We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons:
Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Genesis 1:1, 26, 27, 3:22; Psalm 90:2; Matthew 28:19;
1 Peter1:2; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Deut. 6:4; John 14:10, 26.
We believe in the deity and humanity of Christ, in His virgin birth,
in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through his
shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the
Father, in His present rule as Head of the Church and in His personal return in
power and glory. Isa. 7:14; 9:6; Luke 1:35; John 1:1-2, 14; 2 Cor. 5:19-21; Gal. 4:4-5;
Phil. 2:5-8 Acts 2:18-36; Rom. 3:24- 25; 1 Pet. 2:24; Eph. 1:7; 1 Peter 1:3-5 Acts 1:9-
10; Heb. 9:24; 7:25; Rom. 8:34; 1 John 2:1- 2.
We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by
whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life. We believe the Holy
Spirit assists Christians in understanding spiritual truth and gives every believer a
spiritual gift when they are saved. Corinthians 3:17; John 16:7-13, 14:16, 17; Acts 1:8;
1 Corinthians 2:12, 3:16; Ephesians 1:13; Galatians 5:25.
The Bible is the inspired, infallible and inerrant Word of God and is
the final authority for faith and life. The sixty-six books of the Old and New
Testament are the complete and divine revelation of God to man. 2 Timothy 3:16; 2
Peter 1:20,21; 2 Timothy 1:13; Psalm 119:105, 160, 12:6; Proverbs 30:5.
We believe that God created the universe in six literal, 24-hour
periods. Genesis. 1-2; Exodus 20:11.
We believe that God created human beings in the image and
likeness of God. By Adam’s sin, human beings fell from their sinless state, inherited
a sinful nature and became alienated from God. Human beings are, of themselves,
utterly unable to remedy their lost condition. Genesis 1:27; Isaiah 53:6a; Isaiah 59:1,
2; Rom. 3:22-23; 5:12; 6:23; Eph. 2:1-3; 4:17-19.
We believe that salvation is God’s free gift. We believe that we are
saved by grace through faith in the finished work of redemption achieved by Christ
through His death, burial and resurrection. Romans 6:23; Ephesians 2:8, 9; John 14:6
1:12; Titus 3:5; Galatians 3:26; Romans 5:1.
We believe that human beings were created to exist forever. We will
either exist eternally separated from God by sin or eternally with God through
forgiveness and salvation. To be eternally separated from God is Hell. To be
eternally in union with Him is eternal life. Heaven and Hell are real places of eternal
existence. John 3:16; John 14:17; Romans 6:23; Romans 8: 17-18; Revelation 20:15; 1
Cor. 2:7-9.
We believe that all those who die in God’s grace through
faith are assured eternal salvation. Because God gives us eternal life through Jesus
Christ and because salvation is maintained by the grace and power of God, we
cannot “lose” our salvation. John 10:29; 2 Timothy 1:12; Hebrews 7:25, 10:10, 14; 1
Peter 1:3-5.
We believe that marriage is the exclusive, covenant relationship between one man and one woman and that God
intends sexual intimacy to only occur between a man and a woman joined in
marriage. We believe that marriage is symbolic of the mysterious union between
Christ and the church. We also believe that God wonderfully and immutably creates
each person as male or female and that these two distinct, complementary genders
together reflect the image and nature of God. Gen.1:26-27; Gen 2:24; Gen. 19:5, 13
Gen. 26:8-9; Lev. 18:1-30; Rom. 1: 26-29; I Cor. 5:1; 6:9; Ephesians 5:23-32; 1 Thess.
4:1-8; Heb. 13:4.
We believe that God endows all human life with inherent
dignity at every stage of development and that human life should be respected from
conception to natural death. Further, because we are created in the image of God, we
believe that every person must be afforded compassion, kindness and respect. We
also believe that the greatest commandments are (1) to love God and (2) to love our
neighbors as ourselves. Therefore, we believe that we should demonstrate love
toward all people. Job 3:16: Ps. 51:5; Ps. 139:14-16; Matthew 22:36-40; Mark 12:28-
31; Luke 1:44; Luke 6:31.
We believe in that blessed hope, the
personal, imminent return of Christ Who will rapture His church prior to the sevenyear
tribulation period. At the end of the Tribulation, Christ will personally and
visibly return with His saints, to establish His earthly Messianic Kingdom which was
promised to the nation of Israel. Ps. 89:3-4; Dan. 2:31-45; Zech. 14:4-11; 1Thess.
1:10, 4:13-18; Titus 2:13; Rev. 3:10; 19:11-16, 20:1-6.