We believe God loves you. We believe He knows you, sees you and is with you. We believe God has a purpose, a mission, a vision for your existence: to live loved by Him and to fulfill His mission on earth with the time He graciously gives you, and each of us. We know that Jesus is the way and His words and His ways are life giving and true.

We believe God forgives and is rich in mercy. You are never too far gone that you can’t turn toward His love. He will meet us every time we draw close to Him. We hope our church can be a blessing on your journey with God and others. Thank you so much for visiting our “what we believe” page. Below is a short list of doctrinal beliefs we confess and affirm. We’d love to invite you to experience one of our life giving services this Sunday 10:30 am.

The Trinity

It is the testimony of both the Old and New Testaments and of the Christian Church that God is both One and Triune. The biblical revelation testifies that there is only one God and that He is eternally existent in three persons—Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

  • God the Father - God the Father is the creator and sustainer of all things, and He created the universe in love. He created man in His own image for fellowship and called man back to Himself through Christ after the rebellion and fall of man.

  • The Son - Jesus Christ is eternally God. He was together with the Father and the Holy Spirit from the beginning, and through Him all things were made. For man’s redemption, He left heaven and became incarnate by the Holy Spirit through the virgin Mary; henceforth, He is forever one Christ with two natures—God and man—in one person.

  • The Holy Spirit - The Holy Spirit is God, the Lord and giver of life, who was active in the Old Testament and given to the Church in fullness at Pentecost. He empowers the saints for service and witness, cleanses man from the old nature and conforms us to the image of Christ. The baptism in the Holy Spirit, subsequent to conversion, releases the fullness of the Spirit and is evidenced by the fruits and gifts of the Holy Spirit.

THE SCRIPTURE

We affirm that the Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, is the inspired Word of God. The Bible is the source of doctrine, instruction, correction and reproof. It contains all that is needed for guidance in godliness and practical Christian conduct.

THE ATONEMENT

Jesus Christ’s death on the cross was the ultimate act of love between God and humanity.  Jesus willingly gave up His life to absolve sin and the cycles of sin, as well as disarm death.  By His death on the cross He defeated the power of death and sin once and for all.  In Mark 10:45 Jesus says, “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and give his life as a ransom for many.”  In Colossians 2:13-15, the Apostle Paul writes: “When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ.  He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the written code, with it’s regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us, he took it away, nailing it to the cross.  And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.”

SALVATION

The Word of God declares clearly that salvation is a free gift of God, based on the merits of the life, death, and Resurrection of His Son, and is appropriated by faith. Salvation is effected by personal repentance, belief in the Lord Jesus (justification) and personal acceptance of Him into one’s life as Lord and Savior (regeneration). The new life in Christ includes the privileges of adoption and inheritance in the kingdom of God’s beloved Son. Salvation is an act of free will in response to God’s personal love for mankind. It is predestined only in the sense that God, through His omniscience, foreknew those who would choose Him. It is secure in the eternal, unchanging commitment of God who does not lie and is forever the same. Salvation should produce an active lifestyle of loving obedience and service to Jesus Christ our Savior.

THE CHRISTIAN LIFE

We believe that the Scriptures portray the life of the saint in this world to be one of balance between what is imputed to us as Christians and what is imparted to us according to our faith and maturity. Hence, God’s provision for His children is total, and the promises are final and forever. The shortcomings of the individual and of the Church are because of the still progressing sanctification of the saints. The Christian life is filled with trials, tests and warfare against a spiritual enemy. For those abiding in Christ until their deaths or His return, the promises of eternal blessing in the presence of God are assured. To remain faithful through all circumstances of life requires dependence upon the Holy Spirit and a willingness to die to personal desires and passions.

THE CHURCH

The goal of the Church is to make disciples of all nations and to present the saints complete in Christ. The five-fold ministry of Ephesians 4 governs the Church, the offices of elder and deacon, as well as other offices mentioned in scripture. Church policy is a balance between congregation and eldership authority, emphasizing the final authority of the Church leadership. It is essential to the life of the Church that scriptural patterns of discipline are practiced and that oversight for Church discipline, individual and corporate, is exercised by the leadership of the Church.

BAPTISM & THE LORD’S SUPPER

The Word of God enjoins on the Church two perpetual ordinances of the Lord Jesus Christ. The first, baptism, is the outward sign of what God has already done in the individual’s life and is a testimony to all that the person now belongs to Jesus. It is identification with Jesus and is affected in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. The Lord’s Supper is a commemoration of the death of the Lord and is done in remembrance of Him until He comes again; it is a sign of our participation in Him. Both institutions are restricted to those who are believers.