WHAT WE BELIEVE

The Bible
The Bible is God’s Word.  It was written by men whom God inspired and is His revealing of Himself to man.  It is perfect because it has God for its author, salvation as it’s primary message, and truth without any error.

God
There is one and only one living and true God. He is an intelligent, spiritual, and personal Being who is the Creator, Redeemer, Preserver, and Ruler of the universe. God is infinite in holiness and perfect in every way.

God the Father
God as Father reigns with providential care over His universe, His creatures, and the flow of the stream of human history according to the purposes of His grace. He is all powerful, all knowing, all loving, and all wise. God is Father in truth to those who become children of God through faith in Jesus Christ. He is fatherly in His attitude toward all men.

God the Son
Christ is the eternal Son of God. In His incarnation as Jesus Christ He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. Jesus is perfectly revealed in Scripture and did the will of God by taking upon Himself human nature with its demands and necessities.  In doing so, He identified Himself completely with mankind, yet without sin.

God the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is the fully divine Spirit of God.  He inspired those men of old whom He chose to write the Word of God. Through illumination He enables men to understand God’s truth as revealed in His Scriptures.

Salvation
Salvation involves the redemption of the whole man, and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.  It is Jesus who, by His own blood, obtained eternal redemption for all who believe.

Eternal Security
We believe that nothing can separate true believers from the love of God and that they will be kept by His power through faith unto salvation.

The Church
A New Testament church of the Lord Jesus Christ is an independent local congregation of believers, associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the Gospel. The church observes the two ordinances of Christ, which are the Lord’s Supper and Believers Baptism.  It is governed by His laws while exercising the gifts, rights, and privileges invested in those who identify with it by His Word, seeking to extend the gospel to the ends of the earth.

Baptism
We believe that Christian baptism is administered by the immersion of believers in water in the  name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Baptism occurs following an individual’s commitment to Christ as a sign of obedience to God. It is a public demonstration of a personal commitment that has already been made to Christ.

The Lord’s Supper
We believe The Lord’s Supper is a symbolic act of obedience whereby believers remember the substitutionary death of Jesus Christ.

The Resurrection
We believe that there will be resurrection of the dead and a judgment when all mankind will be judged according to their position in Christ, that the wicked shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the redeemed will enter into God’s presence.