What We Believe

1. That there is one God, existing in three co-equal and coeternal Persons: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Matt.28:19; II Cor. 13:14; John 20:28; Ex. 3:14 and John 8:58; Acts 5:3,4; )

2. That Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God, supernaturally conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary; that He lived a sinless life (IPet. 3:18) and that on the third day after His death on the Cross He rose bodily from the grave (ICor. 15:3,4; that He ascended to Heaven where He now intercedes for all believers. (Acts1:9; Acts 8:56; Romans 8:34)

3. That the Bible is the uniquely inspired Word of God and is entirely reliable in all that it says, and is the final authority relating to matters of life and faith. (John 17:17, II Timothy 3:16-17, II Peter 1:21)

4. That 'all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, (Romans 3:23) and therefore all mankind are spiritually helpless and in need of salvation which cannot be obtained by human effort. (Rom.3:10, 11; Rom. 6:23; Titus 3:4-7)

5. Salvation is by grace through faith alone in the Lord Jesus, who paid for our sins on the cross and arose again from the dead. (Eph.2:8-10; John 3:16, 14:6)

6. That apart from saving faith in Christ, all who die in their sins are lost and consigned to an irreversible eternity in Hell, separated from God. (Rev.20:11-15)

7. That all Christians are indwelt by the Holy Spirit, and have the responsibility to glorify God in their body and spirit (I Cor 6:19- 20; that the ministry of the Holy Spirit includes: glorifying Christ, comforting, guiding, strengthening, and encouraging believers in the Christian life, and convicting the unsaved of their need for Christ. (John16:7-15)

8. That there is one Church, made up of all believers worldwide who have individually trusted Christ as their Savior; that the Church is looking for the imminent return of Christ, in which He will remove all believers to be with Himself. (I Thes. 4:13-17)

9. That in the future, Christ will personally reign on Earth for a literal thousand year period, after which the history of mankind on Earth will be consummated and a new Heaven and new Earth established. (Rev.20:1-4; 21:1)

10. That Christ is the Head of the Church, therefore making each local assembly of believers autonomous and accountable to the Lord alone; that its mission is to preach the Gospel to all nations, to make Christ preeminent in all things, and to equip believers to minister to one another and their neighbors in love. (Matt. 28:19- 20,Acts 1:8, Col. 1:18, Eph. 4:11-16)

11. That God created man male and female (Gen. 1:27); that in Christ men and women have spiritual equality (Gal. 3:28); that God has given men and women different roles in the family and church (Eph. 5:21-33; Titus 1:5-2:8); that marriage is a sacred union only between a man and a woman (Gen. 2:18, 24).

12. That Christians have a responsibility to follow the Lord in discipleship and to live a life honoring to God; that baptism by immersion is commanded in the Scriptures for all who profess faith in Christ as an outward expression of an inward change (John3:23, Acts 8:36-38); that the Lord's Supper should be regularly observed by each believer as requested by Christ in order to remember Him and His saving work on our behalf. (Acts2:42, 20:7, I Cor. 11:23-34)