What We Believe

 

We believe the Bible is the divinely inspired, inerrant, infallible, and complete revelation of God’s truth; the final authority for “doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” (2 Tim 3:16)

 

We believe the eternal triune God is revealed in His creation and His Word as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit with distinct personal attributes, without division of nature, essence, or being.

 

We believe God the Father is revealed as the eternal Creator. The One and only true God, all powerful and all knowing; fatherly in truth, wisdom, patience, and understanding toward those who become children of God by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. (Gen 1:1; John 1:12; Rom 1:18-20; 8:14-16)

 

We believe God the Son is revealed as the eternal Christ. Jesus Christ conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of a virgin, crucified, buried, resurrected, and seated at the right hand of God until the day of His final revelation as the eternal King. (The Gospels; Acts 1:9-11; 1 Cor 15ff; Phil 2:5-11; Rev 19ff)

 

We believe God the Holy Spirit is revealed as the eternal Helper who inspired men in days of old to write the Scriptures; to understand truth, convicting us of sin, revealing the righteousness of Christ, calling mankind to repentance and salvation, effecting the regeneration of believers, indwelling believers, and uniting us together as a church to worship and serve God. (John 6:44, 14:16-17, 26, 16:5-11; 2 Pet 1:21; Acts 1:8, 2:1-4; Rom 8:9-11; 1 Cor 2:10-14, 3:16; Eph 1:13-14; Heb 9:8, 14; 1 John 5:6) 

 

We believe Man is the crowning work of God’s creation. Created in His own image as an intelligent and relational being possessing an eternal soul. With sovereignty to exercise care and stewardship over the earth’s creatures and natural resources. God created man as male and female, one adult male husband joined to one adult female wife in marriage to procreate and train their children to love and fear God. (Gen 1:26-30, 2:20-25; Deu 6:1-7; Mat 19:4-6)

 

In the beginning, man was created innocent with the freedom to make moral decisions, to choose good from evil. Acting upon the temptation of Satan, man chose to rebel against God thereby invoking God’s eternal punishment resulting in condemnation, separation from God, and death. By man’s single act of rebellion, sin corrupted both man and the earth and spread to every generation. (Gen 3ff; Rom 5:12ff)

 

We believe salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ is the only means by which man’s relationship with God is restored. Salvation is offered freely and must be accepted by repentance, confession, and faith in Jesus Christ. Salvation is the regeneration of man’s eternal soul by the work of the Holy Spirit involving reconciliation, justification, redemption, adoption, sanctification, and ultimately glorification. (Rom 3:24, Eph 1:5, 2:8-10; 1 Cor 1:2,30, 6:11, 15:51-52; 2 Cor 5:16-21; Col 1:21-22) 

 

We believe the Church exists in two realities, universal and local. The church universal consists of all who have confessed Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior from every nation and every language, past, present, and future. The local church is an autonomous congregation (body) of baptized believers, filled with the Holy Spirit, joined together by covenant of faith and fellowship in the gospel of Jesus Christ. Submitted to the Lordship of Jesus Christ, governed by God’s Word through a democratic process. Gathered for the purpose of worship, fellowship, discipleship, to celebrate the ordinances of baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Led by the offices of pastor, elder, and deacon as qualified by Scripture. (Mat 16:15-19, 18:15-20; Acts 2:41-47, 13:3; 1 Cor 3:9-11, 7:17, 12ff; Eph 2:19-22; Col 1:18; 1 Tim 3ff; Heb 11:39-40; 1 Pet 5:1-4; Rev 5:9-10)

 

We believe the Great Commission was Jesus’ final command to His church. The church stands as witnesses of His resurrection, with the responsibility of making disciples by sharing the gospel with everyone beginning in our own community and striving to carry the gospel to all the people around the world. (Mat 28:19-20; Mark 16:15-16; Luke 24:46-48; John 20:21; Acts 1:8)

 

We believe the return of Christ and the Day of Judgement shall occur in God’s own time as foretold in Scripture. Christ shall return physically and quickly with signs and sounds in the heavens. Christ shall return unexpectedly to those who are not watching and praying. Christ shall return to gather His bride, the church, to Himself. Christ shall return to establish His kingdom and fulfill the covenant with David by assuming His rightful position on the throne. Christ shall return to judge the nations and the people of the earth, each person according to their works. The dead are raised. The righteous are rewarded and welcomed into eternal life with Christ in heaven. The unrighteous are condemned to eternal punishment in hell. (2 Sam 7:12-16; Mat 13:37-43; 24, 25, 31; Mark 13:33; John 5:24-30, 14:1-3; Acts 1:11; 1 Cor 3:12-15, 15:42-58; Eph 5:25-27; 1 The 4:13-18; Jude 14-15; Rev 3:11, 19:7 20:1-22:13)

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