STATEMENT of FAITH

We believe in one God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

We believe in God the Father Almighty, Creator of all things visible and invisible.

(Genesis 1:1 and 26-27 3:22, Psalm 90:2, Matthew 28:19, John 14:26, I Peter 1:2, II Corinthians 13:14)

We believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the eternal Word, the one and only Savior.

Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, both fully human and fully divine; Who lived a sinless life; Who suffered and was crucified as an atonement for sin; Who rose again in bodily form from the dead on the third day; Who ascended into Heaven; and Who will return in victory to rule forever.

(Matthew 1:22-23, Isaiah 9:6, John 1:1-5, 8:58, 10:30-38, 12:45, 14:10-30, 17:5,24, Hebrews 1:3, 4:14-15, 7:3, I Corinthians 15:3-4, Romans 1:3-4)

We believe in the Holy Spirit.

Who convicts of sin; Who indwells every Christian; Who comforts us in our weakness and counsels us in prayer; and Who empowers us to a fruitful Christian life.

(John 14:16, John 20:22, Acts 1:8, Acts 2:38, I Corinthians 12:4-7, Gal 5:22-23, 2 Tim 1:7)

We believe in the Gospel—the Good News of Salvation.

That man, created by God, willfully sinned against God and is consequently lost and without hope apart from Jesus Christ.

That salvation—the forgiveness of sins—is only by grace through the blood of Jesus Christ.

That one receives salvation by putting faith in Christ, repenting of sin, and confessing Christ, and that the Bible commands every believer in Christ to be baptized by immersion.

That those who have received salvation through faith in Jesus Christ are sent into the world to proclaim the Gospel and to love and serve the world just as Jesus Himself did.

(Mark 16:14, John 3:16-17,Acts 13:38-39, Romans 10:17)

We believe in the Bible—God’s Word.

We believe God inspired the original writings of the Scripture and those original writings were consequently without error.

We believe that the Bible is the final authority for all matters of faith, truth, morality, and Christian living.

We believe the Bible teaches that God is the Creator and Sustainer of human life; that God creates each person in His image; and that life is therefore sacred, from conception to natural death. We believe that God creates each person as male or female; that these two distinct, complementary genders together reflect the “image of God” in humankind. We believe the Bible teaches that God established marriage in the beginning as a lifelong, exclusive relationship between one man and one woman; that He has reserved sexual intimacy as an expression of love and commitment between married couples; and that any intimate expression of sexuality outside of Biblical marriage is sin.

(Joshua 1:8, Psalm 119:105, Matt 4:4,John 17:17, John 14:26, Romans 10:17)

That those who have received salvation through faith in Jesus Christ are sent into the world to proclaim the Gospel and to love and serve the world just as Jesus Himself did.

(Mark 16:14, John 3:16-17,Acts 13:38-39, Romans 10:17)