Our Beliefs
Scripture
We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the verbal, plenary, and inspired Word of God. They are the final authority for faith and life, inerrant in the original writings, and infallible in all matters of faith (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21; Matthew 5:18; John 16:12-13).
God the Son
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God. Without ceasing to be God, he became a man - conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary - in order that he might reveal God and redeem sinful men (John 1:1-2,14; Luke 1:35).
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died on the cross for all mankind as a representative, vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice, and that the sufficiency of this atoning sacrifice to accomplish the redemption and justification of all who trust in him is assured by his literal, physical resurrection from the dead (Romans 3:24-25; 4:25; Ephesians 1:7; 1 Timothy 4:10; Hebrews 2:9; 1 Peter 2:24; 1:3-5; and 2 Peter 2:1).
The Human Condition
We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God, but that in Adam's sin the human race fell. Consequently, man has inherited a sinful nature, has been alienated from God, is totally depraved, and is utterly unable to remedy his lost condition on his own (Genesis 1:26-27; Romans 3:22-23; 5:12; Ephesians 2:1-3,12).
The Godhead
We believe in one Triune God, eternally existing in three persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - and bearing the same attributes and perfections. These persons are co-eternal in being, co-identical in nature, and co-equal in power and glory (Deuteronomy 6:4; 2 Corinthians 13:14).
God the Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is a person who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment; who is the supernatural agent in regeneration; and who baptizes all believers into the body of Christ, dwells within them, and seals them unto the day of redemption (John 16:8-11; 2 Corinthians 3:6; 1 Corinthians 12:12-14; Romans 8:9; Ephesians 1:13-14).
We believe that the Holy Spirit is the divine teacher who guides believers into all truth, and that it is the privilege and duty of all the saved to be filled with the Spirit (John 16:13; 1 John 2:20, 27; Ephesians 5:18).
Salvation
We believe that salvation is the gift of God brought to man by grace and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ alone, whose precious blood was shed on Calvary for the forgiveness of our sins (Ephesians 2:8-10; John 1:12; Ephesians 1:7; 1 Peter 1:18-19).