Our Statement of Faith
The Bible We believe that the Bible, including the Old and New Testaments, is the inspired Word of the living God, inspired through His Holy Spirit. As such, we believe that the Word of God is unfailing, and is without error in its original writings. We believe that the Word of God is the complete revelation of His will for the salvation of mankind and the divine final authority for all areas of the Christian faith and life. Supporting Scriptures
The Trinity We believe that there is only one true God who is eternally existent and whose name is Yahweh (Jehovah). He has revealed Himself as a Trinity in unity. He has revealed Himself as the Father of all creation; He has been revealed through His only begotten Son, Jesus; and He continues to reveal Himself through the person of the Holy Spirit. Supporting Scriptures
Jesus Christ We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, that He is coeternal and coequal with God the Father and God the Holy Spirit. We believe the Bible record of His virgin birth, sinless life, words, works, vicarious death, bodily resurrection and ascension, His present ministry of intercession at the right hand of God, and the promise of His personal return. Christ came into the world to provide salvation through faith in Him as Savior and Lord, and to restore mankind to fellowship with God. Supporting Scriptures.
Holy Spirit We believe in the deity of the Holy Spirit, and that the ministry of the Holy Spirit is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit works to convict every person of sin, regenerate the believing sinner, and to baptize, indwell, comfort, guide, instruct, seal, and empower the believer for godly living and service in holiness and love. Supporting Scriptures.
Salvation We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God but fell, through disobedience, into sin, incurring thereby both physical and spiritual death. All humanity inherits a sinful nature and is separated from a life with God. Salvation has been provided through the atoning work of the Lord Jesus Christ for all men, and those who repent and believe in Him are born again from above by the Holy Spirit, receive the gift of eternal life, and become the children of God. Supporting Scriptures.
The Church We believe that the true church is composed of people who, through faith in Jesus Christ, have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit and are baptized by that Spirit into the body of Christ, of which He is the Head. We further believe that only those who are thus members of the true church shall be eligible for membership in the local church. We believe that the mission of the church is to advance the Kingdom of God by witnessing and worshiping. Supporting Scriptures.
Ordinances We believe that the Lord's Supper and the believer's Baptism by water immersion are ordinances ordained by Christ, and ordained in Scripture to be observed by the Church during this present age. They are however, not to be regarded as means of salvation. Supporting Scriptures.
The Family We believe that God calls us to either of two patterns He has designed for us: celibate singleness or a faithful heterosexual marriage. We believe that marriage was instituted by God as a sacred and permanent covenant between a man and a woman for the purposes of companionship, enjoyment, completeness, fruitfulness, protection, and illustration of Christ's relationship with the church. We believe that parents' chief responsibility is to raise their children to love and serve the Lord. Supporting Scriptures.
The Future We believe in the bodily return of the Lord Jesus Christ to establish His kingdom and to judge the living and the dead. We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved to the resurrection of life and eternity in heaven, and the lost to the resurrection of damnation and eternity in hell. Supporting Scriptures.
The Bible We believe that the Bible, including the Old and New Testaments, is the inspired Word of the living God, inspired through His Holy Spirit. As such, we believe that the Word of God is unfailing, and is without error in its original writings. We believe that the Word of God is the complete revelation of His will for the salvation of mankind and the divine final authority for all areas of the Christian faith and life. Supporting Scriptures
The Trinity We believe that there is only one true God who is eternally existent and whose name is Yahweh (Jehovah). He has revealed Himself as a Trinity in unity. He has revealed Himself as the Father of all creation; He has been revealed through His only begotten Son, Jesus; and He continues to reveal Himself through the person of the Holy Spirit. Supporting Scriptures
Jesus Christ We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, that He is coeternal and coequal with God the Father and God the Holy Spirit. We believe the Bible record of His virgin birth, sinless life, words, works, vicarious death, bodily resurrection and ascension, His present ministry of intercession at the right hand of God, and the promise of His personal return. Christ came into the world to provide salvation through faith in Him as Savior and Lord, and to restore mankind to fellowship with God. Supporting Scriptures.
Holy Spirit We believe in the deity of the Holy Spirit, and that the ministry of the Holy Spirit is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit works to convict every person of sin, regenerate the believing sinner, and to baptize, indwell, comfort, guide, instruct, seal, and empower the believer for godly living and service in holiness and love. Supporting Scriptures.
