Statement of Faith

What we believe . . .

...About the Bible	We believe in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as inspired of God and inerrant in the original writings. This means that all facts i.e. theological, doctrinal, historical, numerical, chronological, scientific, etc., that Scripture intends to affirm are exempt from error in whole and in part. The Scriptures are of supreme and final authority in faith and life. By this we mean that the Spirit of God has exerted supernatural influence on all writers and that guarantees the trustworthiness of all their canonical writings (II Timothy 3:16; II Peter 1:21)
...About God	We believe in One God, eternally existing in Three Persons; God the Father; God the Son; and God the Holy Spirit: yet being only One God. We believe in God the Father, Creator of heaven and earth, perfect in holiness, infinite in wisdom, and measureless in power. We rejoice that He concerns Himself mercifully in the affairs of men, that He hears and answers prayer, and that He saves and keeps all who trust His Son for salvation.
...About Man	We believe God created man male and female, in the image of God and free from sin. We further believe man is a sinner by nature and choice and is therefore spiritually dead. We also believe that those who repent of sin and trust Jesus Christ as Savior are regenerated by the Holy Spirit.
...About Jesus Christ	We believe in Jesus Christ the second person of the Godhead, co-equal and co-eternal with God. God's only begotten Son, born of a virgin, sinless in His life; that He died for our sins, according to the Scriptures, as a substitutionary sacrifice; that all who believe in Him are justified on the grounds of His shed blood; that He not only died on the cross for our sins, but that He was resurrected bodily for our justification; that He is now at the right hand of God the Father, acting as our High Priest and our Advocate before the Father; that He is coming again in power and great glory to set up His Millennial Kingdom upon the earth.
...About the Holy Spirit	We believe in the Person of the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Godhead, co-equal and co-eternal with God, who came forth from the Father to convict the world of sin, of righteousness, and judgment; to regenerate, sanctify, and seal forever those who have been born again through faith in Jesus Christ.
...About the Future	We believe in the bodily resurrection of the saved and lost, the eternal existence of all men either in heaven or hell, in divine judgments, rewards and punishments. We further believe in the imminent pre-millennial return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
...About Salvation	We believe that each individual is born in sin, and therefore, is a sinner by nature, having nothing whereby he might justify himself before God the Father; that each individual must, therefore, accept the death of Jesus Christ on the cross for themselves, and must ask His forgiveness for their sins; that having accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior they are spiritually born again and are thereafter children of God and members of the family of God for time and eternity.
...About the Church	We believe that the universal church is composed of all born again believers, beginning at the day of Pentecost and continuing on through the end of this present age, and that the universal church will in heaven be the bride of Christ; that the local church is composed of born again believers who have voluntarily united together for the purpose of worshipping God, ministering to the saints (fellow believers), evangelizing the world, and discipling new believers.