The Holy Spirit directs our deepest convictions as a church, and we strive to be led by the Spirit in all decisions. The Bible itself is our formal document of faith, the attached includes statements that should
help you understand those biblical ideas that fundamentally define who we are.
help you understand those biblical ideas that fundamentally define who we are.
What We Believe...
- We believe the Bible is the Holy Word of God. It is divinely inspired and the supreme and final authority for faith and life. (II Timothy 3:16, 17)
- We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. (II Corinthians 13:14) We believe in God the Father Almighty, Creator of all things visible and invisible (Genesis 1:1; Acts 17:24-28; Hebrews 11:3)
- We believe in Jesus Christ, God’s one and only Son, my one and only Savior (John 1:14; 1 John 4:9 / John 3:16; 2 Peter 3:18)
- We believe that man was created in the image of God: That he sinned and thereby incurred not only the physical death, but also spiritual death which is separation for God; and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature, and in the case of those who reach moral responsibility, become sinners in thought, word and deed. Man willfully with free will sinned against God and is consequently lost and without hope apart from Jesus Christ(Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23; Romans 5:12)
- We believe the Bible teaches that salvation—the forgiveness of sins—is only by grace through the blood of Jesus Christ (Matthew 26:28; Romans 5:9; Ephesians 2:8-9; 1 Peter 1:18-19; 1 John 1:7)
- We believe the Bible teaches that one receives God’s grace by putting faith in Christ, repenting of sin, confessing Christ and being immersed into Christ(Romans 5:1-2 / Luke 24:45-47; Acts 3:19; 17:30; 2 Peter 3:9 / Matthew 10:32; Romans 10:9; Philippians 2:11; 1 John 4:15 / Acts 2:38, Romans 6:1-7; Galatians 3:27; Colossians 2:12; 1 Peter 3:21)
- We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, in His ascension into heaven, and His present life for us as High Priest and Advocate. (I Corinthians 15:4; Acts 1:9-11; I John 2:1-2)
- We believe in the “second coming”; the personal return of our Lord and Savior. Jesus Christ. (I Thessalonians 4:13-18; Matthew 24:29-31)
- We believe that all who receive by faith the Lord Jesus Christ are born of the Holy Spirit and thereby become children of God, a relationship in which no one may remove them. (Acts 16:31; Romans 8:38-39; Hebrews 3:5)
- We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust: the everlasting blessedness of the saved and the everlasting conscious punishment of the lost. (I Thessalonians 4:16-17; Revelation 20:11-15)
- We believe in the Church of Jesus Christ, founded on the Day of Pentecost and consisting of all Christians everywhere(Matthew 16:13-18; Acts 2:14-47)
- We believe the Bible teaches that the Elders are to exercise authority over the local congregation(Acts 20:28; Philippians 1:1; 1 Timothy 3:1-7; Titus 1:5-9; 1 Peter 5:1-4)
- We believe that marriage is between one man and one woman,“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.” Ephesians 5:25, Ephesians 5:33,Genesis 2:22-24, Matthew 19:4-6, Hebrews 13:4-7, Mark 10:6-9