Salvation We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God but fell, through disobedience, into sin, incurring thereby both physical and spiritual death. All humanity inherits a sinful nature and is separated from a life with God. Salvation has been provided through the atoning work of the Lord Jesus Christ for all men, and those who repent and believe in Him are born again from above by the Holy Spirit, receive the gift of eternal life, and become the children of God. Supporting Scriptures.
The Church We believe that the true church is composed of people who, through faith in Jesus Christ, have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit and are baptized by that Spirit into the body of Christ, of which He is the Head. We further believe that only those who are thus members of the true church shall be eligible for membership in the local church. We believe that the mission of the church is to advance the Kingdom of God by witnessing and worshiping. Supporting Scriptures.
Ordinances We believe that the Lord's Supper and the believer's Baptism by water immersion are ordinances ordained by Christ, and ordained in Scripture to be observed by the Church during this present age. They are however, not to be regarded as means of salvation. Supporting Scriptures.
The Family We believe that God calls us to either of two patterns He has designed for us: celibate singleness or a faithful heterosexual marriage. We believe that marriage was instituted by God as a sacred and permanent covenant between a man and a woman for the purposes of companionship, enjoyment, completeness, fruitfulness, protection, and illustration of Christ's relationship with the church. We believe that parents' chief responsibility is to raise their children to love and serve the Lord. Supporting Scriptures.
The Future We believe in the bodily return of the Lord Jesus Christ to establish His kingdom and to judge the living and the dead. We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved to the resurrection of life and eternity in heaven, and the lost to the resurrection of damnation and eternity in hell. Supporting Scriptures.
Supporting Scriptures
The Bible
II Timothy 3:16, 17 - All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.
II Peter 1:21 - For no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
Hebrews 4:12 - For the Word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
John 17:7, 8 - Now they have come to know that everything Thou hast given Me is from Thee; for the words which Thou gavest Me I have given to them; and they received them, and truly understood that I came forth from Thee, and they believed that Thou didst send Me.
Galatians 1:12 - For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
The Trinity
Deuteronomy 6:4 - Hear O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one!
I Corinthians 8:6 - Yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him.
John 15:26 - When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, He will bear witness of Me.
Matthew 28:19 - Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Jesus Christ
Colossians 2:9 - For in Him (Jesus) all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form.
John 20:30, 31 - Many other signs therefore Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these have been written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in his name.
Matthew 1:20, 21 - But when he had considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for that which has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for it is he who will save His people form their sins."
I Peter 2:24 - And He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.
John 2:18-22 - The Jews therefore answered and said to Him, "What sign do You show to us, seeing that You do these things?"
Jesus answered and said to them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
The Jews therefore said, "It took forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?"
But He was speaking of the temple of His body.
When therefore He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He said this; and they believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus had spoken.
I Corinthians 15:3, 4 - For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.
Hebrews 4:14 - Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
I Thessalonians 4:16 - For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first.
Holy Spirit
John 16:8 - And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin, and righteousness, and judgement.
John 16:13, 14 - But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. He shall glorify me; for He shall take of Mine, and shall disclose it you.
John 1:33b - He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, this is the one who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.
John 14:16 - And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever.
I Corinthians 6:19 - Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?
Ephesians 4:30 - And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
John 20:21, 22 - Jesus therefore said to them again, "Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you."
And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit."
Acts 1:8 - But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.
Salvation
Genesis 1:26 - Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our Likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
Romans 5:12 - Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned.
Romans 3:23 - For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Romans 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
John 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Romans 10:13 - "Whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved."
Ephesians 2:8, 9 - For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast.
The Church
I Corinthians 12:12, 13 - For even as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
Ephesians 4:4-6 - There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.
Acts 2:47b - And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved.
Matthew 28:19 - Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 6:10 - Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Matthew 18:20 - For where two or three have gathered together in My name, there I am in their midst.
Ordinances
I Corinthians 11:23-26 - For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread; and when He had given thanks, He broke it, and said, "This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me."
In the same way He took the cup also, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me."
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes.
Matthew 28:19 - Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Ephesians 2:8, 9 - For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast.
The Family
I Corinthians 7:8 - But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them if they remain even as I.
