What We Believe
The Holy Bible is the authoritative Word of God. It alone is the final authority in determining all doctrinal truths - as well as conduct of Christians.
Proverbs 30:5; Romans 16:25-26; 2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:20-21
We believe in the one eternal God of the Bible, the Creator of heaven and earth, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. These three are co-equal and co-eternal.
Genesis 1:26; Isaiah 9:6; Matthew 3:16-17, 28:19; Luke 1:35; Hebrews 3:7-11; 1 John 5:7
God, in his mercy and care, turns to mankind and wants all to come to the knowledge of the truth. Therefore, in His love that surpasses all human understanding, He gave His Son for the salvation of a lost world.
Isaiah 64:8; Matthew 6:9-13; John 14:8-21; 1 John 3:1
We believe in Jesus Christ, the Word of God made flesh, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. In Him, God has revealed Himself ultimately to humankind for salvation. The Bible, the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, inspired by God's Spirit, bears witness to this. As the Word of God made flesh, Jesus Christ, through his substitutionary final sacrifice in his death on the cross, obtained salvation for all people once and for all, so that after the resurrection and ascension, seated at the right hand of God, he could intercede for us with the Father.
We believe that Jesus, our Lord, will come again in power and glory, to eternal glory for the saved and eternal judgment for the lost. In Him, God invites all people as lost sinners to receive His salvation through repentance and faith.
Isaiah 9:6; John 1:1+14, 20:28; Philippians 2:5-6; 1 Timothy 2:5, 3:16
We believe in the Holy Spirit who, because of redemption through Jesus Christ, created new life in us and brings it to completion in the resurrection from the dead. Through His presence in those who are born again, he brings forth the fruit of the Spirit. In doing so, the Holy Spirit, in divine sovereignty, assigns various gifts and ministries for the mutual edification of believers, empowering them to serve the world. Given at Pentecost, the Baptism in the Holy Spirit is the promise of the Father to empower the Church to preach the Gospel throughout the whole earth.
Joel 2:28-29; Matthew 3:11; Mark 16:17; Acts 1:5, 2:1-4+17+38-39, 8:14-17, 10:38+44-47, 11:15-17, 19:1-6
We are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ: his death, burial, and resurrection is a gift from God, not a result of our good works or of any human efforts. Repentance is the commitment to turn away from sin in every area of our lives and to follow Christ, which allows us to receive His redemption and to be regenerated by the Holy Spirit. Thus, through repentance we receive forgiveness of and salvation from our sins.
Acts 2:21, 3:19, 16:31; Romans 10:9-10; Galatians 2:16, 3:8; Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5; Hebrews 9:22; 1 John 1:9
We believe that the church is the community called out by God of those redeemed from sin, through whom He proclaims His salvation to the world. It is also, as the body of Jesus, the place of mutual service to which God calls and enables all members. Through baptism (by immersion) based on personal confession of forgiveness of sins and faith in Jesus Christ, believers are added to the local church.
Acts 2:41-47, 20:28; Romans 12:4-5; Hebrews 10:25
Following faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the new convert is commanded by the Word of God to be baptized in water in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 28:19; Acts 2:38; Mark 16:16; Acts 8:12+36-38, 10:47-48
A unique time of communion in the presence of God when the elements of bread and wine/grape juice (representing the body and blood of Lord Jesus Christ) are taken in remembrance of Jesus' sacrifice on the Cross.
Matthew 26:26-29; 1 Corinthians 10:16, 11:23-25
We believe marriage is defined in the Bible as a convenant, a sacred bond between one man and one woman, instituted by and publicly entered into before God.
Genesis 1:27, 2:24; Matthew 19:4-6; 1 Corinthians 7:2; Ephesians 5:22-33; Hebrews 13:4