Our adherence to the historical Baptist distinctives is based on the following:
THE WORD OF GOD
We believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the inspired Word of God, inerrant in the original writings, complete as the revelation of God’s will for salvation, and the supreme and final authority in all matters to which they speak.
(II Timothy 3:16-17; II Peter 1:19-21; Jude 3)
THE TRINITY
We believe in one God, Creator and Sustainer of all things, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit; we believe that these are equal in every divine perfection and they execute distinct but harmonious offices in the work of creation, providence, and redemption.
(Genesis 1:1-2, John 1:1-5, Matthew 3:13-17, 6:1-18, 28:19, Acts 5:3-4)
GOD THE FATHER
We believe in God the Father, an infinite, personal Spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, power, and love. We believe that He concerns Himself mercifully in the affairs of humanity, that He hears and answers prayer, and that He saves from sin and death all who come to Him through Jesus Christ.
(John 6:27; Hebrews 1:8, Acts 5:3-4; Matthew 28:18; II Corinthians 13:34; Genesis 1:26)
JESUS CHRIST
We believe that Jesus Christ is God’s eternal Son, who has precisely the same nature, attributes and perfections as God the Father and God the Holy Spirit. We believe further that He is not only true God, but true man, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. We also believe in His sinless life, His substitutionary atonement, His bodily resurrection from the dead, His ascension into heaven, His priestly intercession on behalf of His people, and His personal, visible, premillennial, pretribulational return from heaven.
(Romans 3:24; John 10:30; Hebrews 1:8; Galatians 4:4; Matthew 1:20-23; II Corinthians 5:21)
HOLY SPIRIT
We believe in the Holy Spirit, His personality and His work in conviction and regeneration, sanctification, and preservation by indwelling, baptizing and sealing. We believe the Spirit fills those who yield to Him. His ministry is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ, to implement Christ’s work of redeeming the lost, and to empower the believer for godly living and service. We believe the Holy Spirit gives gifts to all believers, but that some gifts are permanent while others are temporary.
(John 14:15-17, 26, Acts 1:5,8, 5:3-4, 1 Corinthians 12:13, 29-30, 13:8-10, Titus 3:5, Galatians 5:16-23, Ephesians 4:11-13, 5:18)