We believe in one God,[1] Creator of all things,[2] infinitely perfect[3] and eternally existing in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.[4]

[1] Deuteronomy 6:4

[2] Genesis 1:1

[3] Matthew 5:48

[4] Matthew 28:19

The Scriptures, both the Old and New Testaments,[5] are verbally inspired of God and are the revelation of God to man, the infallible, authoritative rule of faith and conduct.[6]  They are fully sufficient for all matters of faith and practice.[7]

[5] 2 Peter 3:15-16

[6] 2 Timothy 3:16

[7] 2 Timothy 3:16

We believe in Jesus Christ, God's only begotten Son, conceived by the Holy Spirit.[8]  We believe in His virgin birth,[9] sinless life,[10] miracles and teachings.[11] We believe in His substitutionary atoning death,[12] bodily resurrection,[13] ascension into heaven,[14] perpetual intercession for His people,[15] and personal visible return to earth.[16]

[8] Matthew 1:20

[9] Matthew 1:22-23

[10] 2 Corinthians 5:21

[11] Luke 1:1-4

[12] Revelation 5:9

[13] Matthew 28:6

[14] Acts 1:9-11

[15] Hebrews 7:25

[16] Acts 1:11

The Holy Spirit is a divine person,[17] sent to indwell, guide, teach, gift, empower, and bear His fruit in every believer.[18]  He convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment.[19]

[17] Acts 5:4

[18] Galatians 5:22-23

[19] John 16:8-11

We believe that people were and are created by God in His image.[20]  By willful transgression humankind fell into sin and incurred not only physical death but spiritual death, which is separation from God.[21]  All human beings are sinners by nature and choice and are under the condemnation of a holy God.[22]

[20] Genesis 1:26-27

[21] Genesis 3

[22] Romans 3:23

Jesus Christ’s sacrificial suffering and death has paid a price sufficient to save all people.[23]  Those who repent and believe in Him are justified by grace through faith, born again of the Holy Spirit, delivered from the dominion of darkness, transferred into the Kingdom of God’s Son, granted the gift of eternal life, and adopted as the children of God.[24]   Believers will demonstrate fruit as they are sanctified by God from the point of initial justification to the point of physical death.[25]  Those who die without repenting and believing are left in their sin, and therefore condemned[26] to eternal, conscious suffering in hell.[27]  There is no salvation apart from personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord.[28]

[23] 1 Peter 1:18-19

[24] Romans 8:29-30

[25] Matthew 7:16

[26] John 3:18

[27] Revelation 20:10, 14-15

[28] Acts 4:12

The Church consists of all those who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, are redeemed through His blood, and are born again by the Holy Spirit.[29]  Christ is the Head of His Body, the Church,[30] which has been commissioned by Him to go into all the world making disciples of all peoples.[31]

The local church is a body of believers in Christ who are called to love and joined together for the worship of God, edification through the Word of God, prayer, fellowship, proclamation of the gospel through word and deed, and observance of the ordinances of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.[32]

[29] 1 Corinthians 12:12-27

[30] Colossians 1:18

[31] Matthew 28:19-20

[32] Hebrews 10:23-25

We believe in the personal and visible return of the Lord Jesus Christ to earth[33] and the establishment of His kingdom.[34]  We believe in the resurrection of the body,[35] the final judgment,[36] the eternal felicity of the righteous,[37] and the endless suffering of the wicked.[38]

[33] Matthew 24:30-31

[34] Revelation 21:1-8

[35] 1 Corinthians 15:35-44

[36] Revelation 20:11-15

[37] Revelation 21:4

[38] Revelation 20:10-15