WHAT WE BELIEVE
God
There is only one God who has existed eternally in three persons and by whom all things were created. (Genesis 1, Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 46:9-10; John 17:3, 1 Corinthians 8:4:-6; 1 Timothy 2:5).
Jesus
Jesus Christ the eternal Son of God, became man without ceasing to be God; having been conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful man. Jesus accomplished our redemption through His death on the cross as a representative, vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice. Our justification is made sure by His literal, physical resurrection from the dead. He then physically ascended into heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God where, as our High Priest, He fulfills the ministry as Representative, Intercessor, and Advocate. Jesus is coming again to judge the living and the dead, inaugurating His eternal reign over glorified creation as King for all eternity. (Matthew 1:22-23, Isaiah 9:6, Luke 1:35, John 1:1-5; 2:1-2; 14:10-30, Hebrews 4:14-15; 7:25; 9:24, I Corinthians 15:3-4, Romans 1:3-4; 3:24; 8:34; 14:9, Acts 1:9-11, Ephesians 1:7, I Timothy 6:14-15, II Timothy 4:1, Titus 2:13 I Peter 1:3-5, 2:24; 4:5)
Salvation
Salvation is the gift of God brought to man by grace and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, whose death, burial, and resurrection was for the atonement and forgiveness of our sins. Only by placing faith in the person and work of Jesus is one reconciled to God and able to experience true life and joy. (Romans 6:23, Ephesians 2:8-10, John 14:6; 1:12, Titus 3:5, Galatians 3:26, Romans 5:1. 1 Peter 1:18-19)
Trinity
God eternally exists in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Triune God is co-eternal in being, co-eternal in nature, co-equal in power and glory, having the same attributes and perfections. The Father is neither the Son nor the Holy Spirit. The Son is neither the Father nor the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is neither the Father nor the Son (Genesis 1:26; Psalm 45:6-7; Psalm 110:1; Matthew 3: 13-17; Matthew 28: 17-20; 1 Corinthians 12:4-6).
Humanity
Humanity is made in the image and likeness of God. Although God designed man to have fellowship with Him, man became alienated from God through rebellion and false worship. As a result, all human beings are by birth and action sinners and, left to themselves, utterly unable to remedy their condition. (Genesis 1:27, Psalm 8:3-6, Isaiah 53:6a, Romans 3:23, Colossians 1:21, Isaiah 59:1-2)
The Scriptures
The Bible is God's revelation of Himself to all mankind, written by human authors under the supernatural guidance of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the verbally inspired word of God, the final authority for faith and life, inerrant in the original writings, infallible, and God-breathed. (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21; Matthew 5:18; John 16:12, 13, Psalm 119:105, 160)