What We Believe

We believe in the Bible as God’s only inspired,
inerrant and authoritative revelation of Himself to man in written form (2 Timothy 3:16,17).

We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons:
God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit (1 John 5:7).

We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ (John 1:1)
His virgin birth (Matt 1:18)
His sinless life (2 Corinthians 5:21)
His miracles (Acts 10:38)
His substitutionary death as the only sacrifice for the sin of the world (1 John 2:2)
His bodily resurrection from the dead (Luke 24:39)
His ascension to the right hand of God as our intercessor (Hebrews 4:14)
and His future return in glory;
first to rapture His church (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18)
and second, to establish the kingdom of God upon the earth (Revelation 20:6).

We believe in the finality of Christ’s mediatorial work for the redemption of humanity
and the present freedom of access to the Father (1 Timothy 2:5; Hebrews 7:25).

We believe in the new birth as the only means of receiving eternal life.
The new birth involves a cleansing and deliverance from the penalty
and power of sin. It is effectuated through faith in Jesus Christ

and repentance from sin (John 3:3,5,7; Ephesians 2:8,9; 1 Peter 1:18-20).

We believe that eternal life begins at the moment of salvation and that it never ends (1 John 5:9-12).

We believe in the process of spiritual development (sanctification)
wrought in the believer’s life by the Holy Spirit.
The growth involves daily dying to sin and living unto righteousness (Romans 6:1-23),
finds expression in a holy life (Hebrews 12:24)
and will ultimately be finished at the return of Christ (1 John 3:2).

We believe in the resurrection from the dead.
First, the righteous unto eternal life and second,
the ungodly unto eternal damnation (Daniel 12:2; John 5:28,29; Revelation 20:4-6, 11-15).

We believe in the sacraments of the church established by Jesus Christ our Lord;
the Lord’s Supper (Matthew 26:26-30; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26)
and baptism by immersion as a symbol and witness of the new birth (Matthew 28:19; 1 Peter 3:20-22)