Statement of Faith

Our faith is firmly rooted in the Bible and centered on Jesus Christ. These biblical truths guide our worship, teaching, discipleship, and mission as we seek to glorify God and serve people with love and integrity.

What We Believe

Everything we believe, teach, and practice is grounded in the unchanging truth of God's Word.

The inspired Scriptures

We believe the scriptures, both the Old and New Testaments, are verbally inspired by God and are the revelation of God to man, the infallible, authoritative rule of faith and conduct.

God in three persons

We believe the one true God has revealed himself as being the eternally self-existent creator of heaven and earth and the redeemer of mankind. He has further revealed himself as a trinity, that is, one being existing in three persons — Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

The Lord Jesus Christ

We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, in his virgin birth, in his sinless life, in his miracles, in his vicarious and atoning death, in his bodily resurrection.

Creation and fall of man

We believe that man was created good and upright. However, man willfully sinned and thereby was subjected not only to physical death but also to spiritual death, which is separation from God.

Salvation

We believe that the only means of being cleansed from sin is through repentance and faith in the vicarious and atoning work of Jesus Christ.

The ordinances

Water baptism: We believe the ordinance of baptism by immersion in water is commanded of all who repent and believe in Christ as the savior. It represents having died with Christ and being raised with Him to walk in the newness of life. Communion: We believe the Lord's Supper is a memorial of Christ's suffering and death and a prophecy of His second coming. It is commanded of all believers "until he comes."

Baptism in the Holy Spirit

We believe the baptism in the Holy Spirit with the initial physical sign of speaking with other tongues according to Acts 2:4 is a special experience following salvation for the purpose of empowering believers for witnessing and effective service just as it did in the New Testament times.

Sanctification

We believe sanctification is an act of separation from that which is evil, and of dedication unto God.

Church and its mission

We believe the Church is the body of Christ with a divinely called ministry. Its purpose is to evangelize the world, worship God and encourage believers to grow in the likeness of Christ.

Divine healing

We believe deliverance from sickness is provided for in the Atonement and is the privilege of all believers.

Second coming of Christ

We believe the blessed hope of the Church is Christ's return from heaven to catch up the Christians who have died, together with those who are alive, to be with Him forever.

End-time events

We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, the one to everlasting life and the other to bodily everlasting damnation.