Genesis 2:24 - For this cause a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.
Matthew 19:6 - Consequently they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.
Matthew 5:32 - But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for the cause of unchastity, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
Genesis 2:18 - Then the Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make a helper suitable for him."
Proverbs 5:18 - Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth.
Genesis 9:1 - And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth."
Ephesians 5:21-25 - and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church. He Himself being the Savior of the body. But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything.
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her.
Deuteronomy 6:6, 7 - And these words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart; and you shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.
Ephesians 6:4 - And, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger; but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Proverbs 22:6 - Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he will not depart from it.
The Future
I Thessalonians 4:16, 17 - For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and thus we shall always be with the Lord.
Revelation 11:15b - The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever.
Matthew 25:31, 32 - But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. And all the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
Revelation 20:15 - And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Revelation 21:7 - He who overcomes shall inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son.
The Bible
II Timothy 3:16, 17 - All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.
II Peter 1:21 - For no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
Hebrews 4:12 - For the Word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
John 17:7, 8 - Now they have come to know that everything Thou hast given Me is from Thee; for the words which Thou gavest Me I have given to them; and they received them, and truly understood that I came forth from Thee, and they believed that Thou didst send Me.
Galatians 1:12 - For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
The Trinity
Deuteronomy 6:4 - Hear O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one!
I Corinthians 8:6 - Yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him.
John 15:26 - When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, He will bear witness of Me.
Matthew 28:19 - Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Jesus Christ
Colossians 2:9 - For in Him (Jesus) all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form.
John 20:30, 31 - Many other signs therefore Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these have been written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in his name.
Matthew 1:20, 21 - But when he had considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for that which has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for it is he who will save His people form their sins."
I Peter 2:24 - And He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.
John 2:18-22 - The Jews therefore answered and said to Him, "What sign do You show to us, seeing that You do these things?"
Jesus answered and said to them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
The Jews therefore said, "It took forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?"
But He was speaking of the temple of His body.
When therefore He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He said this; and they believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus had spoken.
I Corinthians 15:3, 4 - For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.
Hebrews 4:14 - Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
I Thessalonians 4:16 - For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first.
Holy Spirit
John 16:8 - And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin, and righteousness, and judgement.
John 16:13, 14 - But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. He shall glorify me; for He shall take of Mine, and shall disclose it you.
John 1:33b - He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, this is the one who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.
John 14:16 - And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever.
I Corinthians 6:19 - Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?
Ephesians 4:30 - And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
John 20:21, 22 - Jesus therefore said to them again, "Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you."
And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit."
Acts 1:8 - But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.
Salvation
Genesis 1:26 - Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our Likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
Romans 5:12 - Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned.
Romans 3:23 - For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Romans 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
John 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Romans 10:13 - "Whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved."
Ephesians 2:8, 9 - For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast.
The Church
I Corinthians 12:12, 13 - For even as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
Ephesians 4:4-6 - There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.
Acts 2:47b - And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved.
Matthew 28:19 - Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 6:10 - Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Matthew 18:20 - For where two or three have gathered together in My name, there I am in their midst.
Ordinances
I Corinthians 11:23-26 - For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread; and when He had given thanks, He broke it, and said, "This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me."
In the same way He took the cup also, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me."
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes.
Matthew 28:19 - Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Ephesians 2:8, 9 - For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast.
The Family
I Corinthians 7:8 - But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them if they remain even as I.
Genesis 2:24 - For this cause a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.
Matthew 19:6 - Consequently they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.
Matthew 5:32 - But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for the cause of unchastity, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
Genesis 2:18 - Then the Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make a helper suitable for him."
Proverbs 5:18 - Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth.
Genesis 9:1 - And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth."
Ephesians 5:21-25 - and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church. He Himself being the Savior of the body. But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything.
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her.
Deuteronomy 6:6, 7 - And these words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart; and you shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.
Ephesians 6:4 - And, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger; but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Proverbs 22:6 - Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he will not depart from it.
The Future
I Thessalonians 4:16, 17 - For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and thus we shall always be with the Lord.
Revelation 11:15b - The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever.
Matthew 25:31, 32 - But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. And all the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
Revelation 20:15 - And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Revelation 21:7 - He who overcomes shall inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son.
