What We Believe

The Scripture

We believe in the scriptures of the Old and New Testament as being verbally and completely inerrant in the original writings and of supreme and final authority in faith and life.

2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:20-21

One God

We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Genesis 1:26; Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14

Jesus Begotten of the Holy Spirit

We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary and is true God and true man.

Matthew 1:18; Philippians 2:5-8

The Role of the Holy Spirit

We believe the Holy Spirit was sent by the Father as promised to convict the world of sin, to glorify Jesus and to transform the lives of believers into the likeness of Christ.

John 16:7-8; John 16:14; Titus 3:5

The State of Man

We believe that man was created in the image of God; that he sinned and thereby incurred not only physical death, but also spiritual death which is separation from God; and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature.

Romans 3:10, Romans 3:23; Romans 5:12

The Substitutionary Atonement of Christ

We believe that the Lord Jesus died for our sins according to the scriptures as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice, and that all who believe in Him are redeemed and justified on the ground of His shed blood.

Romans 5:8-9; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4

Resurrection of the Lord

We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, His ascension into heaven, and His present life for us as High Priest and advocate.

1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 1 John 2:1

The "Blessed Hope"

We believe in "That Blessed Hope: - the personal, pre-millennial and imminent return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Titus 2:13

Belief and Faith

We believe that all who receive, by faith, the Lord Jesus Christ are born of the Holy Spirit are thereby children of God, a relationship in which they are eternally secure.

John 10:27-30; Acts 16:30-31; Romans 8:31-39; Ephesians 2:8-9

The Reality of Heaven and Hell

We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and of the unjust; the everlasting blessing of the saved, and the everlasting conscious punishment of the lost, along with Satan and the other fallen angels.

John 5:28-29; 1 Corinthians 3:11-15; Revelation 20:11-15

The Church

We believe that the Church is a spiritual organism made up of all believers in Christ; that in its local manifestation is an autonomous assembly.

1 Corinthians 12:12-31; Ephesians 4:12; Hebrews 10:23-25

Our Priorities

To be the B.R.I.D.E. of Christ

Ephesians 5:23-32

B – Biblically Based – 2 Timothy 3:16

R – Reaching The Lost – Luke 19:10

I – Intimate Worship

D – Demonstrative Love – 1 Peter 4:8-9 and Hebrews 13:1-2

E – Equipped Believers – Ephesians 4:12 and 1 Peter 4:10