What We believe

Jesus Christ

We believe that Jesus Christ is the
eternal and only begotten Son of God, conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of
the Virgin Mary, and that He is true God and true man sufficient as the only
mediator between God and man (Matthew 1.20; Luke 1.35; John 1.1,12,14; John
12.45, 14.9; I Timothy 2.5)

The Holy Spirit

We believe that the Holy Spirit is
the third person of the Trinity; that His ministry is to convince the world of
sin and of righteousness and of judgment; and that He gives new birth to those
who believe on Jesus Christ as their Savior. We believe that His ministry to
the believer is to seal, sanctify, and instruct in righteousness (John 3.3,7;
16.8-11; Ephesians 1.13; I Peter 1.2; John 14.26)

The Human Condition

We believe that man was created in
the image of God by direct creation and that he sinned and thereby incurred
both physical and spiritual death; thus, we believe that all men by nature and
by choice are sinners and apart from Christ, shall be forever separated from
God (Genesis 1.26, 2.17; Ezekiel 18.20a' Romans 3.23, 6.23 

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the
Scriptures as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice, that all who believe
on Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood (I Corinthians 15.3,4; Revelation 1.5)

Salvation

We believe that salvation is by grace through faith, not of works, and that all who receive by faith the Lord
Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior are born again of the Holy Spirit. Baptized
with the Holy Spirit into the Body of Christ at conversion, we
become children of God, a relationship in which we are eternally secure
(Ephesians 2.8-9; John 3.3,7; I Corinthians 12.13; John 1.12, 10.27-29).

Christ's Return

We believe in the resurrection of
the crucified body of our Lord, in His ascension into heaven and in His present
ministry there for us as High Priest and Advocate. We believe in the personal,
visible, imminent return of the Lord Jesus Christ for His church and in His
coming in Glory with the believers to set up His kingdom upon the earth (I
Corinthians 15.4; Acts 1.9-11; Hebrews 4.14-16; I John 2.1,2; I Thessalonians
4.14-17; Revelation 19.11-16, 20.1-15).

We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just, the bodily resurrection of the unjust, the
everlasting conscious blessedness of the saved and the everlasting conscious
punishment of the lost (I Corinthians 15.20-24; Revelation 20.12-15; II
Corinthians 5.8).

Baptism

We believe that the local church is
a voluntary association of baptized believers equal in privilege, subject to
the Word of God, and independent of any external ecclesiastical control
whatsoever. We believe that God's Word commands every believer to be baptized
by immersion in water. We believe baptism has no saving merit, but is a public
demonstration of the believer's faith in a union with the crucified, buried,
and risen Savior (Acts 8.38, 18.8; Romans 6.3-5).

Communion

We believe that the Lord's Supper is
a provision of bread and the cup which are symbolic of Christ's broken body and
shed blood; that the Lord's Supper is partaken of by saved individuals in
commemoration of the suffering and death of their Lord and in anticipation of
His soon coming again; that its observation is to be preceded by faithful
self-examination (Luke 22.19/.20; I Corinthians 11.23-30).

The Bible

We believe in the absolute authority
and accuracy of the 66 books of the Bible; its full verbal inspiration in the
original manuscripts and its all-succifiency as the Christian's rule of faith
and practice ( II Timothy 3.16-17; II Peter 1.19-21).

God

We believe that there is but one God
eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We believe
that He is the Creator, Preserver and Ruler of all things, perfect in holiness,
and in love, infinite in wisdom and measureless in power (Deuteronomy 6.4;
Nehemiah 9.6; I Chronicles 29.11,12; Exodus 15.11; I John 4.8b; Matthew 28.19).