Doctrinal Statement

For a more detailed and complete version of our Doctrinal Statement, please contact the church.

The Bible

We believe in the verbal and plenary inspiration of the Old and New Testaments, inerrant in the original writings (II Timothy 3:16). It was written by men of God who wrote as they were directed by the Holy Spirit (II Peter 1:20, 21). We believe the Word of God to be the final, infallible, and supreme authority in all matters of faith, conduct, and practice (John 10:35, 17:17).

The Trinity

We believe in one God (Deuteronomy 6:4) eternally existing in three persons who are equal in every divine perfection and identified as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit (John 1:1, 10:30, 14:7; Matthew 28:19).

Christ

We believe that God the Son also became truly man when He came into the world by means of the virgin birth (John 1:14; Matthew 1:18-25; I Timothy 2:5). After living a sinless life (John 8:29, 15:10), He died on the cross for the sins of the world (Romans 5:8; I John 2:2). He was buried and bodily arose (John 20:20-29; I Corinthians 5:1-5). He then ascended into heaven (Acts 1:9) where He is ruling as the head of the church (Ephesians 1:20-23).

Holy Spirit

We believe in the personality of the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:27; Isaiah 63:10; 1I Corinthians 12:11). He regenerates (Titus 3:5), indwells (Romans 8:9), leads (Romans 8:14) and empowers (Ephesians 3:16) the Christian from the moment he believes on Jesus (Acts 10:44-48; Galatians 3:2-5). We believe that the sign gifts were for the foundational time of the church (Ephesians 2:20; I Corinthians 13:8-12).

Creation

We believe that God created the heavens and the earth and all they contain in six literal days as described in Genesis 1 and 2. Man and woman were directly created by God in His image and did not arise through evolutionary means (Genesis 1:26-27, 2:20-23).

Man

We believe that man has fallen in and through Adam (Genesis 3:1-24; Romans 5:12-21), and that by nature and choice all men are sinners (Romans 3:10-18; Ephesians 2:1-3) and thereby incur not only physical death, but also spiritual death, which is separation from God (Matthew 25:41; II Thessalonians 1:9).

Salvation

We believe that the substitutionary death of Christ made salvation possible for all (II Corinthians 5:21; Titus 2:14; I Peter 3:18). Salvation is by grace through faith; it is in no way earned or merited by man (Ephesians 2:8, 9; Titus 3:5, 6). It is received by personal faith in Christ (John 3:16, 18, 36; Acts 16:31), accompanied by repentance (Acts 17:30, 20:21). All who are genuinely born-again possess eternal life now and can never perish (John 5:24, 10:28, 29; 1 Peter 1:5).

We believe that Christians are called to a new life that is characterized by obedience to Christ’s commands (John 14:23), good works (Matthew 5:16; Titus 3:8), faithful witness (Matthew 28:19, 20), prayer (I Thessalonians 5:17) and separation from the world (Philippians 3:20; I Corinthians 6:19, 20) as he seeks to do all for the glory of God (I Corinthians 10:31).

The Church

We believe that the church which is Christ’s body (Ephesians 1:22, 23; Colossians 1:18) is composed of all who have genuinely placed their faith in Him for their salvation from Pentecost to the Rapture (Matthew 16:18; Acts 1:5, 2:1-4, 11:15-17; I Corinthians 12:13). Local assemblies are gatherings of professing, baptized believers who unite for worship, fellowship, teaching and service (Acts 2:41-47). Their leaders are pastors/elders and deacons (Acts 20:17, 28; I Timothy 3:1-13; I Peter 5:1-4). The church practices two ordinances: believer’s baptism by immersion (Matthew 28:19, 20; Acts 8:36-38) and the Lord’s supper, which is a memorial of Christ’s death (I Corinthians 11:23-29).

Last Things

We believe that at death the souls of believers continue their fellowship with the Lord in heaven (II Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23) awaiting the resurrection of their bodies (I Corinthians 15:38-54). The saints of all ages will live in bliss in the New Jerusalem, worshiping and serving God for all eternity (John 14:1-3; Revelation 21:1-22:6). At death the souls of unbelievers go to a place of torment (Luke 16:19-31) to await final judgment and their permanent separation from God in the Lake of Fire (Revelation 20:11-15).

We believe that Christ may return at any time to take His Church to heaven (I Thessalonians 4:13-18). Then a time of great tribulation will come upon the earth to punish those who did not follow Him but followed Satan and his lies (Revelation 14:9-20). Christ will then visibly and bodily return to earth with His saints and angels to establish His millennial kingdom (Revelation 19:11-20:10). After the final judgment of unbelievers (Revelation 20:11-15), God will destroy the present heavens and earth and replace them with a universe where righteousness dwells (II Peter 3:10-13).