believe in Him. His blood that was shed, and His resurrection provide the only way of justification and salvation. Only those who receive Jesus Christ are born of the Holy Spirit and are truly Christians and children of God (Acts 4:12; Jn. 3:7; 2 Cor. 521; Jn. 1:12).
Sanctification
We believe that sanctification is the process of a believer being set apart. This is divided into three categories: the positional (conversion), the progressive (the daily decision to follow God’s plan for our lives), and the ultimate (eternal life) (Jn. 17:17; 2 Cor. 3:18; 7:1; Eph. 4:24; 5:25-27; 1 Thess. 5:23; Heb. 10:10,14; 12:10; 1 Jn. 2:15-17; 3:2).
Resurrection
We believe all those who are dead will eventually resurrect in body at the end times. Those who have believed will be in everlasting blessedness and joy with their Lord. However, those who did not believe will fall to judgment and everlasting conscious punishment (Jn. 11:25-26; Lk. 16:19-26; 23:42; 1 Cor. 15:20-22; 2 Cor. 5:8; 2 Thess. 1:7-9; rev. 20:11-15).