Our Beliefs
The Bible
We believe the Bible is God's written revelation to man.
The sixty-six books of the Bible constitute the inspired,
inerrant word of the Lord. We accept the Bible as the
only infallible rule of faith and practice. Scripture is
to be handled very carefully, deeply studied, believed,
and obeyed. Any belief, teaching, or practice which is
not Biblical is to be rejected.
God
We believe that there is only one, true living God. He
is perfect, eternal, all-powerful, all-knowing, and
all-present. He is absolutely sovereign over all things.
We believe that God is also triune in nature, a mystery
commonly called the Trinity.
God the Father
We believe in God the Father who is the creator of all
things and ruler over all the universe. He is the creator
of all mankind yet He is the spiritual Father only to
believers. He is purely good, holy, and completely without
sin. He is the judge of all humanity, holding all accountable
for their sin. He has also graciously provided deliverance
from His judgment through His Son, Jesus the Christ.
God the Son
We believe that God the Son, Jesus being His given name, was
one with God in eternity past. Intimately contained within
the Father as God. We believe that God revealed Himself to
humanity by taking on humanity, thus revealing Himself in the
person of His Son, Jesus. Jesus was by nature fully God and
fully man. We believe that Jesus was miraculously conceived
in the womb of a virgin named Mary. We believe that Jesus lived
a perfect, sinless life and came into the world to reveal God,
redeem humanity, and establish the earthly extension of the
Kingdom of God, which is His church. We believe that Jesus
accomplished the redemption through His voluntary, vicarious,
substitutionary death on the cross for the sins of all who
will embrace and follow Him as Lord. We believe that Jesus truly
died, was buried, truly rose from the dead literally and
physically, has ascended to the right hand of the Father, and
now lives forever as Lord and Savior of all who come to Him in
repentant, submissive faith. We believe that this same Jesus
will return to the earth to receive His church and to establish
His millennial kingdom.
God the Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is the very presence of God Himself
and is therefore fully God. As God is a person, so is the Holy
Spirit. He is the supernatural agent of salvation, bringing
conviction of sin and spiritual regeneration. He indwells all true
believers, granting them understanding of Biblical truth, gifting
them with spiritual gifts which minister to and edify the church
without creating disorder or confusion, and sealing them in salvation
until the day of the Lord.