Our Beliefs
The Bible
We believe in the verbal inspiration and inerrancy of the Scriptures and the authority of both the Old and New Testaments.
God
We believe that God eternally exists in three Persons—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit—and that these three are one God, having the same nature, attributes, and perfections, and being worthy of the same worship, reverence, and obedience.
Man
We believe that man was created in the image of God but sinned and fell through disobedience and that the entire human race shares in man’s lost and depraved nature.
Jesus Christ
We believe that Jesus, the eternal Son of God, took upon Himself the form of a man by means of the virgin birth and lived a sinless life, retaining His absolute deity, being at the same time very God and very man.
Atonement for Sin
We believe that atonement for sin was made by the sacrificial and substitutionary death of Jesus Christ.
The Resurrection
We believe in the literal resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, His ascension into heaven, and His priestly intercession.
Salvation
The Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is the Promise of the Father, the Comforter who indwells and places every believer in the body of Christ, and that He bestows spiritual gifts upon the church and convicts the world of sin and the judgment to come.
Indwelling of the Spirit
While all believers are indwelt by the Spirit of God (see Romans 8), we believe that the baptism of the Holy Spirit is a definite enduement of power for service and is separate from conversion.
Ordinances of the Church
We believe that the ordinances of the church, by the command of Christ, are water baptism by immersion and the Lord’s Supper, both of which are administered to those who are born again.
Eternity
We believe in the eternal salvation of believers and the eternal damnation and punishment of nonbelievers. We believe that the consummation of all things includes the visible, personal, and glorious return of Jesus Christ, the blessed hope of the church.