There is one and only one living and true God. God is great: He is all powerful, all knowing, ever present, unchanging, completely worthy of our trust, and above all, Holy. God is good. He is our Father. He is loving, compassionate, and faithful to His people and His promises. The eternal triune God reveals Himself to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, with distinct personal attributes, but without division of nature, essence, or being. God has graciously purposed from eternity to redeem a people for Himself and to make all things new for His own glory.

The Holy Bible, and only the Bible, is the authoritative Word of God. It alone is the final authority in determining all doctrinal truths. In its original writing, it is inspired, infallible and inerrant.

Man and woman were created by God in His own image and are the supreme object of His creation. We were created to have fellowship with God but became separated in that relationship through sinful disobedience. Now, we are all born with a sinful nature and choose to sin against God. As a result, people cannot attain a right relationship with God through their own efforts. Only through God’s saving work in Jesus Christ can we be rescued, reconciled and renewed.

Jesus Christ is God the Son, the second person of the Trinity.  He is completely human but, at the same time, completely God. He is the only plan for bringing people who are far from God back into a right relationship with God. He was born of a virgin and lived a sinless life, so that He could be a substitution for us in satisfying God’s demands for perfection. He defeated death in His resurrection so we can have life. He sits at the right hand of God the Father as our High Priest and Advocate and will return in power and glory to judge the world and to consummate His redemptive mission.

We are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ; His death, burial, and resurrection. He shed His blood on the cross as the perfect, all-sufficient sacrifice for our sins. Salvation is God’s gift to you if you’ll accept it. It is not a result of our good works, self-improvement, or of any human efforts. It is only by trusting in Jesus Christ as God’s offer of forgiveness that you can be saved from sin’s penalty.

The Holy Spirit is equal with the Father and the Son as God.  The Holy Spirit’s presence, in the lives of Christians, assures us of our relationship with Christ. He guides believers into all truth and exalts Christ. He convicts people of their sin, God’s righteousness, and the coming judgment. He comforts us, gives us spiritual gifts, and makes us more like Christ.  The Christian seeks to live under His control daily.

The church is the Body of Christ, a local community of baptized believers, unified through faith in Christ Jesus. It is committed to the teachings of Christ and obeying all of His commands. The church also seeks to bring the Gospel to the world. Every person who is born of the Spirit is an integral part of the church as a member of the body of believers. The Church works together in love and unity, intent on the ultimate purpose of glorifying Christ.

We believe that God’s justifying grace must not be separated from His sanctifying power and purpose. God commands us to love Him supremely and others sacrificially, and to live out our faith with care for one another, compassion toward the poor and justice for the oppressed. With God’s Word, the Spirit’s power, and fervent prayer in Christ’s name, we are to combat the spiritual forces of evil. In obedience to Christ’s commission, we are to make disciples among all people, always bearing witness to the gospel in word and deed.

We believe in the historically Christian view of marriage and sexual expression; namely, that marriage is a one-flesh covenant union between two sexually different persons (male and female) from different families, and that all sexual relationships outside of marriage are sin.

We believe in the personal, bodily and glorious return of our Lord Jesus Christ. The coming of Christ, at a time known only to God, demands constant expectancy and, as our blessed hope, motivates the believer to godly living, sacrificial service and energetic mission.

We believe that God commands everyone everywhere to believe the gospel by turning to Him in repentance and receiving the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe that Jesus Christ will physically and visibly return to earth for the second time to establish His Kingdom at a date undisclosed by the Scriptures. We believe that, on that day, God will judge the living and the dead. Those who believe in Jesus will live with Him forever in the new heaven and the new earth and unbelievers will be sent to Hell, the place of eternal punishment.