What We Believe
We believe the Bible to be “God breathed”, the only infallible, authoritative, Word of God in its original writings and taken in context. (2 Timothy 3:16-17)
We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Ephesians 2:18, 2 Corinthians 13:14)
We believe in God the Father, an infinite, personal spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, power and love. We believe that He concerns Himself mercifully in the affairs of each person, that He hears and answers prayer and that He saves from sin and death all who come to Him through Jesus Christ. (Luke 10:21-22; Matthew 23:9; John 3:16; 6:27; Romans 1:7; 1 Timothy 1:1-2; 2:5-6; 1 Peter 1:3; Revelation 1:6)
We believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only begotten Son, conceived by the Holy Spirit. We believe in His virgin birth, sinless life, miracles and teachings. We believe in His substitutionary atoning death, bodily resurrection, ascension into heaven, perpetual intercession for His people, and personal visible return to earth. (Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 1:26-38; John 1:1; 20:28; Romans 9:5; 8:46; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Peter 2:21-23; John 20:30-31; Matthew 20:28; Ephesians 1:4; Acts 1:11; Romans 5:6-8; 6:9-10; Hebrews 7:25; Hebrews 9:28; 1 Timothy 3:16)
We believe in the Holy Spirit who came forth from the Father and Son to convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment and to regenerate, sanctify, and empower all who believe in Jesus Christ. We believe that the Holy Spirit indwells every believer in Christ and that He is an abiding helper, teacher and guide. (John 14:16-17,26; 15:26-27; John 16:9-14; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 3:16; 6:19; Galatians 5:22-26)
We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost: the saved unto the resurrection of eternal life with God and the lost unto the resurrection of eternal damnation. (Mark 16:16, Revelation 20:11-15)
We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ to accomplish God’s redemptive purpose for all mankind. (Matthew 28:19-20)
We believe that human beings are the crowning work of creation and that each person is immutably and biologically created as male or female, together reflecting the image of God. In the beginning, Adam and Eve were innocent of sin and were endowed by their Creator with freedom of choice. By their free choice they sinned against God and brought sin into the human race. The sacredness of humanity is evident in God’s creative work, and that Christ died for fallen humanity. (Genesis 1:26-30; 2:5-7, 18-23; 9:6; Psalms 1; 8:3-6; 32:1-5; 51:5; Isaiah 6:5; Jeremiah 17:5; Matthew 16:26; Acts 17:26-31; Romans 1:19-32; 3:10-18, 23; 5:6,12,19; 6:6; 7:14-25; 8:14-18, 29; 1 Cor. 1:21-31; 15:19,21-22; Eph. 2:1-22; Col. 1:21-22; 3:9-11)
We believe that Christian marriage is a sacred institution ordained by God for the happiness and well-being of mankind and the propagation of the human race. It is the spiritual and physical union of one man and one woman according to scripture. (Genesis 1:27; 2:24; Exodus 20:14; 17; Leviticus 18:22-23; Hosea 2:16; Matthew 5:27-28; 19:4-9; John 2:1-12; Romans 1:18-32; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10; Ephesians 5:21-6:4; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8; 1 Timothy 1:8-11; Hebrews 13:4; 1 Peter 3:1-7; Jude 7; Revelations 21:1-9)
We believe that every human being has a direct relationship with God and is responsible to God alone in all matters of faith; that each Church is independent and must be free from interference by any ecclesiastical or political authority; that, therefore church and state must be kept separate as having different functions, each fulfilling its duties free from dictation or patronage of the other. (Acts 4:18-20, 5:29; Romans 14:7-9, 12; Galatians 5:1,13; 1 Timothy 2:5)